The pilot Fashion Design and YOU! program took place from July 1 - August, 2019, at the Walter H. Dyett High School for the Arts in the Washington Park neighborhood within Chicago’s Southside. 15 young people aged 15-17, learned the basics of the fashion-related vocational skill pattern-making in tandem with effective communication skills. Throughout the program, the participants were also exposed to professionals in the field, like Xochil Herrera Scheer aka the Chicago Pattern Maker and famed Chicago designer, Barbara Bates.