(CASTLEGAR NEWS, Janvary 19, 1983 B4, seismic income i A \ pioneer inher. . own att, While most pioneers are long-time residents filled with years }and there are i and Lynn Smecher, A.A.A., is an excellent example, as I learned last month during her Christmas visit. + we had very little sleep but a/lot: of What aspects of the great fashion houses had impressed - her the most?’ “Thoy were a different world - different techni which ‘havo in After duating from Stanley School in June, 1980 and working in the Bank of Montreal for a year Lynn then enrolled in the “Miss Wade's Fashion Merchandising College” in Dallas, Texas —a complete break with the usual career pattern for most young Canadian women, Exactly a year ago to this writing, Lynn, during her Christmas break, called for a visit, we had a chat, and as an . incentive to others who might be interested in following in yet.” And the “touristy” things? “The sense of shock and the, fe 0g of immiedingy of! history ‘at every turn, wherever you looked; the differences, in cultures; the fact that when we visited the art galleries we actually saw paintings and s: ‘that; Had ‘p just been pictures’ in our textbooks." saw my, history, her footsteps I wrote a column en her to that time. The privately-owned college, she said, was located on the sixth floor of the huge “Dallas Apparel Mart” which, among other things, contains 8,000: manufacturers’ show rooms, for Dallas is the fashion distribution centre for the Nort Aviorlens continent. a she admitted, was both and aapune and the move to Texas had required many adjustments -- both cultural and climatic — but she has been art'and logy in a new. and with far greater understanding.” . Seid (My purring at this new enlightenmen could be heded! distinctly at least two rooms away.) How about concerts, plays, celebrities? I asked. “We saw Elizabeth Taylor playing the lead role in the London stage play “The Little Foxes” — she was wonderful; and then (thrill of thrills), we 1 met and had our. ph cially ‘choreogra| "the Dallas ‘Apparel’ Marts Theatre on: Thi show, it said, is featuring student designers ta will bo'ch ‘by Lee Ballas ‘The 14-hour ‘show, which’ was a‘ part’ o: graduation exercises, received “a ‘lot of good ¢ The show in turn..has sparked a. series ;of' seminars taken with Rick Springfield. “And whe is Rick 1 asked, tanti thrilled with the experience. and the new hall and opportunities. When Lynn returned toTexas, having shivered through her entire holiday, (the average temperature in. Dallas is 25°C) she started her second quarter in.which she studied ° Display, Fashion Show. Production, Drafting, Interior Decorating, Business Law, Fashion Design 2 and 8, Psychology, Sociology and History. : In her free'time she took further training with Calvin Klein, the internationally famous designer, and with Cindy Alth a noted And from bo she obtained much valuable experience. | : The high point of the $12,000 course came in June when she and 15 other students ied by school presid why. said Lyni,. without the slightest hint” of by well-k: fashion experts and a doubling of. the design’ majors in the. school. As well, Lee Ballas ‘Smith’ and Lynn” designing a dress lini of. their own. condescension, “he's the star in General Hospital and his i . Dreamy,” records are in the top 10 in the popular music lists. On their return to Dallas, the class complet gi fi quarter and'on Sept. 16, 112 graduates (including five men) from a starting class of 186, received their Associates of. Applied Arts degrees at the college grad switching accessories one gets a‘ dift ‘Tt isa design,” said Lynn, “which was created for the ‘ limited'means, but who still wishes to- Besides: Lynn there, were. four other Canadians; in: the graduating:class — Fatima Sousa.of Nels of Winnipeg, Karen Dearkson of Kamloops ‘and: .gizl,”,as well as one each from the. Phin X (Frank Tortoriello and a parent chaperone, took ‘an 16-day Hrs TAL rt Y) EVANGELICAL FREE CHURCH —Fellowship — Worship — Bible Study Family Bible Hour ST. PETER LUTHERAN 713 - 4th Street 45 a.m. Sunday School 10:30 a.m. Worship Service doy, Ii'a.m., Lagion Halt |. 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Bottom; ft photo shows Smecher- designed’ cotton corduroy. pants and printed challis louse: (“Asa Catadisn, how'do you see, the prospects in ‘the {fashion world of the immediate: fatore for-young Canadian men and women?” I:asked, “Canada,” ‘answered Lynn, Mis. opeaing™ up. ‘to. design Q really quickly and anyone who is: prepared to work will find ; all sorts of opportunity here ~- the guys too — in fact a lot of 2 -the big-name ‘designers are'men.” One lsat (and inevitable) question. “What advice do you . following ‘your lead?” 1 t0 do,” id, ‘she might have added, “If they have coura; charm and'a genuine liking for ‘Among the many skills that she has acquired during} her 1-year sojourn in Dallas, is'a very authentic sounding and: pleasant southern accent which she can turn on and off.with’ ease: “You've got to speak to them in their own ay o they: Gort understand you.” i But once again she shivered th whole time she was, in Castle The, are ome things ‘you. gant learn: & ———— ~ Pacific Western has | ‘ Anurag SHIP AFTER 1:00 P.M. 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