By Leslie Albrecht
DNAinfo Reporter/Producer
UPPER WEST SIDE — With Fashion Week poised to sashay into Lincoln Center, some industry insiders are taking a break from preparations to talk to teens about careers in fashion.
Students from New York public schools and young public housing residents will hear first-hand about what it's like to work in the fashion world at a Feb. 8 career panel called "A Life in Fashion."
Fashion Week event producer IMG, the Department of Education, the Council of Fashion Designers of America and Lincoln Center are presenting the event.
The panel, to be moderated by Wall Street Journal fashion writer Teri Agins, will feature stylist Lori Goldstein, who's styled celebrities such as Madonna and Rihanna; Lubov Azria, chief creative officer at BCBG Max Azria; Patrick Robinson, executive vice president of global design at the Gap; and Terron Schaefer, executive vice president and chief creative officer at Saks Fifth Avenue.
Students from high schools with a creative focus such as the Art & Design High School, High School for Arts, Imagination & Inquiry and the High School of Fashion Industries are invited to attend the 4:30 p.m. panel at the David Rubinstein Atrium at Lincoln Center.
"The city’s fashion industry employs over 165,000 New Yorkers and we are thrilled to encourage our public high school students to become the industry’s next generation of designers, retail buyers, patternmakers, merchandisers, and fashion publicists," Schools Chancellor Cathie Black said in a statement.
Young people from public housing developments DeHostos Houses, King Towers and Amsterdam Houses, which is just a block from Lincoln Center, are also invited.
Director of Fashion at Lincoln Center Stephanie Winston Wolkoff called the panel an opportunity to "empower the next generation of fashion professionals."
"We are excited to pursue more partnerships like this in the future and to work actively with our neighbors in supporting and enriching the community," Wolkoff said in a written statement.
Fashion Week, a week-long marathon of runway shows where designers show off their newest collections, runs from Feb. 10 through Feb. 17.
