C.V.
Professional Experience:
The Fashion Institute of Technology (1994 — ongoing) Fashion Design Department, Art Area. CCE 1997. Adjunct Assistant Professor for all levels of Model Drawing and Fashion Art and Design, Outerwear and Performance Apparel Portfolio, Digital Flats and Specs, PhotoShop for Fashion; drawing intensives (onsite at FIT) for Osaka Bunka Fashion College, Chubu Fashion College and The Business Council For Peace/Afghanistan Style Road Trip; visiting professor at FIT/Polimoda (Florence). Responsibilities as International Fashion Design Coördinator included recruitment, academic advisement for study abroad; determining course equivalencies for international exchange students.
Parson’s School of Design (1997 — 2001, 2007 — ongoing) Fashion Design Department (BFA) Coördinator Sophomore Concepts Development. Adjunct Instructor for all levels of Concept Development and Fashion Drawing, Sophomore level Fashion Digital Studio; Summer Intensive Studies in Fashion (New York and Paris campus).
Istanbul Technical University, Istanbul, Turkey (2005) Visiting Professor. Responsibilities included fashion design drawing intensives, curriculum innovation and faculty development.
Consultancy:
The Museum of the City of New York (September 2009 — ongoing) research and illustration of couture sewing techniques for Worth/Mainbocher online exhibition;
US Army (July 2006 – 2007) research and development for Extreme Cold Weather System;
The Protective Clothing Company (1995 – 97) men’s and women’s fashion outerwear;
Spiewak (1993 – 95) domestic and import lines of industrial/fashion outerwear, private label programs for Phat Farm and Doc Martens;
Barney’s NY/USA (1990 – 93) WOW MEOW private label infant layette.
Freelance Illustration/Editorial: Vogue, Modern Bride, Ladies Home Journal, Good Housekeeping, La Familia De Hoy, YM and Seventeen.
Textiles and paper products: United Media (Peanuts), Nick and Nora/Shadowboxer, Mattel (Barbie), Rumble Tumble, The Museum of Modern Art Holiday Collection.
Trend reports and lookbooks: IACD/MFA, The International Wool Secretariat, Cotton Incorporated, Celanese, Milliken, JC Penney, AMC, Federated Department Stores, Jones New York, Warnaco, Capezio, Revlon.
Health: Injury prevention manual for Performing Arts Physical Therapy/American Ballet Theater
Education:
Parson’s School of Design (1976 – 77) special status full time student.
Central St. Martin’s School of Art (1974 — 75) exchange with Syracuse University.
Syracuse University/College of Visual and Performing Arts (1972 — 1975) BFA.
Publications:
Fashion Drawing: Illustration Techniques for Fashion Designers © 2011 Michele Wesen Bryant, Laurence King Publishing (worldwide) /Prentice Hall (in the United States)
WWD Illustrated 1960s-1990s © 2004 Fairchild Publications Inc.
The Spec Manual (in collaboration with Diane DeMers) © 2001 Fairchild Publications Inc. Second Edition © 2006 Fairchild Publications Inc.
The Encyclopedia Of Fashion and Clothing edited by Valerie Steele
© 2004 Charles Scribner and Sons; contributed article Rubber as Fashion Fabric
The Velocity of Fashion; The Slow Design Movement Applied to Fashion © 2005 Michele Wesen Bryant; The International Foundation of Fashion Technology Institutes
Presentations and Projects:
Institut Français de la Mode — Paris/13th Annual IFFTI International Conference
(April 12, 2011) Education Workshop — Theory and Practice in the Curriculum/Chair: Judith Mottram, Nottingham Trent; Linda Loppa, Polimoda; Karen Webster, RMIT
FIT Special Collections/The Frances Neady Fashion Illustration Collection
(2007 — ongoing) Advisory board member
The Philharmonic Center/Naples FL
(November 13, 2006) WWD Illustrated 1960s-1990s Presentation
North Carolina State University/8th Annual IFFTI International Conference
(June 21 2006) Panel Discussion — Technology and Skills Needs of Employers VATEA Grant: Fashion Industry Survey of Technology
Museum of the City of New York
(October 2005 — December 2006) Advisory Board Member for Black Style Now (January — March 2002) curator for Adrian’s Camelot
Tokyo Bunka Women’s University/7th Annual IFFTI International Conference
(November 2, 2005) Fashion and the Environment in the Era of Globalization
The Brooklyn Museum of Art
(July 3, 2004) 80’s Fashion as Illustrated in WWD presentation
Virginia Commonwealth University
(March 26, 2004) Guest lecturer and fashion design portfolio critic
ITAA Convention, Savannah, Georgia
(November 7, 2003) WWD Illustrated 1960s-1990s Presentation
The Society of Illustrators
(1993) Group show: The Best of Fashion and Beauty Illustration