It analyzes the promotional and selling importance of fashion shows for manufacturers and retailers. Garments highlighted are produced by the senior class in FASH 410 and 420. This course presents an overview of apparel manufacturing and product development focusing on garment analysis and the sequential development of the product, using today's manufacturing and technological capabilities. Topics also include private label techniques, sourcing, costing, and quality control in manufacturing and merchandising. Garment Construction Three Credits Students develop finished sample garments based on their original designs, utilizing their draping and patternmaking skills.
Students gain insight into the relationship between creative design and quality of finished sample.
Three Credits Students interpret their original designs in keeping with current trends, using advanced draping and patternmaking techniques. Design projects will focus on creativity, fit, quality, and originality of finished garments. An elective course that gives a more in-depth study of pattern making and an understanding of the production processes using CAD to create and manipulate patterns of original designs, grade them to necessary sizes, and create a marker for the style based on a hypothetical cutting ticket. In this elective course, using different media, the student is able to explore illustrative ways to best show a garment on stylized figures. An elective course in introduction to major areas of accessory design.