Fashion Design

The Fashion Design Certificate program is designed for students who have a love for fashion and design and feel that they have the talent to pursue a career in design. The course is designed to help students enhance their own design skills; translate concepts onto paper, and eventually into actual garments. It will prepare students to enter the fashion design industry in the capacity as a design assistant or working with a product development team.

The curriculum includes 96 hours of classroom instruction in five core courses plus two electives of your choice. A required final project will be a separate night of presentation of designs and/or fashion show. This course must be completed within 2 years. Attendance at 80% of classes is required for certification.

Paula Molino, Owner, Fashion Fix

Core Classes:

  • Fashion Design I
  • Fashion Design II
  • Fashion Illustration
  • Basic Garment Construction
  • Basic Pattern Making

Electives: (choose 2)

  • Photoshop
  • Quickbooks
  • MS Office
  • a drawing or painting class
  • Adobe InDesign

Fashion Design I

The basic understanding of fashion design - from design principles, how to translate source of inspiration into designs and dress a fashion figure. Materials list will be mailed prior to first class; approximate cost $50.

Newtown Campus
$189 (plus $90 book fee)/ WSMCE 3710 C01
6 W, 9/16-10/21, 6:30-9:30 pm

Fashion Illustration

Learn how to draw a fashion figure and dress it with original designs with attention to garment details, fabric rendering and trims. Materials list will be mailed prior to first class; approximate cost $50.

Newtown Campus
$199 (plus $60 book fee; includes live model fee)/WSMCE 3712 C01
6 W, 10/28-12/9 (no class 11/25) 6:30-9:30 pm

Basic Garment Construction

The fundamentals of sewing which includes hand and machine sewing, how to select fabrics based on style and fabric, pattern layout and construction methods and sewing one simple garment. Materials list will be mailed prior to first class; approximate cost $80. Bring your portable sewing machine to class.

Newtown Campus
$189 (plus $40 book fee)
WSMCE 3713 C01
6 W, 1/6/2010-2/10/2010, 6:30-9:30 pm