Sharon K. Blair
Director @Portland Fashion Institute
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WORK HISTORY
Director @Portland Fashion Institute
EDUCATION
Paris American Academy
Apparel Design
ABOUT SHARON K. BLAIR
Entrepreneur, designer and writer, Sharon Blair founded, owns and directs Portland Fashion Institute. PFI is Portland\'s only private, nonprofit accredited fashion design school in an area that hosts 41 apparel manufacturers. Sharon studied couture in Paris and has a bachelors and masters and advanced studies in couture, patternmaking, draping, tailoring, apparel design and clothing construction. Along the way, she wrote “The Southern Hoosier Herbal” - a book on the medicinal plants in Southern Indiana. PFI employs 24 contract instructors. All of the instructors currently work in the apparel industry yet are happy to share what they know with students. PFI calls itself \"all things fashion where apparel people teach apparel people\". PFI offers three degree programs plus continuing education in a curriculum that offers \"classes for fun, classes for careers\". PFI is proud to say that employees from Adidas to Columbia Sportswear to Nike and Pendleton have been among its students. Other students have started their own apparel companies. Sharon\'s work has been featured in national and local media and fashion shows. She has served on boards for fashion events, charities, Art Institute of Portland, Portland Audubon Society and Oregon\'s Higher Education Coordinating Commission\' Private Career Schools advisory board.
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