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Fashion Design Schools in North Dakota
Fashion designers, merchandisers, and managers hoping to work in North Dakota may want to consider the state's larger cities, including Fargo,
Bismarck, and Grand Forks. Job prospects for competitive careers in fashion design are more likely to be found in large markets. Salary.com
reports that department-store retail sales managers in Fargo, North Dakota, earn $28,300 on average, while merchandise buyers can earn anywhere
from $61,600 to $82,200. Trained, experienced retail store design directors earn $101,200 on average.
ND Fashion Schools
North Dakota residents hoping to enter the competitive world of fashion design are encouraged to pursue a formal education program at a fashion
design school. Students can choose among specializations like fashion merchandising, fashion and retail management, and dressmaking.
Online, Westwood College Online, Earn your BS or AAS online at Westwood College of Technology.
Fashion Merchandising
Online, The Art Institute of Pittsburgh - Online Division, Develop your creative potential through The Art Institute of Pittsburgh - Online
Division where we give you the freedom to decide when and where to attend class.
Fashion & Retail Management
Online, Penn Foster Schools, Advance your career with our affordable, self-paced, career-focused distance education programs.
Dressmaking & Design, Dressmaking And Design
International Travels
What to Bring
Spring Travel
Spring is a time of rapid change in North Dakota. It seems that almost overnight in late March or early April the snow mantle melts, the fertile soils
dry and field preparations begins. The grass greens and suddenly all surroundings are pulsating with life and color, replacing winter-stillness and
winter-white. Expect an average temperature of 52° Fahrenheit (11° Celsius). It is recommended to be prepared with two or three layers of
clothing, so you can remove the outer layers as the day's temperature rises.
The dress code here is very casual, even for dining in our nicer restaurants, so slacks or jeans are just fine.
Here is a suggested list of items to pack for your spring trip to North Dakota:
Long-sleeve and short-sleeve shirts, sweater and/or sweatshirts, jacket, cotton or wool, polypropolene, or polyester athletic socks, riding boots
(not fashion boots) with at least a 2-inch heel for riding, long pants, jeans or casual slacks are fine, hat or cap, sunglasses, lip balm, face/skin
sunscreen, small gym bag or day pack for outdoor activities, any precautionary medication that you normally travel with, bathing suit for jacuzzis
and pools along the way, cameras.
Winter Travel
Winter is a grand season to many North Dakotans. It is the season for snowmobiling in open, uncrowded fields and for such vigorous outdoor
recreation as ice skating, ice hockey, cross country skiing and snowshoeing. There is no medicine like a crisp North Dakota winter morning to put
spring and vigor into the steps of old and young alike. Expect an average temperature of 24° Fahrenheit (-4° Celsius). It is recommended to be
prepared with two or three layers of clothing, so you can remove the outer layers as the day's temperature rises.
The dress code here is very casual, even for dining in our nicer restaurants, so slacks or jeans are just fine.
Here is a suggested list of items to pack for your winter trip to North Dakota:
Ski pants (if you are planning to go skiing, skating, snowmobiling or snowshoeing), winter jacket, long-sleeve shirts, sweater and/or sweatshirts
(wool is preferred, cotton is not recommended for warmth), polyester fleece or wool pull-over or jacket, thermal underclothes, wool,
polypropolene, or polyester athletic socks, snow boots (not fashion boots) with a low heel and sole that provides good traction on ice or snow.
Waterproof is good, but not mandatory, gloves or mittens, long pants, hat, cap or headband, sunglasses, lip balm, face/skin sunscreen, small gym
bag or day pack for outdoor activities, any precautionary medication that you normally travel with, bathing suit for jacuzzis and pools along the
way, cameras.
Autumn Travel
Autumn in North Dakota is a beautiful time of the year. The first frost, which usually occurs about mid-September, signals the end of summer
season for many North Dakotans as the days are pleasantly warm, the nights cool and precipitation light. The warm days are perfect for enjoying
such activities as completing the harvest, hunting and fishing, and other outdoor adventure. Expect an average temperature of 66° Fahrenheit (19°
Celsius).
