In the spirit of finals, I am going to give you a dive into a day in the life of a fashion design major.
Each day is honestly different, with different projects and classes.
Typically when I talk about a fashion majors life, people assume that we don’t do much work because it is sewing to them. Therefore I will be taking you into my typical Tuesday schedule.
6:30 am: Waking up and showering
8:00 am: An attempt to eat breakfast
This is a 50/50 chance that this happens, often than not I end up eating toast on the go with sometimes over easy eggs. If not I end up eating a fruit snack, then I head to my first class.
9:30 am: First class starts
The first class is a ‘portfolio’ class, working on personal websites and separate design projects. This can range from doing computer work for designing to doing design development stages. I end up working on things such as mood boards, illustrations, fashion flats, fabric boards, patterns, etc.
Credit: Author
11:00am: Second class starts
The second class is a fashion history class, a lecture based class that is mostly going over the textbook and taking notes. This class is normally when I start to chug a coffee or an energy drink to get through the day.
12:30 pm: Third class starts
The third class is lab work for a jacket. I can’t eat or drink there so it is the class that I am the most tired in. This class is the basics of tailoring a jacket (or tailoring in general).
2:00pm: Club Meeting
3:30pm: Final class
The last class is on couture. One of the best classes I have ever had. Couture is an individual garment designed and fit to a specific person’s measurements. This consists of hours of hand sewing work and 3D designing.
Credit: Author
Current Couture Project
5:00 pm: Maybe Dinner time
6:00 pm: Sewing Lab work hours
Sewing lab hours range from one hour to over 5 hours of work straight. At this time I work on nearly every project that go from Sweater knitwear design to tailoring.
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Current Sweater Knit Project
3:00 am: Go back to the dorm to head to bed.
After the day is finished I average about 3 hours of sleep before waking up and completing another day.