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Faculty Bio
Lynn Blake, M.F.A
Chair of Fashion; Associate Professor of Fashion
Office: Donahue Center for Creative and Applied Arts
Tel: 617-243-2365
Email: lblake@lasell.edu
The fashion industry is fast-paced, exciting and essential to the worldwide economy. The Fashion Communication and Promotion, Fashion Retail & Merchandising, and Fashion Design & Production majors at Lasell have a unique opportunity to combine a Liberal Arts education with fashion industry knowledge to succeed in a variety of professional areas. Graduates of Lasell’s fashion design programs develop successful careers by applying critical thinking and professional skills within a context of social responsibility in business practices relevant to the contemporary global fashion industry. Fashion courses build on an Arts and Science base while developing proficiency in product knowledge and business practices to create an all-encompassing design degree and experience.
Through application of Lasell’s Connected Learning philosophy, Fashion students have ongoing opportunities to apply theoretical concepts in their fashion courses through industry-oriented assignments and by working in the field with recognized leaders in the fashion industry. The upper-level professional courses are oriented toward a critical thinking and decision-making environment that graduates will face when making the transition from college to middle- and upper-management positions. Lasell’s fashion classes teach students how to plan strategically, organize for profitability, and cultivate creativity.
Lasell’s fashion degrees offer students more than just a classroom environment; fashion students are directly involved in fashion show productions as designers, producers, set designers, or stylists, both on and off campus. Senior capstone fashion classes combine the knowledge accumulated throughout the program while cultivating students’ interests and preparing graduates with a dynamic skill-set to enable fulfilling fashion degrees and job placement. Our graduates pursue careers as fashion designers, technical designers, buyers, inventory planners, merchandisers, costume designers, visual merchandisers, and store managers for a variety of product categories.