The dress code here is very casual, even for dining in our nicer restaurants, so slacks or jeans are just fine.
Here is a suggested list of items to pack for your autumn trip to North Dakota:
Long pants or jeans, shorts (in case it gets warm), lightweight jacket, long-sleeve shirts, sweater and/or sweatshirts, polyester fleece or wool
pull-over, or jacket, cotton, wool, polypropolene or polyester athletic socks, lightweight hiking boots or walking shoes (not fashion boots) with a
low heel and a sole that provides good traction. Waterproof is good, but not mandatory, gloves or mittens, hat, cap or headband, sunglasses, lip
balm, face/skin sunscreen, small gym bag or day pack for outdoor activities, any precautionary medication that you normally travel with, bathing
suits for jacuzzis and pools along the way, cameras.
Summer Travel
North Dakota's delightful summer season is at its best in June, July and August, and is perfect for all outdoor activities. The days are warm,
sometimes even hot, but nights are cool enough for a restful sleep. Expect an average temperature of 82° Fahrenheit (28° Celsius). It is
recommended to be prepared with a light jacket or sweatshirt, as the evenings can be much cooler than day-time temperatures.
The dress code here is very casual, even for dining in our nicer restaurants, so slacks or jeans are just fine.
Here is a suggested list of items to pack for your summer trip to North Dakota:
Short sleeve shirts, lightweight jacket, shorts, long pants; jeans or casual slacks are fine, cotton, polypropolene, or polyester athletic socks, riding
boots (not fashion boots) with at least a 2-inch heel for riding, comfortable walking shoes or lightweight hiking boots with a sole that provides good
traction. Waterproof is good, but not mandatory, hat or cap, sunglasses, lip balm, face/skin sunscreen, small gym bag or day pack for outdoor
activities, any precautionary medication that you normally travel with, bathing suit for jacuzzis and pools along the way, cameras.
Each Christmas, Carlyle returns to time of Dickens
Ron Petrie
The Leader-Post
Monday, December 03, 2007
CARLYLE -- Christmas begins at different times for each and every one, but for Saskatchewan, the province, the festive spirit first
twinkles brightest here in the southeast corner.
This weekend brings the annual Dickens Village Festival, when the town of Carlyle time-travels back to a period before its own
existence, beyond its borders, to the Victorian age of the timeless parable A Christmas Carol. From scruffy street urchins begging with
tin cups, to Father Christmas welcoming visitors in his majestic regalia, to a town crier ringing a hand bell and hear-yaying attention
to events and attractions, downtown Carlyle becomes a holiday greeting card brought to life.
Or, as Dave McKinnell, who lives just down the road at Arcola, puts it:
"Bah."
Furthermore:
"Humbug."
All in jest, all by way of rehearsal, you understand.
McKinnell is this year's Ebenezer Scrooge, and will be out on the streets in character, in costume, an annual favourite of the crowd.
The role of the miserly old grump whose ways are changed after a visitation by three spirits is one to which McKinnell somewhat
relates. Christmas season had for him become, later in life, merely another time of year, he says, perhaps not the hassle, or even
nuisance, that many adults dread, but certainly not the magical time of his childhood, either. "In the past four years, it's been different.
Christmas has meaning again," a change in heart he attributes, in part, to the Dickens Village Festival.
Which is exactly the point, says his fellow volunteer Marilyn George.
"I think what we have in Carlyle is a nice start to the Christmas season. People from all over are making Carlyle one of their
destinations for the holidays, and I think that's because Christmas is about being together, about doing things as a family, and not
always about the dollar sign."
Now in its fifth year, a winner of the national Winterlights award for community events, the Dickens Village Festival came about after
a meeting of Christmas past and Christmas present. First was the spirit of nostalgia, a longing for the old Santa Claus Day, once as
much a tradition in Carlyle as in any Saskatchewan community, one Saturday every December for farm and town families to gather,
for merchants to put out their wares and thank customers for the year's business, and, most importantly, for children to meet the big
guy from the North Pole with his bags of treats.
It was after some residents from Carlyle returned from a trip to Garrison, North Dakota, home of another Dickens festival, that the
idea took hold.
