At Pratt, we define fashion as cultural messaging through clothes. As a student here, you’ll contextualize fashion within a social framework, forming a strong point of view on the issues we face today and challenging them through your craft.
Elie Romero, winner of the Christopher Hunte "On Point" Award, at the Pratt Fashion Show, 2019
The Fashion Design curriculum fosters development of indiviÂdual identity within a collaborative environment, informÂed by self-reflection and engaged critique. Students are expected to apply an informed understanding of materiality, fashion history, theory and contemporary culture to their design decisions, producing collections that engage with issues of sustainability and social responsibility.
Student Work
Watch our annual fashion show and imagine what you might do here at Pratt Fashion! Through rigorous attention to production, technique, and contemporary aesthetics, you’ll develop your design practice and with it, agency to create change.
The design studio is at the core of your educational experience at Pratt. We consider the design studio a creative space and a community. The culture of the design studio is one of creativity, experimentation, and exploration. Students are encouraged to take risks and push the boundaries of what is possible. The studio is a community to find support, encouragement, and inspiration.
Maker Spaces and Labs
Sustainability and material exploration drive our passion for making. To prepare students to become leaders within the creative community, Pratt Fashion offers a wide variety of resources including access to Shima Seiki 3D knitting machines and Framis NOSO technology, as well as a dedicated Textile Research Library within the department and a Textile Dye Garden on campus. Explore facilities.
Fashion Internships
Students have the opportunity to explore different aspects of the New York fashion design industry through their choice of internships at top design companies including Thom Browne, Zero Maria Cornejo, The Row, Altuzarra, Maryam Nassir Zadeh, Oscar de la Renta, and Creatures of the Wind. The internship provides them with hands-on experience and professional networking skills, as well as practice in how to write a resume and present their portfolio. Pratt students are required to complete three credits of internship during their course of study. A Pratt faculty adviser guides each student throughout the experience, making sure the students’ learning objectives are met.
Fashion Competitions
All Pratt Fashion students participate in annual design competitions including the Council of Fashion Designers of America’s Design Scholar Awards, the Gucci Changemakers Scholars Program, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute Student Fashion Design Competition. Integrated into the curriculum, these competitions provide avenues for scholarship support and exposure within the fashion community.
Study Abroad
Immersing yourself in another culture is an incredible experience that can extend the boundaries of creativity. Study abroad programs are an integral part of the college experience, and Pratt has deep connections with university partners around the world.
Learning Resources
We develop disciplinary fluency in our program of study and we celebrate the interdisciplinary nature of design critical to address the plurality and complexity of the environments in which we operate. Learn about resources.
Our Faculty
Pratt’s distinguished faculty of outstanding creative professionals and scholars share a common desire to fully develop each student’s individual potential and creativity. The faculty come from diverse educational and professional backgrounds representing the breadth of fashion complexity. This multiplicity of views and experiences provide for a tailored education that is as unique as each of the students. See all Fashion Design faculty and administrators.
Pratt’s distinguished alums are leading thriving careers, addressing critical challenges and creating innovative work that reimagines our world, at a diverse selection of companies and institutions. They also go on to become entrepreneurs and principals leading their own studios and businesses.
Thinking seriously about Pratt? Learn more about admissions requirements, plan your visit, talk to a counselor, and start your application. Take the next step.
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ICYMI: A clip from Pratt Fashion Design Visiting Professor Mallorie Dunn’s lecture on the importance of size inclusion.
⏳🤝 Before Designing, Gain Customers’ Trust 🤝
“So much of the design process—before the clothing gets to the customer—is research, planning, advertising, marketing. And when we leave plus-sized customers out of that process, why should we (as designers) expect them to buy into what we’re selling?”
#FashionDesign #Pratt #FashionForChange #Fashion #FashionEducation
ICYMI: A clip from Pratt Fashion Design Visiting Professor Mallorie Dunn’s lecture on the importance of size inclusion.
“Myth: Plus-size customers don’t want interesting or fun or stylish clothing.
Question: Do designers think all “straight-sized” people like the same clothes?
Research shows that the word most often used was comfortable when asked what type of clothing they prefer, regardless of size.”
#FashionDesign #Pratt #FashionForChange #Fashion #FashionEducation
ICYMI: A clip from Pratt Fashion Design Prof. Mallorie Dunn’s lecture on the importance of size inclusion.
đź“Ź Straight vs Plus Sizing đź“Ź
“Myth: Plus-size folks are harder to dress.
Fact: The majority of people are between sizes.
Fact: 71% of people are plus-size.
Human beings were not created based on size charts.
It’s not about who’s easy to dress, and who’s not. It’s about humans not being simple and not being easy to dress when we expect $5 off-the-rack clothes to fit like couture.”
#FashionDesign #Pratt #FashionForChange #Fashion #FashionEducation
🎉 We are excited to announce that Bel Davies, a Fashion Design student, has been named to the 2025 Student Advisory Council for the School of Design.
As an advisory council member, Bel will work with the Dean’s office to support student participation in school life.
