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To understand Pamela Ptak's level of design skill, knowledge, enthusiasm & professionalism, simply turn to the fashion experts & writers who have given her work their public critique. During a taped interview for the Lifetime television program "Project Runway" celebrated mentor Tim Gunn told Pamela Ptak "I think you are on the cusp of something big." and of her garments "These are among the most beautifully constructed clothes I've ever seen." From writer Jennifer Smith Tapp..."Bucks County resident and couturier Pamela Ptak is in the business of making wedding and holiday-in-Capri fantasies come true." and "More proof that the stars in the fashion galaxy do not all shine in New York City or Paris.” And Kathryn Clark writes...“Bucks County couturier Pamela Ptak lives, breathes, loves and creates high fashion…An ocean away from Paris, she nevertheless designs clothing in the tradition of Haute Couture, using the old French methods for draping and handwork." Pamela Ptak received her bachelors degree in Art & Design from Pratt Institute and did further studies in fashion design and patternmaking at the French founded Maison Sapho School of Dressmaking & Design and at the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York City. She’s a frequent lecturer on design & creativity across the US and the owner of Camp Couture™ www.campcouture.net , a high-end fashion study program initiated in 2003 to inspire and advance the skills of fashion design professionals, fashion college graduates and fine sewing enthusiasts. She is the author of “Fashion Portfolios 101: Presentation Techniques for Independent Designers & Dressmakers” (Glass Lane Press, 2003) (available through www.strive2inspire.com ) which she wrote to assist home sewers wishing to establish their own home-based fashion design businesses. Her fashion illustrations have been included in exhibitions & exhibit catalogs at Le Musee des Arts Asiatique in Nice, France, at the Puck Gallery in NYC and on the ABC-TV program “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition”. Her work & studio were featured on Lifetime TV when she was a contestant on Project Runway Season 7. Her design studio was featured on WLVT-TV’s PBS program Tempo and she has been profiled on WWW.VIVMAG.COM, WWW.SOCOMAGAZINE.COM, and in print in the Feb/March 2010 issue of Soco Magazine and the Fall Couture Fashion issue of Bucks magazine. Her newspaper write-ups are too numerous to list, but you may read a small selection on the press page at www.pamelaptak.com Pamela has recently curated another fashion design exhibit titled "Frock & Roll: Fashion That Rocks" featuring garments by major international designers as well as friends from Project Runway. For more info see her blog at WWW.STRIVE2INSPIRE.COM
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