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This 15 week course promotes the creation of a personal portfolio. It aims to inspire and prepare the student to develop a resourceful, curious and creative mind set, combining conceptual, critical and inclusive thinking. Students learn to tell a story through verbal and visual vocabulary whilst problem solving. This course culminates in three diverse collections. A guest critic is invited to offer industry feedback for the final class.
Credits: 3
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This course introduces the technical skills required for apparel construction. Students learn essential techniques such as pattern drafting, draping, and sewing. The course also includes lectures and readings that highlight designers and artists that approach garment making with a distinctive artistic vision.
Credits: 3
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One of the main skills for a graduate designer is the ability to go into a brand and design collections based on the understanding of the company’s DNA. In this class, students will design and develop a collection based on full brand understanding. This requires designing a collection based on a company’s creative brief, offering innovation and new ideas, including personal views and experiences to give the brand a competitive edge, including final prototypes.
Credits: 3
Prerequisites: FAD 301 FAD 303
In this course, students focus on the world of accessories through design and making. Students learn how to conduct culturally appropriate creative research and how to translate those ideas into bankable products. Students use the information learned in class to create a full design package consisting of mood, materials, color, illustration and line drawings with diversity consideration.
Credits: 3
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In the Collection studio students formulate everything that goes into the presentation and planning of the final collection. This includes model dressing, photo shoots, and creation of the final book (which will be used as promotional material relating to the final collection). The final book (digital and printed) will include documented process images, mood-color-material information, final collection illustrations, line-up flats, technical drawings, collection details, product shots and editorial photo shoots. FAD 402 runs parallel to FAD 403 Masterpiece Collection Studio.
Credits: 3
Prerequisites: FAD 301, FAD 303, FAD 401
In this course students will learn basic methods of designing and construction of small leather goods. This involves pattern cutting, sewing, canvas model construction and producing. The student will learn how to translate ideas from a two-dimensional sketch to a three-dimensional product that could be a wallet, tech accessory, or a makeup kit. The students will also be able to learn through the use of materials how to use various types of leather and other materials used in smaller items. Students will be trained on various industrial machines, as well as manual techniques, to make the smaller goods.
Credits: 3
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In this course students will learn advanced methods of luxury footwear construction. This involves pattern cutting, sewing, high heel shoes, boots and other advanced shoe constructions. Students will produce several pairs of shoes and will also learn how to use various types of leather, canvas, and hardware. Students will be trained on various industrial machines and how to make sole and heel components with leather, including high heel attachment techniques.
Credits: 3
Prerequisites: FAD 303, DME 245
In this course students will learn basic methods of handbag construction. This involves pattern cutting, sewing, canvas model construction, and producing the final bag. The student will learn how to translate ideas from a two-dimensional sketch to a three-dimensional handbag. The students will be trained on various industrial machines as well.
Credits: 3
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Effective fashion buying and merchandising are key to success in fashion retailing. An understanding of the retail business environment gives students the ability to perform more effectively as design professionals. Merchandisers can provide information on profitability and sales to impact the design process. The designers must learn to balance this feedback with their creative process in order to achieve corporate goals and maintain brand integrity.
Credits: 3
Prerequisites: FAD 204, FAD 309
This class applies concepts of anthropology to business with a special emphasis on the fashion industry. Students are introduced to research methods such as ethnography, psychogeography, participant observation as well as surveys. Case studies and in-depth retail analysis are utilized to provide insight into consumer behavior as well as cultural patterns and trends and their implications for product design, marketing, merchandising, and retail display of fashion accessories. In addition this class will consider race, diversity and social justice issues in relation to the consumer and corporate social responsibility.
Credits: 3
Prerequisites: FAD 102