Educational settings
This material can provide great experiences for fairs, school demonstrations, after school activities, clubs, and camps. If you have an hour or a week, we have a plan for you!
Getting started
Style Engineers is organized into five modules that demonstrate concepts related to fashion design. Each module contains activities that can be stand-alone units, or can be linked with other activities. To get the full Style Engineers experience, we recommend that you choose at least one activity from each module and end with “Operation: Design Challenge” an activity which brings together the topics addressed in each module into a final capstone project.
8 activities
Discover the exciting world of materials by exploring how different materials affect design.
3 activities
Explore fun ways to develop and test solutions to allow movement in clothing.
13 activities
Explore patternmaking, construction techniques, and current technologies.
8 activities
Learn how to design for visibility by incorporating LEDs into clothing and accessories.
4 activities
Experience how engineers – and fashion engineers! Work together in teams to create new designs.
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The girls are active, engaged, enthusiastic, and creative. They quickly see the science and technology behind clothing design while experiencing the engineering and design process.
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“They have to understand physics, chemistry, biology, engineering, design and mathematics – and how to put all those elements together into a piece of clothing that looks and feels great,”
