emerging designers series

Apparel Construction I provides the fundamentals of sewing. Participants will learn about the tools of the trade, including various machines used in home and commercial sewing. Through an applied learning process, they will construct simple garments, using commercial patterns to build their basic skills. This is an eight-week course. Class meets one day per week for four hours.  

In Apparel Construction II participants learn intermediate construction skills as they work on more complicated projects. In the process, participants also focus on making garments better fit the body and learn about sizing in the industry. This is an eight-week course. Class meets one day per week for four hours.  

In this class participants learn how to make garments with lapels, welt pockets, bound buttonholes, etc, and other construction techniques to provide the skill set needed for making more tailored apparel.  In the process, participants also learn about textiles and the textile industry. This is an eight-week course. Class meets one day per week for four hours. 

This course provides an overview of the fashion design process and introduces participants to pattern-making through flat pattern development using slopers.  This is an eight-week course. Class meets one day per week for four hours.  

Participants develop more advanced patterns and are introduced to pattern making via the draping method. They will design and construct an evening gown using this method.  This is an eight-week course. Class meets one day per week for four hours. 

Participants learn how to generate fashion flats containing specifics needed for pattern-drafting and production.  This is a four-week course. Class meets one day per week for four hours.    

Participants gain a foundation in fashion illustration that includes using stylized fashion figures, and rendering garments and various textures and prints with folds and movement. This is a four-week course. Class meets one day per week for four hours.    

This engages participants in developing and preparing to launch a fashion line. As part of the course, participants develop a small collection, including drawing the flats, drafting the patterns, and producing the samples, story boards, and line sheets. 

They will present their garments in a culminating fashion event. This is a twelve-week course. Class meets one day per week for four hours. 

Being an entrepreneur in the fashion industry requires business and financial management skills, customer service skills and marketing skills. 

Fashion Entrepreneurship includes four major components:

• Business Basics
• E-Commerce and Social Media
• Branding, Promotion and Marketing
• Customer Service

This is a twelve-week course. Class meets one day per week for four hours.