17 courses with the subject FASH, each shown exactly as we captured it from the college's catalog, with every element we hold. Where the wording looks broken, that is our reading of the catalog, not the college's text.
FASH 105Introduction to the Fashion Industry3
This survey course covers the history, characteristics and global interrelationships of all segments of the fashion industry. The course explores how fiber, textile and apparel producers, retailers and home furnishings companies, merchandise and market their products within the industry and to the ultimate consumer.
This course surveys the evolution of dress from 1800 to present day, analyzing the impact of social, economic, environmental, and political circumstances, globally and locally, past and present. Students will process this information and research and develop future trends based on the current climate as it relates to our studies of historical fashion.
This course involves the study of form, line, balance, tone, shade, value, and pattern with reference to the human figure and its costume. The computer-based hands on assignments utilize Design CAD and Fashion Illustration software to produce textile designs, and color stories for merchandising and design presentations.
Students learn the fundamentals of design room sewing techniques used in the fashion industry; including the construction skills needed to execute designs in a professional manner. A sample garment is developed through the use of a basic pattern. Emphasis is on basic sewing construction skills, including fundamentals in the selection of fabrics, patterns, fit, and construction techniques. Students develop a sample library as well as a professionally finished garment.
Students learn the fundamentals of patternmaking through development of foundation slopers including a basic bodice, sleeve, two-dart skirt, and pant. Variations on these slopers will then be applied to original design projects which will follow the design process from concept to paper pattern to finished garment in fashion fabric, to be shown at the departmental fashion show. Material cost and laboratory fees apply.
The course addresses the fundamental knowledge of textiles, including the study of natural and manmade fibers, practical applications of textiles in the industry and in the arts, properties that affect fabric performance, and methods of production as they relate to yarns, dyes and finishes of the final product. Traditional techniques as well as advancements in technology utilized in the textile industry are emphasized.
This course introduces the basic elements of design related to promoting fashion merchandise. Topics include exterior and interior display, their coordination with other related departments, the use of color, equipment and display materials, lighting and sources of supply. Store fixtures, design fundamentals, and display principles are studied throughout analysis of interior and exterior displays and to give shape and substance to student ideas by the planning, installation, and evaluation of a series of displays.
A work-study arrangement between the department and business/industry, retail stores, buying offices, and ad agencies, among others. Approval and recommendation of Curriculum Chair required. All hours are completed off-campus at the job location.
This course focuses on the buyer’s role in a retail organization. The students will develop an understanding of all the essential factors involved to procure the proper assortments to maximize profits for all types of retailers. Students will be introduced to buying terminology and techniques, merchandising mathematics and technology, product development and sourcing in domestic and foreign markets.
FASH 105 - Introduction to the Fashion Industry or FASH 108 - History of 20th Century Fashion
FASH 220Apparel and Design 13
Students learn to drape intricate garments. Projects include draping rousers, notch and shawl collar jackets, dolman sleeves, and skirt variations. Original design is executed from a sketch and a sample garment is constructed. Material costs and lab fees apply.
Continuation of more advanced draping problems. Includes draping in a variety of fabrics. Original designs for lingerie, knitwear, tailored jacket and term garments are draped and constructed in fabric. Material costs and lab fees apply.
Fashion Illustration Techniques 1 aims to develop the skills necessary to communicate fashion visions involved in the development of fashion products from concept to design. This course provides basic knowledge of drawing the fashion figure and the illustration of apparel products, as well as the development and exploration of the art and history of the fashion illustration and its place in the design process. Students will master the ability to build and render garments while exploring the expression of drama, attitude, and style using traditional and nontraditional art materials.
Fashion Product Development is a comprehensive course outlining the step-by-step process of developing concept into product within the apparel industry culminating in the completion of a portfolio of work exhibiting this experience. Students will analyze and experience different fashion professional careers as they operate within an apparel company, including taking on such roles as design, production, merchandising, marketing, etc., examining how the environment, socio-economic, and political atmosphere affect the industry.
Fashion Design and Technology 2 focuses on designing, developing, and presenting fashion products through advanced digital technology, including Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator. Students exercise the application of digital illustration through technical flats, specification sheets, textile repeats, concept boards, and color stories.
The students will explore various techniques for integrating existing hand-generated fashion design projects. The students will develop a seasonal collection for their final graduate fashion show in
