Wilmington Fashion Camp Teaches Young Girls More Than Arts And Crafts
8 year old De’Lynn Williams is going to camp this summer, and is counting down the days until school ends. She is looking forward to starting another session of camp, making new friends, and reuniting with old. De’Lynn attended both winter and spring break Fashion Camps and is anxious to see what projects she will be creating this summer. She will be joining other aspiring young designers, girls ages 7-13, at Great Taste Design’s Fashion Camp in the Brandywine Town Center to learn about the world of fashion design. New to the camp this year is an additional business and marketing component that gives girls insight to the business and retail side of the fashion industry. Campers will enjoy creating a variety of art pieces, clothes, and accessories and have the opportunity to display or sell their work at an end of the summer showcase.
Great Taste Design Company has collaborated for a second year with New Castle County to provide the camps. Campers will have a rotating schedule of sewing, painting, illustration, pattern making, jewelry making, and girls life skills. Camp runs from 9:30am to 4:30pm and before and after care is available. The cost of tuition and materials is $165 per week.
This year, in addition to fashion design and girls life skills activities, campers will be able to learn the business side of the industry. “So often creative types are labeled as being strong on the creative side and not as strong when it comes to business, but it doesn’t have to be this way” explains camper director De’Yanna Harris. “We want to give our campers a head start to thinking about things from a business perspective.” Campers will participate in branding, business development, the four P’s of marketing product, price, placement, and promotion and apply concepts learned to mock business’ and simulations activities.
“I love sewing and my camp teachers,” says De’Lynn. “They teach us how to do really cool stuff and it’s a lot of fun.” As she holds up one of her sewing projects (a pink pull over shirt with ruffled detail) she states, “this is my favorite. At first I thought it was going to be hard but then I got the hang of it.”
Camp staff and volunteers aim to nurture a “can do” attitude with participants of this 10 week summer arts program. Participants can sign up for one week or the whole summer without duplicating activities. “I enjoy seeing the happiness that completing a new project gives our girls” says Harris. “Their projects are special and a reminder to them that they can accomplish anything they put their minds to.”
To learn more about Fashion Camp and Great Taste Design, visit www.greattastedesign.com or call 302-357-9521.
About Great Taste Design
Great Taste Design is committed to being a valuable resource for girls, women and the community in the areas of teaching self-efficacy, empowerment and self-motivation. All of its services encourage participants to “Live in S.T.Y.L.E.” by Successfully Taking Charge of Your Life Each day. It coaches the creativity and courage needed to navigate through life and identify steps needed to accomplishes life goals.


















