This creative design course invites teens to step into the role of fashion designer, moving beyond individual sketches to develop a cohesive fashion collection from concept to illustration. Blending artistic exploration with real industry design practices, students learn how designers transform inspiration into a unified visual story.
Throughout the course, teens cultivate their creative voice while building skills that naturally lead into portfolio development, fashion study, or future design pursuits.
Course Highlights
Inspiration & World-Building
Students begin by creating editorial-style inspiration collages, developing themes, moods, and visual narratives that guide their collection.
Color & Textile Exploration
Palette development, fabric swatching, and understanding how color and texture shape a designer’s aesthetic.
Silhouette & Shape Development
Exercises focused on garment structure, proportion, and recognizable design signatures.
Intro to Draping
Hands-on exploration of fabric on dress forms to understand movement, volume, and construction inspiration.
Concept Sketching
Translating ideas into preliminary fashion sketches with increasing clarity and refinement.
Collection Illustration
A multi-week focus on illustrating a cohesive mini collection, strengthening rendering skills while maintaining a consistent design vision.
Course Details:
- Schedule: Thursdays 4-5:30PM 12 weeks starting March 12th 2026
- Dates: March 12th-May 28th 2026
- Price: $950/12 weeks
- Location:
- The Fashion Class East 307 East 84th Street New York NY 10028
Taught by Fashion Influencer and Designer Emma Rubinson.
All participants under the age of 18 must have a waiver form signed by a parent or guardian before attending any class, camp, or workshop.
Registration and Processing Fee: Our registration and processing fees, equal to 30% of the total cost for a course, camp, class, or workshop, are non-refundable. These fees help cover the costs of enrolling students and managing customer communication. However, they may be transferred if rescheduling occurs within the specified timeframe outlined below.
Membership:
- Our multi-week courses are available through a monthly membership that automatically renews throughout the school year. If you need to make changes or cancel, please provide at least 30 days’ notice before your next billing date.
- If cancellation is not requested prior to the end of a class session, your enrollment will carry over to the next season automatically and you will continue to be billed on a monthly basis.
- All members have access to unlimited makeup classes that DO rollover into the next season, so long as your membership is active.
Making Up a Missed Class:
- Currently enrolled students at The Fashion Class can enjoy unlimited make-up classes for any missed sessions within their registration season (Fall, Winter, Spring). To schedule a make-up session, please contact us to arrange a different class time.
- Please note: Make-up classes must be completed within the same season as the missed class. For example, if a class is missed during the Fall season, the make-up must be scheduled within that same Fall season.
- Make-up classes are offered as a courtesy and have no monetary value.
Rescheduling and Date Transfers:
All date changes are based on availability.
- Courses/Multi-Week Classes can be rescheduled with one week notice.
- One-Day Camps can be rescheduled with one week notice.
- Summer Camps/Weekly Camps can be rescheduled with three week's notice.
- Birthday Parties/Special Events can be rescheduled with three week's notice.
- One Day Lessons (Private Lessons/Sewing Playdates/Mommy and Me Lessons/Seasonal Workshops/Sip & Sew Events) can be rescheduled with 48 hour's notice.
Cancellations:
No-Shows: If your child does not attend a class, workshop, or camp without prior notice, the full fee will be forfeited. To avoid this, please inform us in advance if your child will be unable to attend.
- Week-Long and Summer Camp Registration Cancellation:
- 30 or more days before the camp start date: 70% refund
- 15-29 days before: 50% refund
- 2-14 days before: 25% refund
- Birthday Party & Special Event cancellations will result in the forfeiture of the $250 deposit.
- Registration Cancellation for all other offerings: (including Courses, Individual Classes, Workshops, One-Day Camps, Mommy and Me Lessons, and Playdates) If you need to cancel your registration, please notify us at least one week before the class start date. We will issue a refund, minus the 30% registration fee outlined above, within 10 business days.
- If we cancel due to inclement weather or other unforeseen circumstances, you’ll receive a full refund within 10 business days.