Westchester Fashion Academy for Children

Westchester Fashion Academy for Children welcomes our newest instructors;

LaShawn Gibbs,our pattern maker and sewing instructor.Ms.Gibbs graduated from Marymount College with a degree in Apparal Design and is continuing her studies at FIT. She presently works as an assistant and patternmaker in the fashion district.

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Mary Parravani brings her love of children and background as an afterschool crafts instructor and also instructs the children in fashion dolls and sewing.

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Asia Smith assists the children in their design work. Asia is a graduate of the College of Westchester and has an interest in fashion design. Asia plans to go to FIT to continue to pursue her love of fashion.

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Suzanne Moyer assists Mrs.Proctor and  studied textiles with Mrs.Proctor. Suzanne is currently attending Westchester Community College and is preparing to study her love of fashion.

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 Esther Sadowsky~ Ms.Sadowsky was a real find! Her background encompassed everything a fashion  instructor should have, a background in fashion design, color technology, sewing skills, and most of all a love and patience for these young designers!

Ms.Sadowsky will bring her exceptional sewing talent to the table along with her color knowledge to guide the children designers through their design ideas.

She currently works in interiors creating fabulose spaces for her clientle, she's been covered in every publication imaginable. Her company, "Charm and Whimsy" is located on Madison Avenue in New York.

Kristina Punturiero

Ms.Punturiero is our newest intern  with a bachelors in marketeting from Johnson& Wales University.

Ms.Punturiero loves  to work with  children. and loves fashion design. She plans on attending Fashion Institute of Technology to combine her marketing and fashion skills and design under her own label.

She has many interests, one dearest to her heart is children eating disorders,Ms.Punturiero planned and organized programs such as "Love Everybody Week"

We welcome such a creative and caring person to our staff.

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Congratulations to all of our instructors that share in the interest of teaching and training these talented young designers!

Welcome aboard!  

If you have experience working with children,are patient,artistic,can draw,are interested in fashion as a teacher or intern, please give us a call;914-428-1047

She brings her fashion industry expertise in the areas of inspiration with the "Trend Boards" and "Style Forecasting and Research", mainly keeping designers a breast of "What's Hot "and "What's Not"

Mrs.Arco has a wonderful way of working along with and relating to the children and they all love her enthusiasm and "Hip" in style manner! She  will assist them in tapping into their source of  inspiration to bring out their design and textile ideas!

Mrs.Arco has a little fashionista of her own, Baby Bella" a year and some she's already wearing her version of Roberto Cavelli !

Rajni Menon~ hails from Southern India ,the village of Kumarakom.

She grew up surrounded by art and color,as her grandmother was a famous Artist .She learned quickly about color silk painting and textiles, which she has been sharing with our children/designers for some time now!

Rajni is finishing up her "Textile Design" course at Fashion Instutite of Technology.

Rajni also a mom sees children as a source of joy and shares the belief that they are the designers of the future and is always looking for ways of guiding them in the right direction to meet their goals.

Rajni's talent  is appreciated by all the students and faculty!

Rajni has gone back to India to rest after an illness,We all wish you a speedy recovery, and come back soon!