Bel is a senior majoring in fashion and minoring in textiles and art history. Her goal in participating in the council is to help connect her “peers with communities and like-minded individuals to get the most out of their Pratt experience and beyond.” Bel loves “learning new textile skills, natural dyes, and playing video games.”
🌟 Congratulations, Bel, on this well-deserved recognition! We wish you a very successful and productive term on the Student Advisory Council!
#Fashion #FashionDesign #Pratt #StudentWork #CommunityEngagement
Twenty Fashion Design students recently participated in an Illustration Workshop organized by Professor Byron Lars (@byronlarsbm) and supported by the Jane B. Nord Endowment. The workshop allowed students to enhance their fashion drawing and illustration skills under the guidance of three professional analog artists:
• Renaldo Barnette (@renaldo_barnette) explained the difference between fashion design drawing and fashion illustration. Using a live model, he led students through analyzing fashion model proportions and warm-up poses to loosen their hands before developing a fresh set of croquis.
• Jarno Kettunen (jarnosees), a master in expressive gestural exercises, guided students in fashion illustration. His emphasis on movement and fluidity inspired students to bring their designs to life.
• Yoon Chang (@yoonchangnyc) guided students through dynamic flat rendering, demonstrating how to imbue flat sketches with the "soul" of the students' design intent while accurately conveying construction details and other essential information.
Thank you, Renaldo, Jarno, and Yoon, for sharing your expertise and images from the workshop. Your contributions were invaluable! Also, a special thank you to Bryron for organizing the event and sharing videos and photos.
#Fashion #FashionIllustration #FashionDesignDrawing #FashionDesign #Pratt #StudentWork
đź’ś Mallorie Dunn, a Visiting Faculty member in Fashion Design, and the owner/designer of SmartGlamour (@smart_glamour) to discuss the importance of size inclusion in design. đź’ś
“Size Inclusion: a Design Imperative
A Look at the Reality of Consumer Sizing and How our Biases Shape Our Views and Practices”
Friday, March 7, 2025, 1:00 - 3:00 PM
ARC Building, ARC E-02, TEC Lecture Hall
This event is part of the Critical Conversations: creating space for and educating one another about our multiple cultural contexts, activism, civil discourse, and academic engagement.
#Fashion #Pratt #FashionForChange #FashionDesign #CriticalFashion #SizeInclusion
🎉Siena Art Institute 2025 Faculty Residency Award🎉
Congratulations to Adjunct Associate Prof. Kerry Ryan (@kerry.ryan.nyc), who has been selected for the Fine Arts Department's @sienaart residency award! Kerry, along with faculty from @prattfinearts and @prattfilm_video, will spend the month of June in Siena!
Kerry Ryan has worked in all facets of the Fashion Business since graduating from the Limerick School of Art and Design with a BA in Fashion Design (@ba_fashion_lsad). With expertise in design and technology, she has worked in women’s, men’s, and children’s businesses as a designer of luxury brands and created her own brands. Her work has been featured in @womenswear.daily, @TMagazine, and @vanityfair. She continues to work on her sustainable brand and consults for many startup brands on working through barriers of production and design.
Included in this post are two garments from her most recent collection.
#Fashion #Pratt #SustainableFashion #PrattFaculty
To prepare students to become leaders within the creative community, Pratt Fashion offers a wide variety of resources including access to Shima Seiki 3D knitting machines and Framis NOSO technology, as well as a dedicated Textile Research Library within the department and a Textile Dye Garden on campus. Advanced courses and electives, as well as study abroad opportunities, offer students pathways to explore critical topics including gender, race, size inclusivity and activism through the lens of fashion.
INTERNSHIPS
Pratt students are required to complete three credits of internship during their course of study. Students have the opportunity to explore different aspects of the New York fashion design industry through their choice of internships at top design companies including Thom Browne, Zero Maria Cornejo, The Row, Altuzarra, Maryam Nassir Zadeh, Oscar de la Renta, and Creatures of the Wind. The internship provides them with hands-on experience and professional networking skills, as well as practice in how to write a resume and present their portfolio. A Pratt faculty adviser guides each student throughout the experience, making sure the students’ learning objectives are met.
COMPETITIONS
All Pratt Fashion students participate in annual design competitions including the Council of Fashion Designers of America’s Design Scholar Awards, the Gucci Changemakers Scholars Program, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute Student Fashion Design Competition. Integrated into the curriculum, these competitions provide avenues for scholarship support and exposure within the fashion community.
Upon completion of their studies, students:
Students will exhibit fluency in 2D and 3D construction processes that are innovative in cut, shape and silhouette using diverse embodied approaches.
Students will analyze and use properties and principles of materiality to make design decisions informed by sustainable practices.
Students will communicate design philosophy with evidence of fashion history, theoretical underpinnings, and contemporary culture that addresses issues of justice, equity and social responsibility.
Students will design, produce and present cohesive, contemporary and authentic collections that demonstrate their active engagement as collaborative leaders of the creative community.
