As an expression of our identity/ identities, fashion creates and influencescommunity. The Master of Fine Arts in Fashion Collection + Communication takes a radical care-filled position, and offers embodied pedagogies and practicesthat holistically support graduate level fashion design education. The program educates curious makers and advocates for change in the expansive industry called fashion.
Master of Fine Arts in Fashion Collection + Communication
If you are interested in learning more about this program, please contact the Fashion Department at fashiondesign@pratt.edu.
The Master of Fine Arts in Fashion Collection + Communication offers a dynamic trans-disciplinary pedagogical approach that spans design, theoretical analysis, and critical examination. The program provides a holistic redefining of advanced fashion design education with the core making studios buttressed by non-studio courses in research practices, critical theory, and the study of global fashion systems and their impacts and implications.
The Fashion Department’s mission and learning outcomes speak to current global fashion inquiries, emphasizing experimentation and exploration as well as theoretical analyses framed by issues such as materiality, sustainability, social justice, gender, race, and others. With that in mind, a strong emphasis on conceptual development and making creates continuity between the BFA in Fashion Design and the MFA in Fashion Collection + Communication; this confluence is the hallmark of both undergraduate and graduate study programs in Pratt Fashion.
For application questions and information, please visit Graduate Admissions.
Mission/Purpose
The MFA Fashion Collection + Communication program empowers graduates to challenge conventional notions of fashion, positioning it as a powerful tool for communication, social critique, and restorative action. In alignment with the principles of degrowth fashion, our program encourages students to engage in systemic change, fostering well-being wardrobes, alternative business models, and localized fashion ecosystems that prioritize both people and the environment.
Graduates are inspired to take radical positions that question industry norms, using fashion as a means of creating care-filled systems, processes, and narratives. The program emphasizes experimentation, creativity, and theoretical analysis, encouraging students to explore key global inquiries such as materiality, sustainability, social justice, and issues related to identity, gender and race. By redefining fashion as both craft and social critique, students are equipped to make a meaningful impact on the world, reshaping the future of fashion with a focus on ethical, and sustainable practices.
For application questions and information, please visit Graduate Admissions.
Dress rehearsal for 2023 Pratt Fashion Show “ASSEMBLAGE” held at Pioneer Works in Red Hook, Brooklyn.
Culture & Community
The MFA Fashion Collection + Communication program fosters a vibrant, inclusive, and collaborative community where creativity, critical inquiry, and innovation thrive. Students are encouraged to develop their unique design languages while engaging in meaningful dialogue with diverse disciplines across Pratt Institute. This trans-disciplinary environment allows for the cross-pollination of ideas, inspiring students to approach fashion not just as a craft, but as a powerful vehicle for social critique and change.
In our community, students are supported to challenge the status quo, take radical positions on sustainability, justice, and cultural relevance, and shape the future of fashion as a conceptually purposeful practice. The program values experimentation, identity informed expression, and responsive craft based practices. Ultimately, we work together to ensure that all of our students’ creative journeys are responsible, and transformative.
Claire Kovchegov and Nandini Kunalkumar, MFA Fashion Design + Communication 2026Photo Credit: Jeremy Hutchison
Peillin Chen, MFA Fashion Design + Communication 2026Photo Credit: Jeremy Hutchison
The Studios + Labs
The design studio is at the core of your educational experience at Pratt. We consider the design studio a dynamic and creative space where collaboration and mindful learning thrive. This transdisciplinary program offers an innovative model that empowers students to tailor their graduate education, allowing them to focus on their particular areas of interest. Through a combination of transdisciplinary electives, research and studio-based work, students can shape their paths while engaging in innovative and immersive learning experiences.
To guide students in becoming influential advocates and leaders within the creative community, Pratt Fashion provides a diverse variety of resources including access to advanced technologies such as Shima Seiki 3D knitting machines, 3D printers, laser cut, and Framis NOSO technology. In addition, students will benefit from invaluable tools for hands-on learning and innovation, including the dedicated Pratt Study Collection, Textile Research Library and a Textile Dye Garden on campus. Explore facilities.
