• Fashion Resources

  • A student laughing while working on a garment with pins and a pen.
  • Paris has always served as a laboratory for experimental and avant-garde fashion design. Parsons Paris’ fashion studios, labs, and resources reflect this tradition, offering you the opportunity to use state-of-the-art machines and technology. You master your craft with the guidance of experienced teachers and technicians while developing digital design skills using both 2D and 3D software. Through studio projects, technical and theoretical courses, unique partnerships with local companies, and internships, you acquire hands-on experience in the most dynamic fashion hub in the world.

    A student works on draping a garment in a fashion studio.

    First Year Fashion Resources

    First Year Fashion Resources

    A student works on draping a garment in a fashion studio.

    Students begin working on industrial sewing machines in their first year and continue developing their skills through technical workshops and classes. First year fashion resources include top-of-the-line JUKI industrial sewing machines, irons, and Stockman mannequins. Students can also check out sewing machines and other fashion-focused resources for work at home. 

      In-progress student projects on a table with a student in the background, inside a fashion studio.

      Romainville Fashion Studios

      Romainville Fashion Studios

      In-progress student projects on a table with a student in the background, inside a fashion studio.

      As you progress through your program, the studios you use become better adapted to your needs. The higher-level BFA Fashion Design and the MFA Fashion Design and the Arts studios are bright and spacious and are equipped with machines for leather sewing and knitting and other specialty machines.

      BFA Fashion Design equipment includes

      Room 103

      • 10 JUKI DDL-8700 sewing machines
      • 3 overlock sewing machines
      • 3 serger sewing machines
      • 2 COVEMAT large industrial irons
      • 1 large-area heat press for fusing
      • 20 Stockman mannequins

      Room 108

      • 12 JUKI DDL-8700 sewing machines
      • 2 JUKI MO-6714DA overlock machines
      • 1 leather sewing machine
      • 1 skiving machine
      • 1 large COVEMAT iron
      • 1 medium COVEMATiron
      • 27 Stockman mannequins

      Room 109

      • 12 JUKI DDL-8700 sewing machines
      • 2 JUKI MO-6714DA overlock machines
      • 1 leather sewing machine
      • 1 medium COVEMAT iron
      • 1 semiprofessional Battistella iron
      • 20 Stockman mannequins

      Senior Room

      • 18 JUKI DDL-8700 sewing machines
      • 3 JUKI MO-6714DA overlock machines
      • 2 leather sewing machines
      • 1 zig-zag machine
      • 1 cover stitch machine
      • 2 large COVEMAT irons
      • 1 medium COVEMAT iron
      • 1 semiprofessional Battistella iron
      • 1 heat press
      • 33 Stockman mannequins

      Task Time Spaces

      • 4 JUKI DDL-8700 sewing machines
      • 1 JUKI MO-6714DA overlock machines
      • 1 domestic iron and board
      • 10 Stockman mannequins
      • 3 eyelet press machines and accessories
      View of Romainville MFA fashion lab with speciality fashion machines.

      MFA Fashion Design & the Arts Fashion Lab

      MFA Fashion Design & the Arts Fashion Lab

      View of Romainville MFA fashion lab with speciality fashion machines.

      The MFA Fashion Design and the Arts program has a purpose-built fashion lab housing specialty sewing machines, ironing tables, and leather-working, fur, and knitting machines. On-site technicians offer students assistance and guidance in the use of the machines and the development of their projects. 

      The MFA Fashion Lab is equipped with the following machines:

      • 15 JUKI DDL-8700 sewing machines
      • 3 JUKI MO-6714DA overlock machines
      • 1 coverstitch machine
      • 1 zigzag machine
      • 1 fur machine
      • 1 chainstitch machine
      • 3 leather machines
      • 1 buttonhole machine
      • 1 baby lock machine
      • 1 heat press
      • 2 large COVEMAT irons
      • 2 knitting machines
      Photograph of a student removing a dye sublimation print from a heat press while transferring the print to fabric.

      Dye Sublimation & Transfer Printing

      Dye Sublimation & Transfer Printing

      Photograph of a student removing a dye sublimation print from a heat press while transferring the print to fabric.

      The Romainville space is equipped with an Epson SC-F500 dye sublimation printer and heat press, which enable students to print images onto fabrics The space is also equipped with a Graphtec CE7000 large cutting plotter, which allows for heat transfer materials to be fused to fabric such as vinyl and flocking materials.

      A person smiling in the textile library of the Parsons Paris Saint-Roch building.

      Textile Library

      Textile Library

      A person smiling in the textile library of the Parsons Paris Saint-Roch building.

      The Textile Library in Parsons Paris’ Romainville campus offers a range of materials, yarns, textiles, fibers, fabrics, and informational resources for exploration and inspiration. Many samples have been donated by leading fashion industry brands that partner with Parsons Paris.

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