"Garrison is very similar to Carlyle, so we thought, if they can do this, why can't we?" says George. It was mere coincidence that the
town of Carlyle took its name from Scottish author Thomas Carlyle, a contemporary of Charles Dickens, in the same way as did other
neighboring communities down the railway, such as (William) Wordsworth and (Robert) Browning -- the so-called poet's line.
Events this Friday and Saturday include: a craft sale; show and auctions of gingerbread houses and of Christmas trees decorated in all
manners of ancient and modern themes ("I'm guessing they'll be a few 'Rider trees this year," says festival chairperson Leisa Grimes);
a kids' dance at the elementary school; street-carolling by both children and adults; high tea served at the United Church; Tiny Tim's
Taste Tour of baking, cider, shortbread, smoked turkey drumsticks, mince meat tarts, baked potatoes and other period delicacies put
out by shopkeepers and cart-pushing street vendors; old-fashioned tree ornament-making and decorating; a family English pub;
horse-and-carriage rides; a fashion show; a day-long bill of entertainment at the hall; Twinkle Tours of the town Christmas lights;
Breakfast with Santa on Saturday morning, and a native craft show at the Friendship Centre.
The Dickens parade, featuring floats lit up with portable electrical generators, goes both Friday after dusk, with a candlelit procession
and service to follow at Heritage Anglican Church, and then again after sunset Saturday evening. The Cornerstone Theatre mounts its
annual Christmas production Friday and Saturday evenings, with a matinee encore Sunday. The festival ends with an old English
bangers-and-mash supper Sunday at the United Church.
"Just about everybody I know volunteers something, in some way, to this make this event happen," says Mike Makelki, this year's
Father Christmas. Adds the town-crier, David Slykhuis: "As the festival goes on, it seems that people are getting more and more into
costume. It feels more like you're in the spirit."
It's a spirit that continues -- has to continue, or flicker out -- year round in Carlyle. An annual event of such scale and detail would be a
tall order for any city, never mind for a town of 1,275 and its surrounding communities. In January, organizers will review the weekend
and plan changes, both to keep the festival fresh from year to year and to eliminate whatever glitches came their way. Two major
rummage sales, in spring and fall, help finance the festival and both need to be organized. "By April we really start back at it, booking
venues," says Grimes. "But it doesn't really stop all year. It's a lot of little things. By September it gets pretty insane." The
Cornerstone Theatre begins reading new material. The 30-foot town Christmas tree has to selected from a farmyard needing to clear
land or cull its windbreak. Costumes have to be designed, sewn or altered.
For those visitors who think, what the dickens, why not go in costume, organizers say that the optional dress can be as elaborate as any
mid-19th-century finery or as simple as an old top hat and long coat, or a maid's scullery cap fashioned from a handkerchief. Che
Cormier's ensemble is little more than a poorboy cap pulled on sideways, some woolen socks, a bit of black face paint to scuff up the
cheeks and -- ta-da! -- a street urchin. A tall street urchin, that is, the mother in charge of the kids who will play the Dickensian roles
on the weekend.
"They go around in two- or three-hour shifts, singing little songs and begging change," she says. "Basically they run around like little
hoodlums, which they love, because they aren't otherwise allowed to, and then they warm up at the bale fires. I think it's great because
a lot of kids today are not hard done by at all. This takes them back to the time of Dickens, when life wasn't easy for children. They
have fun, but they also learn that Christmas is about much more than circling what want in a catalogue."
If the Dickens Village Festival is Carlyle's Christmas present to Saskatchewan, it is a gift given with no small significance to the past.
In one of those eerie connections of present day to history, scholars note that the author Carlyle, normally a dour and reclusive man,
was so moved by A Christmas Carol, by the prose of Dickens, that, in the words of his wife Jane, he was "seized with a perfect
convulsion of hospitality" and threw a mammoth Christmas party. Seems that, like Ebenezer Scrooge, like Thomas Carlyle, like so
many of us in this busy season, we still look to A Christmas Carol for the light to bring us home.
(More information on the Dickens Village Festival in Carlyle is available on-line at www.creda.sk.ca or by calling 1-866-DIKKENS).
