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And the Sewing Machine Winners were..

The history of the sewing machine is a wondrous one and any sewer, tailor, creator that uses it as their primary equipment may not know much about that but do know how transformative it can be. My first sewing machine was at 13.. more than 30 something years ago. My grandmother was the heroine in…

For the LOVE of my students

I graduated the High School of Fashion Industries 30 years ago. It was 1992 and Chelsea was not the neighborhood it was PRE- COVID. I could describe it as gritty, rough, the ‘wild west’ of the village, the tail end, aftermath of the AIDS epidemic and it was felt as it is located a stones-throw…

Nothing GREAT is accomplished Alone

To say that this past year was trying, exhausting, challenging, maddening, enraging, many times discouraging is an understatement. I oftentimes doubted my determination to continue what I began when I set out to introduce Study Abroad to the students at HSFI. There were many understandable obstacles that made me rethink my efforts and energy invested…

We are Here.. Florence, Italy

It took patience and determination to get here. The HSFI Study Abroad program was paused since 2019 and the wait was inevitable thanks to COVID yet the future of the program was uncertain. Since then the program has been compartmentalized to ensure the continuation of its success.PoOFA will continue to promote the benefits of education…

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