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WMITB' rEE PRESS, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER .24, 1990, PAGE 15 EN, VOUIE EN VOGUE EN VOGUE EN VOGUIE EN VOGUE~ College offers fashion courses By Grog MacN.il Tii. fashion, retail anc adminismi traU-inparroof at DunIiam la e is designed t prepare students. for- a career i th ifMion industry. .Accrding to proea coordinator Vivian Lée., tet year Mrgrm is geared toward the, administration of a retai busines, with an empiiasisoc, Whuie mme sètudents havi career asapirations that includi becoming a Manager or buyer fax cone of the. larger retailers liki Seam or the. Bay, tii entrepreneural spirit is also a]ivi and well. "Vie-bave quite a number wbc are also very interested jr opening their own businesses," o epstudentsi achieve thal goal, a course on entre preneurship is offèrede "In their second year, (students) are responsible for doing a complete business plan." Thal includes ail of the research necessary to open a business, everything from. site selection t< the decor. .' The ability to set up a display that catches a shopper's eye, and ultimately makes the shopper buy, is also taught. "Visual merchandising is an area that is very lucrative if youlre good,"9 says Lee. Students Iearn bow te, use color and shapes whule worlcing with manniquins, -garments, as wonl as fashion accessories and.propsi. I%, goWai d to achieve -adisplay tiiat stops d custmers i their tracks. o. Otiier courses include tiie n iiistory cf frshion and an accessoxies course to Iearn abat n goes with a basic outfit. There are >- also a range of basic business- la orented -courses such as il accounting, data processing and " eputers. Second-year students Soranze e a fashon show twice a year. TI. e next such mvent is scheduled for É Nov. 21. There will b. a luncii.on e show as well as on. in' the e eveming. Fashion shows are open e to the. public and take place at* the college. 0 In the program's third year, ristudents are put on field placement. "They spend two days a week t workIng with, somebody in the *fashion industry," explains Lee.. This' year there are students placed with buyers in Toronto, Iand at a couple of head offices of t fashion outiets. Il To give students a feel of what ie its1k. te run a retail fashion Dbusiness, they operate an actuel boutique inside the. college. It ï offers mostly casuel clothing for 1 men and women. Students, rfaculty or visitors te tthe college are welcome te dop by and make La purchase. r The. fashion, retail and i administration program bas been ioffered at Durham Collage for 1four years. At the moment, there are about 20 students inrolIed in the program'ls first year, 12 in the second, and seven i the thi& nei low numbers are *typical with a.new Prcffram Maffl là* adding she %ps to se. enrolment increase in the. future. At the. moment, the.proVrai undir r.view. "W. are looking at pcss!ble chianges%" says Le.. "Welre -keeping a clone.eye en wiiat we)re dcing wefl, and what we might do *a littie better"7 .Le.esay" input in buing receved rom students (pont, present and future) about tiieir tiiougts on theii. pgrm. Emp oyers are lob.n consulted to find out .xclwhat tiiey expect cii rdutn students. Lee has also been busy visiting high echools in the. region to spread the word about the prcgram, and* siies iad a go share cf positive response.. Le. has received leters frmhigi sciol students requesing more information. Theyr dIdnt know they wwe intr.sed nti I spà~e to tMIie, she says& 0 Drham's only ccrtlfed professional photographer e Afordable family portraits & weddlngs e Durham's largest indoor & outdoor studio Thiixxxiess cu>eszi' t Contrary te popular belief, thinness doesn't guarante. happiness, health or success. That is the, message -te b. spread acrosa Canada and the. UntdStates during the. third annuel Eating Disorder Awareness Week, Oct. 22 to 28. From young ages, girls learn te link their ,. self-wortii witii appearanoe and body size. Today, the unrealistic ideal cf beauty they aspire te, meet is thin, white, able-bodied, smootii-sknzï.d, young and glarnorous. "It is not surprising that meut women in our society are dissatisfied witiithe. size and Bhape of tiieir bodies, given tiiat Iess than 5 per cent of us "fit" this idea," ay Caria Rioe, coordinator of the. National Eating Disordçr Information Dentre. "Tii. relentless pressure n meet unattainable standards of eauty causes women to develop uaniful feelings -tewards ;iemselves and their bodies," says lice. "A parent, friend, teaciier or iiealtii care worker wiio is aware of the. warning signs and syptoms,,and wiio can explain thie dangers te tthe individuel, and encourage ber te seek professionel . psycbological treatment, will b. playing a very important role in stepping the prcblematic eating bebavior early in its devélopment, or preventing SEE PAGE 17 - - - a i The societal velue plaoed on a bila figure contributes to the ievelopment of eating disorders and weigiit preoccupation. Ihat is wiiy the. slogan of 'Thinness isn't ,he answer .. . Ifs whatfs inside :iiat counts,' was ciiosen for Eating Disorder Awareness Week. '"Wile weigiit bus may provide temporary féeengs of affectivenessi it will ultimately Lead te increased feelings of low slf-esteemÏ. W. need te, learn te accept and 1ke. ourselves regardfless of body size," says Rice. The week is a co-operative effort by groups acrSs Canada and the. U.S. te educate the. public on the relationship , between dieting, body dissatisfaction and eating disorders, as wvell as tiie factors causing individuels, particularly women, to become anorexidc, bulirnic or weigiit- preoccupied. It is believed an increased awareness of such issues will help to decreas e incidence of eating disorders sud wejght ;- preoccupation.2m g wofn.ww*~'" Bnda AgIEDDINGe A_____CUTMCRE ATIONS 413 DudsQ.EUit 2 hlY FoA SLlU(416)43&