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History of Fashion

History of Fashion

Where do designers get their ideas? How do they make these ideas a reality?

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Visual Merchandising

Visual Merchandising

Here are the skills to show and merchandise your products and make a sale.

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Outerwear

Outerwear

Create the one garment you need in the Northwest: a parka, rain jacket, car coat or trench coat

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Leatherworking

Leatherworking

Expand your sewing skills into leather accessories.

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Textiles: Secret Life of Fabrics

Textiles: Secret Life of Fabrics

Learn what's in your fabric, how it's made and where to use it.

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Pants, Jeans & Overalls

Pants, Jeans & Overalls

Create your own well-fitting jeans or make a pair of flared, stovepipe or high-waisted pants.

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EARN A CERTIFICATE. HERE'S HOW.

Apparel Designer

Follow your dreams and become an apparel designer. Gain the right skills to enter the apparel business and opens the door to jobs at apparel companies.

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Apparel Technical Developer

Focusing on computer skills and patternmaking become an apparel developer or work as a technical designer, product developer, patternmaker or fit engineer.

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Apparel Entrepreneur

Here are the classes you need to start and stay with your own apparel business. You will complete a business plan and be ready to get financing upon completion of this certificate.

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OUR BLOG

4 fast flat fell seams + a fake one! Hide your raw edges in a sporty way.

4 fast flat fell seams + a fake one! Hide your raw edges in...

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PFI grad competes for $10K

PFI grad competes for $10K

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Be sure to stop by the Pacific Northwest College of Art this next two weeks to see Chuck Ryan's @chuckslab ...
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Good News. PFI is accredited!

Good News. PFI is accredited!

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PORTLAND FASHION INSTITUTE EARNS ACCREDITATION FOR ITS FASHION DESIGN PROGRAMS FROM NATIONAL ACCREDITING ORGANIZATION PORTLAND, Ore. -- Portland's only fashion ...
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