OUR MISSION:
To evolve the Pittsburgh fashion industry; supporting the growth of existing fashion professionals, while educating the next generation.
IN THE COMMUNITY
As part of our mission to support emerging talent, we partner with educational institutions and organizations to provide workshops, mentorship and developmental resources to the community.
LUNAR GALA
Style412 continues a partnership with Lunar Gala to facilitate workshops and design critiques for emerging student designers from Carnegie Mellon University. The purpose of the design critiques are to connect existing professionals with student designers and provide a purposeful and quality feedback session in advance of the annual runway show.
workshops
As a collaborative opportunity to increase the technical knowledge and creative capacity of aspiring makers in the regional area, Style412 will host monthly sewing workshops at the Chatham Center for Women’s Entrepreneurship Prototyping & Design Lab beginning this Spring.
A visual archive of Pittsburgh retailers & their stories.
A quarterly initiative where we will be recruiting, selecting and mentoring a cohort of emerging creative professionals to work together on a stylized shoot. Cohorts will comprise of a full-throttle, hand-picked team, allowing aspiring talent to gain hands-on experience and enjoy bringing their area of expertise to the table without having to sweat ALL the details of a professional photoshoot.
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THE COUNSEL
For the past year, Style412 has been working with a core group of representatives to serve and explore ways to put Pittsburgh fashion on the map.
our story
Founded in 2016 as a discussion series, Style412 invited a range of perspectives from the community to provide feedback on perceived issues and future desires of the Pittsburgh fashion industry.