Fashion Design 1 Pratt Fashion graduates go on to do remarkable things in the industry. FASHION DESIGN Many develop their own collections and labels, and virtually all find placement at top design houses in New York and beyond. Pratt From Pratt Institute's inspirational campus in Brooklyn, the Department of alumni design for Calvin Klein, Oscar de la Renta, Monse, Thom Fashion offers students a concept-led, craft-based education at the heart Browne, Creatures of the Wind, Maryam Nassir Zadeh, Adam Selman, of one of the world’s cultural epicenters. Opening Ceremony, Creatures of Comfort, Ralph Lauren, and countless others. Fashion design education at Pratt is interdisciplinary in nature, where the study of fashion cross-pollinates with art and design disciplines and is grounded in visual and material studies. The practice of fashion Chair is taught as one’s cultural embodiment within a social framework and Jennifer Minniti learned through rigorous attention to production, craft, and contemporary aesthetics. Students build a vision and a language through conceptual Assistant Chair processes emphasizing curiosity, imagination, improvisation, and play. Emily Mader They communicate that vision through proficiency in construction and Assistant to the Chair illustration skills, fluency with materials, traditional techniques, and Sandrine Delattre digital technologies, as well as synthesis of germane research. Interdisc- iplinary and collaborative classroom opportunities set the program apart, Academic Adviser offering students tools and creative engagement beyond the fashion TBA milieu. Office One of the world’s most prestigious independent colleges of art and Tel: 718.636.3415 design, Pratt is globally recognized for its distinguished academic record. Fax: 718.399.4566 Graduates in fashion design carry the hallmarks of the department [email protected] into the working world, where they are recognized for a commitment www.pratt.edu/fashion (http://www.pratt.edu/fashion/) to ingenuity, authenticity, creativity, and personal vision, as well as an informed versatility. Their artistic vision both reflects and challenges the Faculty Bios needs of contemporary culture. www.pratt.edu/fashion/faculty (http://www.pratt.edu/fashion/faculty/) A Fashion Program in the Fashion Capital • Fashion Design, BFA (https://catalog.pratt.edu/undergraduate/ design/fashion-design/fashion-design-bfa/) Pratt uses the city of New York and the borough of Brooklyn as its urban • Textiles, Minor (https://catalog.pratt.edu/undergraduate/minors/ laboratory, offering students a wealth of opportunities to gain crucial textiles-minor/) experience beyond the classroom environment. Museums, archives, and design studios familiarize students with design processes and histories; internships at top design companies such as Thom Browne, Zero Maria Cornejo, The Row, Altuzarra, Maryam Nassir Zadeh, Oscar de la Renta, and Creatures of the Wind offer hands-on experience and professional networking. All Pratt fashion design students participate in annual design competitions sponsored by the Council of Fashion Designers of America and YMA Fashion Scholarship Fund. Competitions sponsored by companies such as Joe’s Blackbook and Levi’s Made + Crafted are integrated into the curriculum, providing avenues for scholarship support and exposure within the fashion community. Public critiques with faculty, peers, and outside design authorities help students crystallize and articulate their design visions. A mandate to show work publicly—in gallery environments, on the street, in showrooms —instills appreciation for the true spectacle of fashion. The Fashion Design faculty is composed of esteemed professional practitioners from across the industry, including designers at top houses, artists, historians, and curators—Susan Cianciolo, Daryl Kerrigan, Mike Echkaus of Eckhaus Latta, and Beverley Semmes are among them. Faculty work has been featured in a wide range of publications including Vogue, WWD, Artforum, Interview, Wallpaper, The New Yorker, New York Magazine, The New York Times, and countless others. Guest practitioners from all fashion backgrounds join faculty in the classroom as visiting lecturers, advisers, and critics. Each semester, a full roster of fashion experts is invited to talk theory and practice with Pratt students. Alumni.