This course honors the work of fat activists by intentionally reclaiming the word “fat” as a celebration of larger bodies. Students are introduced to concepts from the field of Fat Studies as lenses to inform their fashion design practices. They critically explore how current ‘plus-size’ clothing design, marketing, and retail reinforces fat stigma and fatphobia. Students also examine how fashion design can reframe cultural attitudes about fat, and everyday lived experiences of fat people. Drawing from Fat Studies concepts, students develop fashion design practices that center fat bodies as the starting point in the design process and as aesthetic inspiration. Through an iterative and experimental process, students will prototype a fat fashion garment that not only comfortably fits the body, but that also addresses a wearer’s intersectional identities. Students will learn how to design clothes that value and desire fat bodies and will develop a personal framework for Fat-Centered Design.