The Fashion Textiles pathway enables the development of a highly specialized practice at the intersection of material innovation and fashion design. With craft and process as primary drivers of design thinking, students explore textile development across dyeing, print, weave, knit, and emerging technologies, generating new possibilities for fashion in relation to the body and beyond. Deep material research is central, informing the development of a garment based collection while also opening toward unexpected outcomes in both apparel and non-apparel contexts. Questions of sustainability, labor, and material systems are embedded throughout the curriculum. Students engage critically with how textiles are produced, sourced, and used, developing practices that are both technically inventive and socially aware.

Open to: BFA Fashion Design students. Pre-requisite(s): PUFD 2220 (or APFD 2011) Design Studio 1, PUFD 2230 (or APFD 2012) Visual Communication Studio 1, and PUFD 2240 (or APFD 2013) Creative Technical Studio 1. Co-requisite(s): PUFD 2221 Design Studio 2 and PUFD 2231 Visual Communication Studio 2.