Title

Pamela Ellsworth interview, 2024 September 5

Contributor Names

Ellsworth, Pamela (Interviewee)

Ferguson, James (Interviewer)

Date

2024-09-05

Description

Pamela Ellsworth is an associate professor and chairperson of the Fashion Institute of Technology’s Global Fashion Management program in the School of Graduate Studies, a campus of the State University of New York in New York City. Global Fashion Management, which confers a Master of Professional Studies degree, trains managers in the fashion industry for executive positions through a partnership with schools in Paris, Hong Kong, and Mexico City. Pamela joined FIT’s faculty in 2005 as an adjunct professor in the department of International Trade and Marketing, teaching international marketing and sourcing for the apparel industry. Prior to her appointment at FIT, she spent several years as a consultant for apparel factories in Africa and Asia, assisting companies in refining and marketing their products to successfully export to the U.S. and the European Union. Prior to consulting, she held the position of product development manager for Burlington Worldwide, Burlington Industry’s international division, focusing on companies and markets in Western Europe and Mexico. In the early years of her career, she worked as a costumer for theater, dance, and opera throughout the country, specializing in pattern drafting, draping, and construction after training with Seventh Avenue fashion companies.

Pamela received a Master of Professional Studies in Global Fashion Management from FIT, a Bachelor of Science degree from the College of Human Ecology at Cornell University in Apparel and Textile Management, certification in fashion design from The School of Fashion Design in Boston and studied textile technology at FIT. She is active in numerous FIT committees, formerly including the Diversity Council, established by FIT’s President. Pamela is a member emeritus of the President’s Council of Cornell Women.

Type

Moving Image

Oral histories

Subject

Clothing trade

Business

International trade

International economic relations

Export marketing

Marketing

Costume designers

Pattern design of clothing

Rights

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Identifier

FIT Repository ID: aod_oh_000020