I was just admitted to the BA/BFA program with Lang and Parsons for this spring and I was so nervous about getting into parsons! Your portfolio is so well done and I felt like mine wasn’t good enough to submit to an art school. But I’m thankful I got in with a similar scholarship and maybe I’ll see you there this spring!
Hello my name is Rawan from Algeria I am 16. I am studying in a high school. I aspire to study fashion, but I do not have information about universities and scholarships. can you help me?
Congrats on getting into Parsons! I was accepted into Lang :) You got an amazing scholarship! I didn't apply for any money but they gave me $13,000/year which I think is pretty decent for me. The letter was kind of iffy but lets hope it meant all four academic years. Maybe I could've gotten more but...I am DEFINITELY not top of my class and I have like a 3.1 average sooo... anyways, you're so talented! Congrats again!
Also...the one that you said was the weakest piece was my favorite. I don't exactly know anything about art portfolios but that one really hit me hard. I love the girl with her hanbok- I love the concept in general. It was really cool to see as a Korean (even though I was adopted...but still)!
I'm doing fashion designing as well from India.. Before doing in India itself I was thinking to go to Parsons but then I saw some videos and they sometimes ask for your practical projects, like if you've stitched any garment before.. So did you submit any of that? Is it necessary to be good at pattern making and garment construction? (I know it's the base of fashion, I'm not good with stitching) How has the experience been so far? This was very helpful thank you :)
Omisha Kataria hey could you please share your email with me. I actually want to ask you certain questions about improving my sketching for joining a fashion school.
I want to study fashion design too and I reallllllllly want to know dose the portfolio required a lots about designing? I'm so struggling 😩😩😩😩😩😩😩😩😩pllllllease give me some advice
I was confused at first because I honestly thought the college would want actual sketches of clothes or some pieces of fashion that was created. I like that they cared about what you could actually come up with besides if you could draw or not. That's really encouraging to hear.
Ok but i have a question. What if my "artistic voice" is not original? Like what if my stance is similar to many other people's stances, but its truly what i believe in? What do I write then?
So you went for fashion design but on your portfolio you sent in a bunch of art pieces? What If I have actual clothing I have designed, would it be a good idea to send paintings and the clothes I've made and how about poetry too?
You could submit ANY kinds of artwork u want, and doesn’t have to be major specific. But I encourage you to show a variety of different materials because they like to see the experimenting and skills you have
So I wanted to go for fashion design or fashion marketing and please help me out and tell me this: so you said you are going for fashion design but none of it is like clothes or anything looks more like drawing stuff😂 like I know I sound clueless and stupid but please help
yes, you can be accepte for fashion design is your portfolio is fine arts. Ideally if you can use your conceptual thinking into fashion pieces, that would be great!
sharon yeun kim I definitely will follow you, once again thanks your video was really helpful! I also have a couple other questions if you don’t mind? I’m an international student and the curriculum in my country is completely different from the curriculum in the U.S. , so I wanted to ask - would you recommend me applying after I’ve completed a course in university here or should I apply directly after I finish high school?
Art world is a different game lol. If you’re sure you want to pursue design school there is no use taking classes that don’t help you with your portfolio. Unless it’s AP art there’s no use
Thank you so much for sharing this. Love your thought process and pieces you submitted. Did you apply for Fashion Design and Society at Parsons? And was it Bachelor's or Masters??
Question: Say if your strengths are more in clothes making/designing and not so much is drawing, would it be smarter to base my portfolio concepts with fashion pieces? Is that allowed? pls help
I love your Just Dont Be Nervous piece ALOT! Although I'm not wearing the wire sculptures personally, I can already feel its bearing weight of anxiety. Amazing job and thanks for sharing your portfolio and advice!! :)
lol I've re-watched this so many times, but if you could do a comparison of your portfolio from before and after National Portfolio Day, that would be so helpful :))
Are there a lot of international students at parsons who got scholarships? I’m from Bangladesh and I’ve been wanting to apply to parsons since the beginning of high school but it’s so expensive plus I’m not a US citizen
No you don’t, but if you have skills in sewing etc you can, because you can submit ANY kinds of artworks! Therefore, it doesn’t have to be major specific
i'm currently uploading pieces to slideroom and i have a couple of 3D pieces with multiple pictures from different angles, as well as a couple of series of works that i want to submit, did you do this by putting the photos in a PDF or by individually uploading each one directly into slideroom? thanks!
I think you did a fine job considering you're still in high school or just graduated, but I feel like from the perspective of someone who enjoys fashion and art as a hobby, your portfolio is decently well done but extremely unoriginal. I'm not at all surprised the jesus piece was the only one the representative liked since that's the only one that draws upon inspiration that is still trending within the past 2-3 years. If I were the representative and saw the suit/dress rip off that a handful of the most notable antifashion designers have used in their runway as 1/3 of your fashion design related portfolio, i would not have a good impression of you. But then again, maybe I'm just salty cus I settled for a fiscally safe career path that I'm not super passionate about as opposed to throwing something together and applying for parsons, risd, or fit.
