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STUDENT
WORK

Our students come with bold ideas and leave with skills to match. Made Institute helps students start their creative journey, prepare for higher education, or transition careers. Our alumni can be found growing their businesses or excelling in creative industries at all levels.

HIGHLIGHTS

Three people pose in front of a white brick wall. A woman with a headwrap sits on a chair, while a man and a woman stand beside her. All are dressed in black and white clothing, with serious expressions.

Made alumna Renee Hill featured on Project Runway Season 17

A smiling young woman with dark, wavy hair wearing a strapless navy blue dress and pink patterned sash, standing in front of a green hedge with pink roses.

Fashion Certificate graduate Rekha Ananthanpillai featured in Voyage MIA

A woman with blonde hair dressed in beige standing next to a large brown horse with a white mark on its face, outdoors in a park-like setting with trees and sunlight.

Made alumna Rachel Geiger Barker in Sidelines Magazine

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Fashion and the Free interviews three Fashion Certificate graduates

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Fashion Certificate graduate featured in Armenian Weekly

WHY
STUDENTS
LOVE MADE

“At Made, I was taught all the skills I would need to start my career in the fashion industry.”

-Billy Koeblitz, Associate Menswear Designer at Urban Outfitters

“Rachel (Made’s Founder) has been a mentor/teacher to me for many years… I can't say enough about this woman and what she's done for the Philadelphia Fashion Community.”

-Renee Hill, Founder and Fashion Designer at Harx Four, Project Runway Season 17 Contestant, NYFW

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“I loved the small size of each class and how hands-on the teachers were. I wish I started sooner! Made is such a great community to be a part of!”

-Michelle Dematteo, Associate Product Development Manager at Anthropologie

MADE FOR THE FUTURE.


Our students go on to Parsons, Drexel University, SCAD, FIT, Urban Outfitters, QVC, Lilly Pulitzer, Indochino, The Law Bridal, Project Runway, and PMA Young Friends, among others.

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SAVANNAH COLLEGE OF ART AND DESIGN emblem with a shield, bee, checkered pattern, shell, and laurel branches, with founding year 1976.
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