From Pratt Institute's inspirational campus in Brooklyn, the Depart­ment of Fashion offers students a concept-led, craft-based education at the heart of one of the world’s cultural epicenters.

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 is taught as one’s cultural embodiment within a social framework and learned through rigorous attention to production, craft, and contemporary aesthetics. Students build a vision and a language through conceptual processes emphasizing curiosity, imagination, improvi­sation, and play. They communicate that vision through proficiency in construction and illustration skills, fluency with materials, traditional techniques, and digital tech­nologies, as well as synthesis of germane research. Inter­disc­iplinary and collaborative classroom opportunities set the program apart, offering students tools and creative engagement beyond the fashion milieu.

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Chair
Jennifer Minniti, Jane B. Nord Professor of Fashion

Assistant Chair
Tessa Maffucci

Assistant to the Chair
Christina Thurston

Office
Tel: 718.636.3415
fashiondesign@pratt.edu
www.pratt.edu/fashion

Faculty Bios
www.pratt.edu/fashion/faculty