Students at work in the knit lab at Pratt. George Etheredge for The New York Times
The Faculty
Pratt’s distinguished faculty of outstanding creative professionals and scholars share a common desire to fully develop each student’s individual potential and creativity. The faculty come from diverse educational and professional backgrounds representing the breadth of Fashion Design’s complexity, including Susan Cianciolo, Brooke Garner, Andrea Katz, and Dean Sideway. Faculty connections have fostered partnerships with Downtown Brooklyn Alliance and Navy Yard/Research Yard. See all Fashion Design faculty and administrators.
This seminar will run concurrently with thesis development and culminate in the production of a compilation of the cohort’s MFA work. Through the building of The Book, the course will offer opportunities to explore styling and editorial storytelling, curation, examination of fashion theory through research and writing, among other 2D and 3D expressions. The Book will serve as a platform for the collective voice of the MFA student body, a place to contextualize and document individual perspectives while defining the community ethos of the program. All components of The Book are student-led, directed and produced by the class with faculty and cross-disciplinary support, offering an opportunity for collaboration through a dynamic multi-media presentation.
This course is the third of a three-part series designed to engage students in critical and reflective thinking on the practice of fashion design and the workings of the global fashion industry. Unlike parts one and two of the series, part three is underpinned by a student-written syllabus. Here, each student directs one week of class discussion, choosing a class topic based on their own research interests and focuses. This course connects to students’ thesis work, as it serves as the critical and contextual foundation for their year-long, design-based thesis project.
Engaging the World investigates global fashion systems to understand diverse cultures and communities in an effort to support social enterprise and responsible design practices. The course encourages students to learn beyond the boundaries of a physical classroom environment through community engagement, collaborative practice and exploration of international possibilities. The experience enables graduate students the chance to research political, social and economic factors needed to develop long-term relationships, and possibly reimagine fashion to generate change within local and global fashion systems. This course is offered in both a travel and local format
🎉 Congratulations to Haeone Son! 🎉
Pratt Fashion is thrilled to announce that Haeone Son has been awarded the prestigious Christopher Hunte “On Point” Award — a $10,000 prize granted to one outstanding graduating designer.
His collection, Improv, explores the balance between structure and intuition. Inspired by the improvisational nature of jazz, the work embraces spontaneity within a loose framework. Originally approaching design with clear plans, Haeone discovered that instinct often leads to more honest results than logic alone.
Garment dyeing became a key expression of this concept — with shifting colors and stitch resist techniques that create subtle, unpredictable variations. Traditional menswear is reimagined with slight distortions, capturing the tension between control and improvisation throughout the making process.
This award recognizes exceptional creativity, craftsmanship, and execution — and Haeone’s work truly stood out. 👏
#PrattFashion #ChristopherHunteAward #OnPointAward #FashionDesign #ClassOf2025 #DesignExcellence #EmergingDesigner #Menswear #JazzInspiration #PrattInstitute
A quiet moment before the 🌟Pratt Shows:
Fashion.
Live stream available starting at 6:00 p.m.
https://www.pratt.edu/giving/special-events/fashion-show/
#Fashion #Pratt #PrattShows #StudentWork #fashiondesigner
Designer Nicholas Daley, recipient of Pratt Institute’s 2025 Visionary Award, recently sat down with Sabrina Soormally of @clashmagazine to talk about his Met Gala debut, Black dandyism, and collaborating with his mother and her knitting circle.
Read the full article & see the photos here >> https://www.clashmusic.com/fashion/nicholas-daley-met-gala-leon-bridges/
Photo credit: @geoffrey.baptiste
Pratt Fashion Design is excited to honor Nicholas Daley this evening at the Pratt Show: Fashion.
#Pratt #Fashion #FashionDesign #MetGala #BlackDandy #knitting #crochet #PrattShows
Didn't get tix to the Pratt Shows: Fashion?
Don't 😭 the show's live stream will be available starting at 6:00 pm.
https://www.pratt.edu/giving/special-events/fashion-show/
Thirty graduating seniors will present their thesis collections in this exciting runway show. We are so excited to see their beautiful designs strut down the runway!
#fashion #FashionDesign #Pratt #BrooklynFashion #FashionStudents #StudentWork #FinalProjects
Pratt Professor Adrienne Jones gave the Met Gala a solid seven out of 10 rating in an interview with Fashionista.
