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New fashion design center set to debut in Camden

 


CAMDEN, NJ – From the moment you step into Terina Nicole Hill’s new excavation at the Arts Pavilion in Camden, it’s hard not to appreciate the space. Dark brown hardwood floors, glittering white sewing machines, and large glass windows add to the minimalist and inviting feel.

The Fashion Design Center of South Jersey – a new design studio with space for the small classes – will open this weekend for the first time.

The grand opening will take place nearly a year after Hill was forced to make her debut for a number of reasons, including the coronavirus pandemic.

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“I almost feel like pinching myself,” Hill, 44, told TAPinto Camden. “At this point it still feels like a dream and honestly until Saturday morning when people start to come in, I won’t believe it.

Hill, a Camden mother of two from Essex County, is a graduate of the eminent Fashion Institute of Technology in New York City. After graduating, she focused on a career in jewelry and accessory design – before opening a boutique in North Brunswick.

Before Hill decided to open her center at 1366 Haddon Ave., she was a professor of design – with stays at Moore College of Design and the Perkins Center for the Arts. She also started a line, Jypsea Leathergoods, hosted a podcast and contributes artistic and cultural works to the Philadelphia Gay News.

Now she is channeling all of her experience onto her beloved Camden.

“I knew it would be an amazing thing if I could bring something to Camden that isn’t there,” said Hill, who gave his son the town’s name. “An opportunity for people to learn to do things with their hands that can allow them to be creative and, in some cases, to start a micro-business. “

“There is so much light in poverty and also so much talent,” she added.

The fashion center will have daily rates ($ 15) and monthly subscriptions ($ 60) – the latter includes a free workshop. Participants can also take courses with Zoom and receive their supplies in the mail in advance.

Due to the health crisis, Hill needed face masks and social distancing. In addition to having hand sanitizer on hand, she will also limit classes to 5-6 students to ensure safe capacity limits are set.

Said rules will be in place this weekend when she kicks off with a “Customer Appreciation Handbag Painting” workshop, with help from Mt. Holly-based Thirsty Palette Paint Art Center.

With aspirations to open centers in other parts of the country – Hill has floated in North Jersey and South Florida – the business owner says the value of her space lies in its convenience.

“The concept of teaching people to do things is something that needs to catch on in my opinion,” Hill said as she sat in her new center. “My own daughter wanted to throw in a jacket recently because the button had come off. She said, ‘That’s it, I can’t wear it anymore. Sometimes we don’t think about the ramifications of all that clothes going to the landfill, so it’s also about teaching people to take care of what they own and make the things they want in the landfill. instead of going out and spending money.

Hill hopes to unlock the interior designer in the Camden Kids who may not know they have hidden talents.

“It would be wonderful… to see them go out and buy their own fabric and make something of their own,” she said.

Along with a few mannequins and a bookcase, a metal shelf contains plastic bins filled with buttons, rubber bands, zippers, and jewelry.

Hill also made a point of paying tribute to his fashion icons with signs along the wall. There you can read about Tracy Reese (American fashion designer specializing in women’s ready-to-wear), Art Smith (among leading mid-20th century modernist jewelers) and Duro Olowu (born in Nigeria, well-known London fashion designer. for its innovative combinations of patterns and textiles with feminine looks).

“I chose them all because they all inspired me,” said Hill, “… I hope to do the same.”

To learn more about the Fashion Design Center of South Jersey, visit www.fashiondesigncentersj.com. You can plan to attend “African Waistbeads GNO (Girls Night Out)” on September 24 from 7-8:30 p.m., register for “Metalsmithing Mondays” with Master Metalsmith Nkrumah (from September 28) and find out more on classified adults and children take place every Saturday.

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