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Doris Treptow-Kovacs

Fashion professor

Education

  • M.F.A., fashion, Savannah College of Art and Design
  • B.S., business administration, Fundação Educacional de Brusque

Credentials

  • Professor of fashion, 2005–present, Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, GA
  • Part-time professor, 2001–03, FURB University, Blumenau, SC, Brazil
  • Part-time professor, 2002, ASSELVI Associate College, Indaial, SC, Brazil
  • Part-time professor, 2001, SENAI, National Industry Service Training, Blumenau, SC, Brazil
  • Part-time professor, 1999–2001, SENAC, National Commerce Service Training, Blumenau and Brusque, SC, Brazil
  • Fashion designer, 1999–2004, Tifa Confecções (manufacturer), Brusque, SC, Brazil
  • Fashion consultant, 1995–2002, Dossie da Moda — self-owned design firm, Brusque, SC, Brazil
  • Fashion coordinator, 1995–96, Havan Tecidos da Moda, Brusque, SC, Brazil
  • Senior designer, 1993–95, Buettner S.A., Brusque, SC, Brazil

Awards, recognitions, and honors

  • Graduation speaker for the 2003 class of Fashion Design for FURB University

Organizations

  • Scientific Committee Member, Congresso Internacional Negocios de Moda, Porto, Portugal, 2016

Publications and presentations

Publications

  • Inventando Moda, revised deluxe edition, 2013.
  • "The extended role of fashion designers on a changing apparel industry," M.F.A. thesis, 2005.
  • Inventando Moda, 2003.
  • Produced seven video reports "Dossie da Moda" (The Fashion Brief) forecasting trends, 1991–97.
  • "Spider Silk," FURB University scientific magazine, 2002.
  • "A roupa como manifesto social," FURB University scientific magazine, 2002.

Presentations

  • Instructor at weeklong workshop "Tecendo Tendências," Curitiba (Brazil), 2011
  • Instructor at week-long workshop "Tecendo Tendências," Maringá (Brazil), 2011
  • "The Fashion Portfolio," presented at Semana de Moda Centro Universitario de Araraquara, UNIARA, Araraquara (Brazil), 2010.
  • "The Fashion Portfolio," presented at Universidade Paranaense, UNIPAR, Cianorte (Brazil), 2010.
  • "Trend Forecasting Winter 2010," presented at União Dinâmica de Faculdades Cataratas, UDC, Foz do Iguaçu (Brazil), 2009.
  • "Trend Forecasting Winter 2010," presented at Universidade Paranaense, UNIPAR, Cascavel (Brazil), 2009.
  • "Trend Forecasting Winter 2010," presented at Centro Europeu, Curitiba (Brazil), 2009.
  • "Trend Forecasting Winter 2010," presented at Centro Europeu, Joinville (Brazil), 2009.
  • "Trend Forecasting Winter 2009," presented at IV Conpact — Congresso Paranaense de Artes, Comunicação e Turismo — III Ciclo de Estudos em Moda, Umuarama (Brazil), 2008.
  • "Trend Forecasting Winter 2009," presented at VII Ciclo de Palestras em Moda-Cianorte (Brazil), 2008.
  • "Trend Forecasting Winter 2009," presented at V Encontro de Atualização em Moda, Cascavel (Brazil), 2008.