Quote: "After watching, it was kind of where I expected it to be," she told Fashionista the morning after fashion's biggest night. Why didn't she give it a higher score? The carpet could've used more Black designers, she says.
"...I was hoping that there would be a broader range of Black fashion designers, especially with the focus [of the Costume Institute exhibit] being on the Black male."
Read the full article for Professor Jones's thoughts on what was good and where there is room for improvement: https://fashionista.com/2025/05/2025-met-gala-red-carpet-expert-review
Photo credits in the article.
#Fashion #FashionDeisgn #MetGala #FashionForChange #BlackFashion
Pratt Fashion Design Professor Adrienne Jones shared her nuanced thoughts on how well this year’s Met Gala honored Black cultural memory, historical elegance, and the enduring legacy of Black style with Essence.
“We’ve always taken nothing and made it something—and then turned that into something even more fabulous,” she said. “That’s what I saw on the carpet. That’s what made it magical.”
As an academic, she recognizes that there is always room for improvement. “There’s more than three colors in the crayon box,” she said. “Where was the vibrancy? I think of African tailors, of Caribbean elegance—rich color, texture, vibrance. That’s what I wanted more of.”
Read the article: https://www.essence.com/culture/met-gala-2025-black-style-as-living-history/
Photo credits in the article.
#Fashion #FashionDeisgn #MetGala #FashionForChange #BlackFashion
MFA Fashion Collection + Communication students at @prattinstitute partnered with @theory_ to design capsule collections using deadstock fabrics and damaged garments.
Their innovative creations are on display at the Theory Meatpacking store. They illustrate how thoughtful design can give existing materials a second life, highlight the brand’s broader mission to reduce waste, and inspire the next generation of designers. The work was presented as part of Theory's Good Talks series at Theory Meatpacking and is on view during Earth Week.
Thanks to @cfda, the Theory team, and all who made this collaboration possible. See the work of the next generation of designers, who are shaping fashion as both craft and social critique.
Photos by @nateboze
Learn more about the MFA: pratt.edu/design/fashion-design/fashion-collection-communication-mfa
#GoodTalks #MFAFashion #PrattFashion #TheoryProject #EarthWeekFashion #SustainableDesign #Fashion #StudentWork
Check out the 🌟Work in Progress Exhibit🌟 by School of Design students in the Stueben Hall Lounge.
1 & 2: Honey on Tap by Alessandra Latino, Fashion Design Senior - muslin, cotton thread, hook & eye
3 & 4: Biomaterial Samples by Wren Walker, Fashion Design Junior - dead stock wool, bio plastics
5 & 6: Felted Bustier Shirt Dress, Hourglass Ombre Felted Blazer Dress by Griselda Pena, Interior Design major and Textiles minor Sophomore - pima broadcloth cotton, silk babotai, merino wool roving, wool, non-fusible horsehair canvas, cyccled polyester, China silk
We love seeing our students progress as they work towards final projects!
#Pratt #Fashion #StudentWork #LifeCycleAnalysis #Wool #Muslin #DeadStock
![Pratt Professor Adrienne Jones gave the Met Gala a solid seven out of 10 rating in an interview with Fashionista.
Quote: "After watching, it was kind of where I expected it to be," she told Fashionista the morning after fashion's biggest night. Why didn't she give it a higher score? The carpet could've used more Black designers, she says.
"...I was hoping that there would be a broader range of Black fashion designers, especially with the focus [of the Costume Institute exhibit] being on the Black male."
Read the full article for Professor Jones's thoughts on what was good and where there is room for improvement: https://fashionista.com/2025/05/2025-met-gala-red-carpet-expert-review
Photo credits in the article.
#Fashion #FashionDeisgn #MetGala #FashionForChange #BlackFashion](https://www.pratt.edu/design/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2023/07/497683024_18497938807015477_9743026174018248_n-640x640.jpg)
![Pratt Professor Adrienne Jones gave the Met Gala a solid seven out of 10 rating in an interview with Fashionista.
Quote: "After watching, it was kind of where I expected it to be," she told Fashionista the morning after fashion's biggest night. Why didn't she give it a higher score? The carpet could've used more Black designers, she says.
"...I was hoping that there would be a broader range of Black fashion designers, especially with the focus [of the Costume Institute exhibit] being on the Black male."
