The Business of Culinary (June 10—11) and Fashion Immersion (June 12—13, 2025)

Experience

The conference is tailored for design, family & consumer science, culinary, fashion, design, marketing, merchandising, textile educators who are looking to take their curriculums to the next level with creativity, design-thinking, & technology! The content is also aligned with FCS standards and competencies as well as curriculum development related to the business of culinary, retail, fashion, design, and more.

2025 Agenda *

The Business of Culinary

Tuesday, June 10th

✔ New York City culinary history
✔ Behind-the-scenes of a classic New York City staple food
✔ Culinary tour of an ethnic neighborhood
✔ Unique restaurant experience

Wednesday, June 11th

✔ Culinary Arts Professional Development discussion
✔ Behind-the-scenes of a classic New York City staple food
✔ Culinary tour of an ethnic neighborhood
✔ Unique restaurant experience

Evening of Wednesday, June 11th

✔ All attendees of The Business of Culinary and Fashion Immersion conferences are welcome to attend the WindowsWear 2025 Summer Bash networking event with industry professionals.

Fashion Immersion

Thursday, June 12th

✔ New York City fashion history
✔ Headquarters of a New York City fashion brand
✔ Showroom visit of an emerging brand or Garment Center manufacturing facility
✔ Textile & fabric experience at Mood Fabrics

Optional Thursday Evening Excursion: Walking tour of Fifth Avenue including Macy’s, Saks Fifth Avenue, Tiffany & Co.,  and Bergdorf Goodman.

Friday, June 13th

✔ Fashion & Design Professional Development discussion
✔ Meatpacking District and SoHo fashion tour
✔ MET Museum and 2025 Costume Institute exhibition

Conference takes place from 10am to 5pm each day and includes programming, presentations, site visits, and experiences.

* Agenda may be subject to change.

Location

Midtown Manhattan and various site visits throughout New York City and includes a reception on Wednesday night.  The evenings free for you to explore on your own or with other educators that will be attending the conference.

Hotel Options + Conference Fee

Attendees can choose:
i) No Hotel Room
ii) Shared Hotel Room (two double beds shared by two attendees) *
iii) Private Hotel Room (one king bed occupied by one attendee) *

2-day Culinary or Fashion conference:
i) $1,550 No Hotel Room, just the Conference Fee
ii) $2,050 Shared Hotel Room + Conference Fee
iii) $2,550 Private Hotel Room + Conference Fee

4-day Culinary and Fashion conference:
i) $2,950 No Hotel Room, just the Conference Fee
ii) $3,950 Shared Hotel Room + Conference Fee
iii) $4,750 Private Hotel Room + Conference Fee

* Breakfast is included at the hotel and lunch is included during the day. Let us know if you have any special requests or need additional nights as we can arrange them under our group discounted rate.

Funding Options

Contact your local and state Career and Technical Education (CTE) offices to learn more about professional development funding opportunities.

Carl D. Perkins funds can be used to cover professional development experiences. Culinary and Fashion are part of the recognized career clusters. Attending a professional experience will put you in the center of the industry with actual interactions with industry professionals, visits to iconic venues and experiences that will be important to introduce your students to enhance their success in the field. Perkins funds can also pay for licenses (to support eLearning platforms like WindowsWear). WindowsWear’s W9 Form.

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Dress Code

Wear comfortable clothing as we’ll be doing a lot of activities and walking.  We’ll start the mornings with presentations and afternoons with site visits, tours, and experiences.

For the WindowsWear Summer Bash on Wednesday evening, wear cocktail attire as we’ll be at a rooftop lounge with a professional photographer.

The entire experience will be photographed for WindowsWear’s press & social media purposes.

Press releases from the 2021, 2022, 2023, and 2024 conferences.

Transportation to and from New York City

Attendees will need to pay for and schedule their own transportation to and from New York City.

LaGuardia (“LGA”) is the closest airport to midtown Manhattan, and there are a couple options to get to the hotel from LGA including:

i) Taxi, Uber, or Lyft ($45 to $60, depending on traffic / time of day)
ii) Bus & Subway ($2.90) and you would need to take the bus from LGA to the subway and then walk to the hotel (you can see the map of the route here). All buses & subways in NYC now accept payment directly from a smartphone or wireless credit card.

If you are arriving via JFK Airport (“JFK”) or Newark Airport (“EWR”), you also have the option of taking the monorail & train which gets you to Penn Station or Grand Central Station in midtown Manhattan (the hotel is a 10 minute walk from either station).

From JFK, when you arrive at your terminal, take the AirTrain monorail to Jamaica station and then take the Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) into either Penn Station or Grand Central Station. The total cost is about $15 and you can see more info here.

From EWR, when you arrive at your terminal, take the AirTrain monorail to the NJ Transit train, and you can travel into Penn Station. The cost is about $15 and you can see more info here.

Questions?

Email us at conferences@windowswear.com if you have any questions or need any assistance.