MEDIA AND PRESS
FIT Art & Design Blog Feature
FIT Art & Design Blog Feature
FIT Art & Design Blog Feature
“Designer labels have status in Detroit. There’s an authenticity that surpasses trends,” she says. “You can dress a certain way [here] for 20 years and it will still be cool as long as it represents who you are.” - Ashley Harris
Fox 2 News Feature
FIT Art & Design Blog Feature
FIT Art & Design Blog Feature
Beautiful Spring/Summer looks from Detroit area fashion designers
Fox 2 News and Chuck Bennett introduce us to some of the hottest designers in Detroit.
*Ashley's segment is at 3:40 in video on link*
Best of Detroit 2019
FIT Art & Design Blog Feature
Best of Detroit 2019
Ashley Harris was voted Best Dressmaker by Hour Detroit Magazine
MEDIA AND PRESS
Voyage Michigan Interview
Detroit Free Press Article
Voyage Michigan Interview
"My great-grandmother was a wedding dress seamstress and helped me learn the basics until I could finally partake in a fashion design class in high school. And by high school fashion design class I mean, reworking pieces from the salvation army. I added tulle, beads, airbrush paint, and whatever embellishment I could find to these pieces to start making them my own."
Detroit Metro Times
Detroit Free Press Article
Voyage Michigan Interview
Detroit designers work the runway at Muse, the Art of Style
Every year Mark Burton and the Council of Fashion Designers of Michigan bring some of the best and most elegant fashion from local designers to Muse, the Art of Style. This year's designers included Ashley Harris, Cavinova, Wanda Harris, Shay Oliver, and Reg Robinson. The event
Detroit designers work the runway at Muse, the Art of Style
Every year Mark Burton and the Council of Fashion Designers of Michigan bring some of the best and most elegant fashion from local designers to Muse, the Art of Style. This year's designers included Ashley Harris, Cavinova, Wanda Harris, Shay Oliver, and Reg Robinson. The event was held Saturday at the The MEC Conference Center in Troy.
Detroit Free Press Article
Detroit Free Press Article
Detroit Free Press Article
Harris, 30, is leading the local effort to sew face masks.
She joined Magna in 2017 as a product engineer on seat trim and Harris was named Hour magazine’s best dressmaker in 2019.
Her website said she graduated from the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York City and was a former intern for Vera Wang, known for designing wedding g
Harris, 30, is leading the local effort to sew face masks.
She joined Magna in 2017 as a product engineer on seat trim and Harris was named Hour magazine’s best dressmaker in 2019.
Her website said she graduated from the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York City and was a former intern for Vera Wang, known for designing wedding gowns.
A dress designed by Ashley Harris, who is also a Magna International engineer for seat trim. (Photo: Magna International)
That glamour is on hold. Now Harris is sewing about 40 face masks a day.
"This is why I love this company so much," Harris said. "They allow us to be entrepreneurial no matter the situation."
Harris is also researching other ways the trim team can help in the fight against coronavirus. For now, a Magna spokesman said the Novi trim team is receiving several emails a day from colleagues around the world actively sewing with Harris' and the team's instructional template.