Fashion Design

The VMCAD Fashion Design Program was developed from the haute couture method of design that Virginia Marti learned while attending art and design schools in Paris, New York and from her own work experience.  The hands-on curriculum combines an artistic foundation with technical and business skills to prepare graduates for a variety of employment opportunities in the apparel industry.  The program is structured to challenge and motivate students in all aspects of fashion design, including:

 

•Fashion illustration

•Pattern drafting

•Draping

•Haute Couture Sewing

•Fitting

•Computer applications
 

Today’s fashion designer must be able to think historically and reinterpret ideas from the past and predict trends for the future.  Our curriculum is designed to enable the student to think globally, economically and socially by combining an artistic foundation with the latest technology.  Students are taught how to express their ideas onto a sketch pad and how to translate them into production.