About Freyja

Hometown:
Lake Forest, Illinois

University Partner:
Parsons the New School for Design

Degree:
B.F.A. in Fashion Design, 2008

Grant Partner:
Vineyard Vines

Senior Mentor:
Paul Massey, Director of Apparel Design

"The Steamboat experience has brought me a sense of community and friendship. I have made multiple friends within the Steamboat community, with whom I will stay in touch for the rest of my life. The people I have met during this experience have really made a difference and I am excited to go forth with my life having learned from them. I can't wait to see where we all go from here."

Scholar Background

Aspiring to start her own fashion line, Freyja has cultivated her artistic and design skills at the Art Institute of Chicago in the drawing and fashion programs. She was the recipient of the Dean’s Scholarship at Parsons and was a Semi-Finalist in the 2007 GAP Competition. In her junior year, Freyja helped organize what the Parsons professors deemed the most successful Junior Show they had seen. In her senior year, Freyja worked diligently on her senior thesis: designing her own line of clothing that will concentrate on evening wear and accessories. In Spring 2008, Freyja received the Bucol Award for her senior thesis collection, granted to a student of Parsons The New School for Design for the best use and interpretation of Solstiss Bucol laces and silks.

Internship Description

Throughout her internship, Freyja worked with the design team at Vineyard Vines on the Summer and Fall ‘08 Women’s Collection and the Fall ‘08 Men’s and Children’s Collections. In addition to clothing lines, she designed the accessories for the Summer and Fall '08 Collections, which included purses, bags, totes, wristlets, card cases, and wallets. Freyja also joined apparel designers on consultation meetings to help determine what materials were used for the samples.

Where are they now?

After graduation Freyja worked as an assistant designer at Kate Spade and then as a designer at Prarie New York. She is currently a designer at Shoshanna.