Teen Vogue University 2012

The Millennium hotel in New York City played host for a three day seminar for young men and women seeking to gain knowledge in the fashion industry and learn more about there craft. Over 1600 applications were submitted to attend and only 500 where chosen for this important life changing event.

This seasons speakers included Grace Coddington, Olivier Theyskens, Chris Benz, Prabal Gurung, Nicole Richie, Nicole & Michael Colovos of Helmut Lang, Peter Som, Erin Featherston, Christian Siriano, Phillip Lim, Rachel Roy and Bryanboy & Rumi Neely.

This is by far one of the great fashion gifts Teen Vogue has offered young aspiring fashionistas which is now in it's seventh year. The classes covered most if not all aspects of the industry and allowed students a first hand view on how the industry functions.

Overall, Teen Vogue University is an important program for young people to find direction and confidence regarding a ever changing business. For more information head over to http://teenvoguefashionuniversity.com/

Teen Vogue University Logo: courtesy DKC PR
Event photos: R. Spiegel