Courses

• FSHD 1302 Introduction to Fashion

  Survey of the world of fashion businesses. Introduction to the creation and merchandising of fashion through the study of fashion vocabulary, the fashion process, fashion publications, and career opportunities.

• FSHD 1311 Fashion History

  Survey of the evolution of fashion change, traced through garment development from ancient times to present day. A study of customs and silhouettes of each historical period and their modern day adaptations.

• FSHD 1318 Apparel Computer Systems

  An introduction to apparel computer systems used in wholesale and retail fashion businesses. Applications demonstrated include computer-aided garment and textile design, fashion illustration, pattern making, pattern grading, marker making, newsletters, brochures, advertisements and catalogs.

• FSHD 1322 Fashion Sketching

  Fundamentals of quick sketching to communicate design ideas. Instruction in drawing the male and female fashion figure. Emphasis on simple methods for making quick sketches to illustrate style information.

• FSHD 1324 Ready To Wear Construction

  Fundamentals of mass production of apparel, focusing on the operation of industrial sewing and pressing equipment. Survey of materials selection and construction techniques used at all price levels of mass produced apparel. Introduction to industry seam allowances. Identification of differences between ready-to-wear and couture construction.

• FSHD 1328 Flat Pattern Design I

  Demonstrate basic pattern-making skills of dart manipulation, slashing and spreading the pattern and contouring; document terms, markings, and symbols used in production patterns; and produce basic production patterns.

• FSHD 1346 Fashion Illustration Media

  Skill development in fashion figure drawing with emphasis on fashion details and body movement. Instruction in illustrating a wide variety of clothing on the fashion model in various media including computer-aided techniques.

• FSHD 1351 Design Construction Techniques

  A continuation of Ready-to-Wear Construction with emphasis on design details. Instruction in basic manipulation of a commercial pattern to create individual design details, dressmaking, and fully lined unstructured garments in intermediate level fabrics.

  Requires Prerequisites and Department Chair approval.

• FSHD 1355 Flat Pattern Design II

  A continuation of Flat Pattern Design I with emphasis on patterns for tailored garments. Instruction in creating a jacket sloper with a two-piece suit sleeve to make patterns for a variety of jacket silhouettes. Adding shoulder pad allowance, drafting patterns for jacket linings and interfacing pieces, lapel and collar variations and various pants shapes.

• FSHD 2306 Draping

  A study of three-dimensional fashion design conceptualizing by draping in muslin or fashion fabric directly on the dress form. Skill development in observing grain of fabric, identifying drapable fabrics and creating designs suitable for draping. Presentation of major fashion designers and draping techniques.

  Requires Prerequisites and Department Chair approval.

• FSHD 2341 Pattern Grading

  Instruction in sizing standard patterns larger and smaller for the mass production of apparel. A study of 1″, 1-1/2″, and 2″ and S_M_L_XL grade rules and their applications. Skill development in grading basic and fashion patterns with the ruler, the grading machine, and the computer.

• FSHD 2343 Fashion Collection Design

  Advance concepts in designing a collection of marketable apparel. Instruction in developing a design work board for a specific target market and selecting the most marketable ideas for the collection. Projects in resource development, fabric selection, estimating wholesale cost and initial pattern and garment production.

• FSHD 2344 Fashion Collection Production

  A continuation of the Fashion Collection Design course. Emphasis on the production, costing and marketing of a cohesive collection of fashion apparel. Instruction in completing production patterns for all collection garments.

• FSHN 1301 Textiles

  A general study of textiles with emphasis on factors that affect the hand, appearance, and performance in clothing use. Examination of the properties of natural and man-made fibers, how yarn is formed, methods of production, and the properties of a variety of fabrics. Application of textiles used in the apparel industry.