ENGLISH
DESIGN LABORATORY
Where fashion comes to life . . .
ENGLISH DESIGN LABORATORY (EDL) made its
Atlanta debut in August 2004 with an eye towards educating, stimulating
and creating a new generation of fashion designers. Offering a complete
fashion experience that combines classroom practicality with real world
interaction, English Design Laboratory has created a pattern for
success that is quickly making it the leading school of its kind.
EDUCATE: At EDL, girls discover their inner
fashion diva in “Fashion Firsts” and “Fashion FUNdamentals,” two
hands-on “FAB-LABS” tailor made for tweens and teens. The “FAB LABS”
cover fashion basics: sketching, figures & flats, color theory
and more, preparing students to take new-found skills and create their
own mini designer lines. EDL also offers an introductory FREE “FAB LAB”
once a month – perfect for the fashion curious!
STIMULATE: EDL’s annual
“Destination:Design” tours provide a unique opportunity to experience
the fashion industry firsthand. In 2005, EDL’s fashionistas traveled to
L.A., and in 2006, they took on New York City. Summer of 2007 promises
to be equally exciting with an itinerary that includes two of the
hottest spots in the fashion world: Paris and London!
CREATE: Committed to nurturing the
creativity of aspiring design students, EDL sponsors the annual
“A Cut Above” Scholarship, an intense competition for Georgia’s junior
and seniors who plan to major in fashion design.
HIGHLIGHTS:
In 2006, EDL launched its first “Fashion
Tease” T-shirt design contest and was honored to have two of the
country’s hippest designers, Amy Tan of Amy Tangerine and Michael Hecht
of Project e, preside as judges.
In 2005, EDL, in conjunction
with the Make-A-Wish Foundation, made fashion dreams come true for two
young designers: Briona and Kristena.
LOOKING BACK/LOOKING FORWARD:
EDL founder Karron English graduated from New York’s Fashion Institute
of Technology (FIT) and spent the next fifteen years traveling the
world (Europe, Hong Kong, India), while working with The Limited
Corporation, as well as other leading companies in the fashion
industry. In 2004, English’s desire to share her knowledge and
expertise resulted in the creation of English Design Laboratory. Today,
she hopes to expand nationally, becoming America’s preeminent fashion
design laboratory for tweens and teens.