Push your creativity while building on time-tested principles of design and craft. Fashion courses at MassArt offer an opportunity for students to learn the fundamentals of fashion design in one of the oldest and most respected fashion programs in the country.
Students explore the current practices being used by sustainable fashion designers/companies, organic and eco-friendly textiles, innovations in design/ production, textiles, waste minimization, and upcycling in design and manufacturing. While working through their own process, students will use sustainable methods to design and create projects addressing social responsibility in the fashion … Read more
Start Date
09/03
Meeting Day
Wednesdays
End Date
12/10
Faculty
Jennifer Varekamp
Time
6:30pm–10pm
Credits
3
An overview of pattern drafting and an introduction to clothing construction. Students explore the different methods of pattern making, from using the dart for fit to adding shape for fullness, and learn how to take body measurements for fit. Pattern drafting and construction techniques are then applied to an original … Read more
Start Date
09/04
Meeting Day
Thursdays
End Date
12/11
Faculty
Jennifer Varekamp
Time
6:30pm–10pm
Credits
3
Explore advanced construction and drafting methods for custom tailoring. Learn how to design and construct a tailored ensemble using traditional methods that include pad stitching, foundation shaping, special lapel and collar treatments, and finishes. Prerequisites: Introduction to Creative Fashion and Introduction to Pattern Drafting or permission of instructor. Email: achan@massart.edu. … Read more
Start Date
09/04
Meeting Day
Thursdays
End Date
12/11
Faculty
Andy Chan
Time
6:30pm–10pm
Credits
3
An overview of pattern drafting and an introduction to clothing construction. Students explore the different methods of pattern making, from using the dart for fit to adding shape for fullness, and learn how to take body measurements for fit. Pattern drafting and construction techniques are then applied to an original … Read more
Start Date
09/08
Meeting Day
Mondays
End Date
12/15
Faculty
Renee Harding
Time
6:30pm–10pm
Credits
3
Learn to develop and market textile designs using Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator. Topics include building a design from a motif, creating colorways for your print, using scanned artwork to create designs, and texture mapping. Students create a series of print designs and a collection of coordinated prints.
Start Date
09/08
Meeting Day
Mondays
End Date
12/15
Faculty
Meg Young
Time
6:30pm–10pm
Credits
3
The 20th century is particularly suited to study the multicultural heritage of fashion and art history. In its first 50 years, fashion and art were an expression of Eurocentric partisanship, despite extensive, uncredited cultural borrowings from peoples and countries in the global community. In the mid-1960s these broader voices in fashion … Read more
Start Date
09/09
Meeting Day
Tuesdays
End Date
12/16
Faculty
Carlos Villamil
Time
6:30pm–9:30pm
Credits
3