© The Leader-Post (Regina
Fashion designers, merchandisers, and managers hoping to work in North Dakota may want to consider the state's larger cities, including Fargo,
Bismarck, and Grand Forks. Job prospects for competitive careers in fashion design are more likely to be found in large markets. Salary.com
reports that department-store retail sales managers in Fargo, North Dakota, earn $28,300 on average, while merchandise buyers can earn anywhere
from $61,600 to $82,200. Trained, experienced retail store design directors earn $101,200 on average.
ND Fashion Schools
North Dakota residents hoping to enter the competitive world of fashion design are encouraged to pursue a formal education program at a fashion
design school. Students can choose among specializations like fashion merchandising, fashion and retail management, and dressmaking.
Online, Westwood College Online, Earn your BS or AAS online at Westwood College of Technology.
Fashion Merchandising
Online, The Art Institute of Pittsburgh - Online Division, Develop your creative potential through The Art Institute of Pittsburgh - Online
Division where we give you the freedom to decide when and where to attend class.
Fashion & Retail Management
Online, Penn Foster Schools, Advance your career with our affordable, self-paced, career-focused distance education programs.
Dressmaking & Design, Dressmaking And Design
International Travels
What to Bring
Spring Travel
Spring is a time of rapid change in North Dakota. It seems that almost overnight in late March or early April the snow mantle melts, the fertile soils
dry and field preparations begins. The grass greens and suddenly all surroundings are pulsating with life and color, replacing winter-stillness and
winter-white. Expect an average temperature of 52° Fahrenheit (11° Celsius). It is recommended to be prepared with two or three layers of
clothing, so you can remove the outer layers as the day's temperature rises.
The dress code here is very casual, even for dining in our nicer restaurants, so slacks or jeans are just fine.
Here is a suggested list of items to pack for your spring trip to North Dakota:
Long-sleeve and short-sleeve shirts, sweater and/or sweatshirts, jacket, cotton or wool, polypropolene, or polyester athletic socks, riding boots
(not fashion boots) with at least a 2-inch heel for riding, long pants, jeans or casual slacks are fine, hat or cap, sunglasses, lip balm, face/skin
sunscreen, small gym bag or day pack for outdoor activities, any precautionary medication that you normally travel with, bathing suit for jacuzzis
and pools along the way, cameras.
Winter Travel
Winter is a grand season to many North Dakotans. It is the season for snowmobiling in open, uncrowded fields and for such vigorous outdoor
recreation as ice skating, ice hockey, cross country skiing and snowshoeing. There is no medicine like a crisp North Dakota winter morning to put
spring and vigor into the steps of old and young alike. Expect an average temperature of 24° Fahrenheit (-4° Celsius). It is recommended to be
prepared with two or three layers of clothing, so you can remove the outer layers as the day's temperature rises.
The dress code here is very casual, even for dining in our nicer restaurants, so slacks or jeans are just fine.
Here is a suggested list of items to pack for your winter trip to North Dakota:
Ski pants (if you are planning to go skiing, skating, snowmobiling or snowshoeing), winter jacket, long-sleeve shirts, sweater and/or sweatshirts
(wool is preferred, cotton is not recommended for warmth), polyester fleece or wool pull-over or jacket, thermal underclothes, wool,
polypropolene, or polyester athletic socks, snow boots (not fashion boots) with a low heel and sole that provides good traction on ice or snow.
Waterproof is good, but not mandatory, gloves or mittens, long pants, hat, cap or headband, sunglasses, lip balm, face/skin sunscreen, small gym
bag or day pack for outdoor activities, any precautionary medication that you normally travel with, bathing suit for jacuzzis and pools along the
way, cameras.
Autumn Travel
Autumn in North Dakota is a beautiful time of the year. The first frost, which usually occurs about mid-September, signals the end of summer
season for many North Dakotans as the days are pleasantly warm, the nights cool and precipitation light. The warm days are perfect for enjoying
such activities as completing the harvest, hunting and fishing, and other outdoor adventure. Expect an average temperature of 66° Fahrenheit (19°
Celsius).
The dress code here is very casual, even for dining in our nicer restaurants, so slacks or jeans are just fine.
