Fashion Design is an organized process of identifying and satisfyingconsumer desires for fashionable clothing and self-expression.
Fashion Design concentration at Radford University provides students the opportunity
to develop the skills necessary to express their creativity and realize individual
design visions. Course work teaches students fundamental creative and technical skill
sets including fashion drawing, fashion design, and apparel construction.
DSNF 105 - Introductory Studio An introduction to apparel design fundamentals and problem solving techniques to two-
and three-dimensional design problems for the fashion design environments. Emphasis
is on the design process, including conceptual thinking and creative expression.
DSNF 202 - Presentation Techniques Introduction to fashion sketching, design vision and process, target market interpretation,
and line development.
DSNF 307 - Integrated Apparel Design The purpose of this course is to integrate various 2-D and 3-D design processes to
create presentation boards and muslin mock-ups to address intermediate-level aesthetic
and technical problems of apparel design realization.
DSNF 403 - Senior Showcase and Portfolio This course is the culminating activity of four years of fashion design or merchandising
for design study. Students confront the challenge of designing and developing their
individual portfolios, and producing a senior exhibit and fashion show.