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DCFI is a program provided by the DC Fashion Foundation. 

Job Training and Development

Fashionably Business

DCFI incorporates the already established Fashionably Business program into the Job Training and Development Program.

The program will be expanded to over 50 business courses per year that will range from a few hours to multiple days. These courses will be initially offered at $10-$100 per course.

Topics that will be included in the expanded program will be:

  • Accounting,

  • Finance,

  • Retail Management,

  • Pricing,

  • Marketing,

  • Social Media,

  • Merchandising,

  • Visual Merchandising,

  • Business Plan Writing,

  • Small Business Financing,

  • Branding,

  • Production and Manufacturing,

  • Importing/Exporting,

  • HR, etc.

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Technical Skills Workshops

Beginning in July 2012, Technical Skills Workshops will also be offered as multi-week classes. These courses will provide the technical skills needed to succeed in the industry, or to secure a job in a textile or sewing facility. These courses will initially be offered at rates of $500-$1500 and will focus on topics such as:

  • Sewing,

  • Design,

  • Pattern Making,

  • Product Development,

  • Draping,

  • Styling,

  • Textile specific courses, etc.

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The Apparel Manufacturing Job Training Academy

Melding Fashionably Business and the Technical Workshops together, The Apparel Manufacturing Job Training Academy will be established as an accredited apprenticeship program. It will be a comprehensive apparel manufacturing job-training program to prepare individuals for the fashion production workforce.

Participants of the Job training academy will take part in Technical Skills workshops to gain the basic technical skills to allow them to be placed into internship and/or apprenticeship opportunities throughout the U.S. Additionally, by housing the training in the same facility as the designers, it allows the members of the Job Training Academy to form relationships with the emerging designers, creating natural business partnerships.