Fashion Design Professional

The NYSD Fashion Design Professional transforms ambitious individuals to skilled fashion designers. If you’ve completed NYSD’s Fashion Design Certificate or have equivalent expertise, this program is your next step.

Guided by industry pros and educators in a dynamic studio environment, you will refine personal style and hone high fashion standards. Create collections, define your digital identity, excel in advanced techniques, and showcase your creations. Culminate with a New York Fashion Week runway presentation, impressing industry influencers. Leave with a portfolio reflecting your unique style, ready for a successful fashion career.

Program Highlights:

NYFW Collaborative Project:  Students pursue shared goals, enhancing teamwork and communication.

Personal Guidance and Quality Assurance: Instructors mentor one-on-one for top-tier work. 

Industry-Aligned Proficiency: Program aligns with industry practices, refining students’ design, planning, and execution skills.

Curriculum:

• Creative Design Process 45 hours
• Brand Identity & Communication 45 hours
• Collection Construction 135 hours
• Career Seminar 15 hours
• NYFW Runway Presentation

Runway Presentation: $1,000 to $2,500

Fashion Design Professional Program Outcomes

Upon program completion, students will have the skills to:

Create diverse design development boards and craft a collection of fashion illustrations, spec sheets, and look book.

Demonstrate advanced technical abilities in collections development and construction and apply systematic problem solving.

Build your personal brand by crafting logos, style guides, content creation, and web presence.

Career Objectives

The Fashion Design Professional equips students with skills in strategic collections development, construction, and personal branding to pursue diverse roles in the fashion industry such as a fashion designer, patternmaker, stylist, or even start their own fashion enterprise.