Earn a Fashion Certificate in 18 Months
Introducing Philadelphia’s premier, independent, fashion design and sewing program.
CURRICULUM
What you’ll learn
Sewing
Learn how to sew your own collection as you advance through our classes. Begin by learning professional seam finishes and progress to streetwear design, classic button downs, knitwear and more.
Pattern Making
Combine digital and 3D Pattern Making skills to draft your capsule collection. Gain draping skills working on the dress form and digitize your pattern library with industry level precision.
Fashion Illustration
Transform the ideas in your head into full illustrations with up-close demonstrations through our online platform. Learn to cultivate your own style of sketching so your designs stand out from the crowd.
Digital Design
Craft your fashion identity with Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator skills. You’ll design your own moodboards, logo and color palettes to elevate your brand presentations
Branding and Marketing
Unlock your design potential and learn how to serve your target audience. Gain the confidence and clarity to market your ideas to the world with a portfolio, website and social media strategy.
Business and Production
Take the mystery out of sourcing, sampling and manufacturing your own line. Understand how to navigate the key steps of garment production whether you want to work for the best of the best, or launch your own brand as an entrepreneur.
ABOUT
What is Made Institute?
We are Philadelphia’s premier independent fashion design and sewing school. With the belief that fashion and high-level sewing should be attainable, we keep our classes affordable, while giving students full access to the growing Philadelphia fashion community.
Made Institute is a one-stop resource offering a full circle ecosystem of education, product development, co-working memberships and connections to small batch manufacturing.
We’ve specifically tailored our classes to help aspiring designers develop and launch fashion lines of their own. Through small class sizes, hands-on teaching, and one on one mentoring, students receive quality classes at a cost and pace that works for them.
WHY US
What makes Made unique?
Fall Start
With start dates in the Fall for our program or individual courses offered throughout the year, you can find a time that works with your schedule and life.
Day-Time or Evening
Choose the class calendar that works with your life, job or family commitments. Learn the same content at the pace that best suits your lifestyle.
Small Class Sizes
At Made we intentionally keep our class sizes small so you get the most out of each class session.
One-on-One Mentoring
Our small classes provide you with regular, in depth feedback and individual mentoring from all of our teachers helping you to level up your fashion career.
Hands on Learning
We don’t just teach you theory. In our courses you dive in and start creating as soon as possible.
CONTACT US
TESTIMONIALS
Don’t just take our word for it
Made's DDP was a great fit for me because I was working full time, and I already had a college degree. Finding a very "hard-skills" focused program in after-work hours was ideal for me. At Made, I was taught very directly all the skills I would need to start my career in the fashion industry - and I gained great mentorship on how to navigate starting my career.
I really enjoyed preparing all of our final projects - especially for the Adobe Creative Suite courses. Those projects challenged me to apply the skills I had learned into an organized creative document, and made me see how far I had come. I also always enjoyed seeing my classmates present their work - and seeing how much they had progressed.
This is an industry that really recognizes hard work and passion. Though it can take time to acquire those skills to be recognized, if you keep showing up and stay committed, opportunities will show up for you.
Billy Koeblitz
Philadelphia, PA
I took a class with Rachel before she started Made Institute. I loved how passionate she was about sewing and draping, and I knew I would learn a lot in the DDP program.
My favorite part was my fellow classmates and the Made staff. I met some amazing, talented people that I could learn from and still stay connected with today. I loved the small size of each class and how hands on the teachers were. We still stay in touch today and I know that they will still be there to answer any pattern making questions I still have.
I wish I started sooner!! If you want to learn sewing, draping, pattern making, etc. do it!! The time will pass either way, and Made is such a great community to be a part of!
Michele Dematteo
Philadelphia, PA