Here is a suggested list of items to pack for your autumn trip to North Dakota:
Long pants or jeans, shorts (in case it gets warm), lightweight jacket, long-sleeve shirts, sweater and/or sweatshirts, polyester fleece or wool
pull-over, or jacket, cotton, wool, polypropolene or polyester athletic socks, lightweight hiking boots or walking shoes (not fashion boots) with a
low heel and a sole that provides good traction. Waterproof is good, but not mandatory, gloves or mittens, hat, cap or headband, sunglasses, lip
balm, face/skin sunscreen, small gym bag or day pack for outdoor activities, any precautionary medication that you normally travel with, bathing
suits for jacuzzis and pools along the way, cameras.
Summer Travel
North Dakota's delightful summer season is at its best in June, July and August, and is perfect for all outdoor activities. The days are warm,
sometimes even hot, but nights are cool enough for a restful sleep. Expect an average temperature of 82° Fahrenheit (28° Celsius). It is
recommended to be prepared with a light jacket or sweatshirt, as the evenings can be much cooler than day-time temperatures.
The dress code here is very casual, even for dining in our nicer restaurants, so slacks or jeans are just fine.
Here is a suggested list of items to pack for your summer trip to North Dakota:
Short sleeve shirts, lightweight jacket, shorts, long pants; jeans or casual slacks are fine, cotton, polypropolene, or polyester athletic socks, riding
boots (not fashion boots) with at least a 2-inch heel for riding, comfortable walking shoes or lightweight hiking boots with a sole that provides good
traction. Waterproof is good, but not mandatory, hat or cap, sunglasses, lip balm, face/skin sunscreen, small gym bag or day pack for outdoor
activities, any precautionary medication that you normally travel with, bathing suit for jacuzzis and pools along the way, cameras.
Each Christmas, Carlyle returns to time of Dickens
Ron Petrie
The Leader-Post
Monday, December 03, 2007
CARLYLE -- Christmas begins at different times for each and every one, but for Saskatchewan, the province, the festive spirit first
twinkles brightest here in the southeast corner.
This weekend brings the annual Dickens Village Festival, when the town of Carlyle time-travels back to a period before its own
existence, beyond its borders, to the Victorian age of the timeless parable A Christmas Carol. From scruffy street urchins begging with
tin cups, to Father Christmas welcoming visitors in his majestic regalia, to a town crier ringing a hand bell and hear-yaying attention
to events and attractions, downtown Carlyle becomes a holiday greeting card brought to life.
Or, as Dave McKinnell, who lives just down the road at Arcola, puts it:
"Bah."
Furthermore:
"Humbug."
All in jest, all by way of rehearsal, you understand.
McKinnell is this year's Ebenezer Scrooge, and will be out on the streets in character, in costume, an annual favourite of the crowd.
The role of the miserly old grump whose ways are changed after a visitation by three spirits is one to which McKinnell somewhat
relates. Christmas season had for him become, later in life, merely another time of year, he says, perhaps not the hassle, or even
nuisance, that many adults dread, but certainly not the magical time of his childhood, either. "In the past four years, it's been different.
Christmas has meaning again," a change in heart he attributes, in part, to the Dickens Village Festival.
Which is exactly the point, says his fellow volunteer Marilyn George.
"I think what we have in Carlyle is a nice start to the Christmas season. People from all over are making Carlyle one of their
destinations for the holidays, and I think that's because Christmas is about being together, about doing things as a family, and not
always about the dollar sign."
Now in its fifth year, a winner of the national Winterlights award for community events, the Dickens Village Festival came about after
a meeting of Christmas past and Christmas present. First was the spirit of nostalgia, a longing for the old Santa Claus Day, once as
much a tradition in Carlyle as in any Saskatchewan community, one Saturday every December for farm and town families to gather,
for merchants to put out their wares and thank customers for the year's business, and, most importantly, for children to meet the big
guy from the North Pole with his bags of treats.
It was after some residents from Carlyle returned from a trip to Garrison, North Dakota, home of another Dickens festival, that the
idea took hold.
