$1,200.00
Dream It. Design It. Wear It.
An 8-Week Portfolio and Collection-Building Course with Designer Rob Younkers
For Ages 14+ | Basic Sewing Experience Required
This 8-week intensive is designed for teens and adults who are serious about fashion design - whether you’re preparing a portfolio for schools like FIT, Parsons, SCAD, or FIDM, or exploring your voice as a designer.
Led by fashion designer and educator Rob Younkers, the course guides you through the full creative process, from research and concept development to textile design, illustration, and garment construction. You’ll have the opportunity to design and sew one or more pieces using your own custom-printed fabrics, while building a professional portfolio that reflects your unique design perspective.
By the end of the course, students will have:
• A fully illustrated mini-collection
• A curated design portfolio suitable for college applications or independent work
• One or more finished garments using original textile prints
• A clearer sense of their design voice and creative direction
Topics and Skills Covered:
• Design research and brand identity
• Mood boards and concept development
• Color theory and fabric selection
• Custom textile design and fabric printing
• Fashion illustration and technical flat drawing
• Process journaling and documentation
• Introductory pattern-making concepts
• Garment construction techniques
• Portfolio curation and presentation strategies
This course is structured to support both aspiring fashion students and adults looking to deepen their practice. Rob offers thoughtful, individualized feedback and mentorship throughout, with an emphasis on experimentation, craftsmanship, and personal style.
Returning students from previous sessions are welcome - each course offers new prompts, techniques, and challenges to build on prior experience.
ABOUT THE FOUNDER
Rob Younkers is a fashion designer, educator, media personality, and former Professor at Parsons School of Design.
He has designed and consulted for Dolce & Gabbana, Valentino, Patricia Field, Mattel, Vogue Magazine, Elie Tahari, Elle Magazine, and Threadymade. In 2007 he began designing a custom women’s tailored collection under his own label. Rob has been instructing up and coming designers for over fifteen years. He has taught internationally at Istituto Marangoni in Milan and for over 15 years at Parsons, his alma mater, where he began teaching three years after graduation, having been scouted by Tim Gunn. His involvement with a younger generation of designers began in 2006 when he mentored a 14-year-old designer on MTV’s “MADE”. Afterwards, Rob created fashion camps for several art studios in and around New York City. These ventures were the initial spark for what would become STITCHED Fashion Camp, started in 2013.
What sets Rob Younkers apart from others is how he has developed three careers simultaneously, as a designer, fashion personality, and educator. He has a natural ability to connect to future generations of designers of all ages and teaches the skills to take them to the next level. Rob was a cohost/fashion expert on LOGO’s Secret Guide to Fabulous for 3 seasons as well as the LOGO Minute Man. He has appeared as an on-air Style Correspondent for Yahoo Style, E! Television's Who Wore it Better!, ABC’s Fab Life, and Canada’s The Marilyn Denis Show. He is currently based in Los Angeles, California.
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