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Summer Pre-College: Fashion Design

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Summer Pre-College: Fashion Design - Portfolio

Session I: June 29 - July 12, 2025

Session II: July 13 - July 26, 2025

Do you have what it takes to become a fashion designer? Are you interested in pursuing a career in the fashion industry? The Marist Summer Pre-College Program in Fashion Design – Portfolio Development provides you with an opportunity to experience some of the exciting elements of fashion design and cultivate your fashion sketching skills while experiencing college life. Upon completion of the course, high school students will receive three college credits and have developed their fashion design portfolio. Students will experience Marist's Maker Lab, utilize the Fashion Department's Creative Resource Center, and attend two field trips, including one into NYC.

 

 

Welcome to Marist

Marist is a highly selective and comprehensive institution noted for its leadership in combining a liberal arts foundation with a professional education. When prospective students visit Marist–our beautiful location on the Hudson River, top-notch facilities, the personal attention and expertise of our faculty, and the sheer enjoyment of their experience here–they want to join our community. At Marist, students get a premium education, develop career-ready skills, make lifelong friends, and graduate as the next generation of leaders ready to tackle a rapidly evolving world.

Developing Your Fashion Design Portfolio

The focus of this Summer Pre-College Program in design will be apparel design portfolio development.  The two-week course allows students to fully explore the process of designing a collection of apparel culminating in a portfolio presentation. Students will learn the elements of basic fashion design sketching and develop a portfolio of their own. Students learn how to develop their design ideas in fashion sketches by understanding garment details, silhouettes, construction of garments, and rendering techniques. Students will develop and refine their presentation skills as they progress towards the ultimate goal of a fully finished portfolio collection.

Learning Outcomes

The overall learning goal of this course is to explore the various aspects of fashion design portfolio development. In this course students will:

  • Gain an understanding of the process of designing a capsule apparel collection
  • Learn advanced figure drawing techniques
  • Develop garment and specification flats rendering techniques
  • Acquire an understanding of garment details, silhouettes, and construction
  • Gain an understanding of presentation techniques as they apply to fashion design
  • Develop process projects that will culminate in a completed fashion capsule collection portfolio

Earn College Credits Over the Summer

Marist Summer Pre-College is geared toward sophomores and juniors in high school. Upon successful completion of the Fashion Design – Portfolio Development SPC Program, each student will earn three (3) transferable college credits for the Marist course, FASH 105N.

Program Cost

Please see below for costs. Cost includes tuition & fees, housing & all meals, field trips, and most course materials. Cost does not include travel expenses. Students may wish to bring funds for incidentals, shopping at the Marist Bookstore or the local mall, souvenirs, and any personal items they wish to purchase.  Students should bring a laptop for their coursework.

$3,650

About the Program