"Garrison is very similar to Carlyle, so we thought, if they can do this, why can't we?" says George. It was mere coincidence that the
town of Carlyle took its name from Scottish author Thomas Carlyle, a contemporary of Charles Dickens, in the same way as did other
neighboring communities down the railway, such as (William) Wordsworth and (Robert) Browning -- the so-called poet's line.
Events this Friday and Saturday include: a craft sale; show and auctions of gingerbread houses and of Christmas trees decorated in all
manners of ancient and modern themes ("I'm guessing they'll be a few 'Rider trees this year," says festival chairperson Leisa Grimes);
a kids' dance at the elementary school; street-carolling by both children and adults; high tea served at the United Church; Tiny Tim's
Taste Tour of baking, cider, shortbread, smoked turkey drumsticks, mince meat tarts, baked potatoes and other period delicacies put
out by shopkeepers and cart-pushing street vendors; old-fashioned tree ornament-making and decorating; a family English pub;
horse-and-carriage rides; a fashion show; a day-long bill of entertainment at the hall; Twinkle Tours of the town Christmas lights;
Breakfast with Santa on Saturday morning, and a native craft show at the Friendship Centre.
The Dickens parade, featuring floats lit up with portable electrical generators, goes both Friday after dusk, with a candlelit procession
and service to follow at Heritage Anglican Church, and then again after sunset Saturday evening. The Cornerstone Theatre mounts its
annual Christmas production Friday and Saturday evenings, with a matinee encore Sunday. The festival ends with an old English
bangers-and-mash supper Sunday at the United Church.
"Just about everybody I know volunteers something, in some way, to this make this event happen," says Mike Makelki, this year's
Father Christmas. Adds the town-crier, David Slykhuis: "As the festival goes on, it seems that people are getting more and more into
costume. It feels more like you're in the spirit."
It's a spirit that continues -- has to continue, or flicker out -- year round in Carlyle. An annual event of such scale and detail would be a
tall order for any city, never mind for a town of 1,275 and its surrounding communities. In January, organizers will review the weekend
and plan changes, both to keep the festival fresh from year to year and to eliminate whatever glitches came their way. Two major
rummage sales, in spring and fall, help finance the festival and both need to be organized. "By April we really start back at it, booking
venues," says Grimes. "But it doesn't really stop all year. It's a lot of little things. By September it gets pretty insane." The
Cornerstone Theatre begins reading new material. The 30-foot town Christmas tree has to selected from a farmyard needing to clear
land or cull its windbreak. Costumes have to be designed, sewn or altered.
For those visitors who think, what the dickens, why not go in costume, organizers say that the optional dress can be as elaborate as any
mid-19th-century finery or as simple as an old top hat and long coat, or a maid's scullery cap fashioned from a handkerchief. Che
Cormier's ensemble is little more than a poorboy cap pulled on sideways, some woolen socks, a bit of black face paint to scuff up the
cheeks and -- ta-da! -- a street urchin. A tall street urchin, that is, the mother in charge of the kids who will play the Dickensian roles
on the weekend.
"They go around in two- or three-hour shifts, singing little songs and begging change," she says. "Basically they run around like little
hoodlums, which they love, because they aren't otherwise allowed to, and then they warm up at the bale fires. I think it's great because
a lot of kids today are not hard done by at all. This takes them back to the time of Dickens, when life wasn't easy for children. They
have fun, but they also learn that Christmas is about much more than circling what want in a catalogue."
If the Dickens Village Festival is Carlyle's Christmas present to Saskatchewan, it is a gift given with no small significance to the past.
In one of those eerie connections of present day to history, scholars note that the author Carlyle, normally a dour and reclusive man,
was so moved by A Christmas Carol, by the prose of Dickens, that, in the words of his wife Jane, he was "seized with a perfect
convulsion of hospitality" and threw a mammoth Christmas party. Seems that, like Ebenezer Scrooge, like Thomas Carlyle, like so
many of us in this busy season, we still look to A Christmas Carol for the light to bring us home.
(More information on the Dickens Village Festival in Carlyle is available on-line at www.creda.sk.ca or by calling 1-866-DIKKENS).
© The Leader-Post (Regina
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