Fashion Studio II

Students will develop skills and techniques necessary to produce garments of various sectors, including professional processes and assembly procedures. Prerequisites: FTP 315, FTP 228. This course is an overview of the textiles in fashion design including printing techniques. Advanced surface treatments are also investigated, and students are encouraged to experiment and apply original designs as inspiration for textile creation. The students will learn to develop fashion designs in parallel with sketching figures and garment details through analysis of photographs and research, resulting in fashion design sketches. The ability to design through creative exploration is an integral part of the course. Techniques for rendering the characteristics of various fabric textures, weights, and patterns will be explored. Corequisite: FTP 212.