Bridgeport Fashion Center to Open During Fashion Focus

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The Bridgeport Art Center, across the street from Zhou B is starting to put more focus on the city's emerging fashion designers and creating a system to help them gain footing in the industry.

The mega center for the arts and events, home to more established companies like Coyle & Herr, hosts 75 workspaces for artists working in 2-D, 3-D and performance. As Crain's reports, starting this fall, it will rent affordable space at 180-5,000 square feet to 40 fashion designers under the name Bridgeport Fashion Center. The project will open this year during October's Fashion Focus.
· Bridgeport Art Center Adding Fashion Focus [Crain's]
· Bridgeport Art Center [Official Site]
· Fashion Focus Chicago [City of Chicago]