Read the full article for Professor Jones's thoughts on what was good and where there is room for improvement: https://fashionista.com/2025/05/2025-met-gala-red-carpet-expert-review
Photo credits in the article.
#Fashion #FashionDeisgn #MetGala #FashionForChange #BlackFashion](https://scontent-ord5-1.cdninstagram.com/v/t51.75761-15/497683024_18497938807015477_9743026174018248_n.jpg?stp=dst-jpg_e35_tt6&_nc_cat=101&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=18de74&_nc_ohc=aoiTaA50zBYQ7kNvwFhWKB8&_nc_oc=AdktpUm0SFKczj8V72F2MaPgPr9P2qMerS4w5sFQi5u7gthS3Yvx0Vi8LxnsiASv6yI&_nc_zt=23&_nc_ht=scontent-ord5-1.cdninstagram.com&edm=ANo9K5cEAAAA&_nc_gid=y7EUIlM71F2vQTqmLzOHWQ&oh=00_AfN86Qcw4MMhHJbjr6TVvwEd-rTzhzXoorvNw7aPJruUfg&oe=684D68EE)
![Pratt Professor Adrienne Jones gave the Met Gala a solid seven out of 10 rating in an interview with Fashionista.
Quote: "After watching, it was kind of where I expected it to be," she told Fashionista the morning after fashion's biggest night. Why didn't she give it a higher score? The carpet could've used more Black designers, she says.
"...I was hoping that there would be a broader range of Black fashion designers, especially with the focus [of the Costume Institute exhibit] being on the Black male."
Read the full article for Professor Jones's thoughts on what was good and where there is room for improvement: https://fashionista.com/2025/05/2025-met-gala-red-carpet-expert-review
Photo credits in the article.
#Fashion #FashionDeisgn #MetGala #FashionForChange #BlackFashion](https://scontent-ord5-1.cdninstagram.com/v/t51.75761-15/496960620_18497938810015477_696099479875607553_n.jpg?stp=dst-jpg_e35_tt6&_nc_cat=106&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=18de74&_nc_ohc=7gPP_WkfwvkQ7kNvwFxSyp9&_nc_oc=AdkrkMgmajKe-QOe3Y8-sEybGvUhqcClM1Hgw5c4Kt-mY4AJi-7TbjG2binPpK80LeY&_nc_zt=23&_nc_ht=scontent-ord5-1.cdninstagram.com&edm=ANo9K5cEAAAA&_nc_gid=y7EUIlM71F2vQTqmLzOHWQ&oh=00_AfM3rwT1JoFK2GlrUzSLjOqgNWNN7UXIL1yVuR1GgZDbpQ&oe=684D7233)
![Pratt Professor Adrienne Jones gave the Met Gala a solid seven out of 10 rating in an interview with Fashionista.
Quote: "After watching, it was kind of where I expected it to be," she told Fashionista the morning after fashion's biggest night. Why didn't she give it a higher score? The carpet could've used more Black designers, she says.
"...I was hoping that there would be a broader range of Black fashion designers, especially with the focus [of the Costume Institute exhibit] being on the Black male."
Read the full article for Professor Jones's thoughts on what was good and where there is room for improvement: https://fashionista.com/2025/05/2025-met-gala-red-carpet-expert-review
Photo credits in the article.
#Fashion #FashionDeisgn #MetGala #FashionForChange #BlackFashion](https://scontent-ord5-2.cdninstagram.com/v/t51.75761-15/496874982_18497938789015477_4457685545849523160_n.jpg?stp=dst-jpg_e35_tt6&_nc_cat=102&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=18de74&_nc_ohc=pJJBq9Y1p7UQ7kNvwERvZ90&_nc_oc=AdkPBxU1Mr7sT8IsbkN817p3fdA31tZp93csVdxE_5WlvhKNPmz5oj08-Mpa0qA1Xec&_nc_zt=23&_nc_ht=scontent-ord5-2.cdninstagram.com&edm=ANo9K5cEAAAA&_nc_gid=y7EUIlM71F2vQTqmLzOHWQ&oh=00_AfNMsF7nt5u1KA-qQwVYZLt1gAzeYa4Dua0kGmXWhTR3LA&oe=684D6855)
