This course immerses students in creating innovative fashion designs that are accessible to a broader audience. Students will take an approach of participatory design with disabled models, collaboratively developing garments, wearables, and accessories that enhance the wearer's experience. Through an understanding of contemporary disability scholarship, critical thinking, research, co-design, and iterative development, students will create work that serves broader populations, including people with disabilities. By integrating accessible design strategies and expanding the meaning of access into their creative process, students will help reduce barriers that make clothing inaccessible and innovate through fashion.

Open to: Bachelor's degree in Fashion Design majors only. Pre-requisite(s): PUFD 3320 Design Studio 3 (or APFD 3011/3024 Design Studio 3) and PUFD 3330 Specialized Studio 1 (or APFD 3013 Specialized Studio 1). Co-requisite(s): PUFD 3331 Specialized Studio 2. Students must enroll in corresponding sections of PUFD 3321 and 3331.