Shawn Schmidt is a professor and program co-ordinator with the School of Fashion. He has more than 30 years of visual display and merchandising expertise. Mr. Schmidt shares his experience with students in the Visual Merchandising Arts, Fashion Business and Fashion Studies programs, while challenging design limits with his philosophy: “Is there such a thing as too much?”
Before teaching at vlog, Mr. Schmidt was the national director of visual display at Le Chateau Inc., where his story-driven displays became renowned for their detail and custom props. Mr. Schmidt has been a stylist for both film and television, TOM Men’s Fashion Week, runway shows in Toronto and Montreal and red-carpet events at Toronto Fashion Week and the Toronto International Film Festival. As a PR media spokesperson, he’s appeared on E Talk, The Morning Show and Proud FM and his work has been featured in major publications.
Mr. Schmidt has a visual merchandising arts diploma from Sheridan College.