Students organize ‘major-related clubs’ and perform various activities in the Department alone or in cooperation with other departments within the College of Design, adding the breadth and depth of the major-related knowledge. Through the club, students plan and organize large and small exhibitions and bazaars, and actively create various opportunities and experiences that can maximize their own design perspectives, such as location, space, contents, exhibition methods, and distribution. Furthermore, they organize a “competition club” for a limited period of time to prepare for a specific open annual competition, cooperating for analysis on annual specifications or awards of the open contest, sharing experiences of previous participants, and learning from critiques by their academic advisers.

In the ‘Drill for Plastic Arts 1 and 2’ courses, which are required for the first-year students, students practice design arts through the body and present the results in exhibitions and fashion shows. At the end of the first semester, products are displayed in the form of shoes. At the end of the second semester, products are displayed in the form of costumes in the fashion show. For this show, the students hare planning and production with one another, such as stage installation, model recruiting, and publicity.

The ‘Graduation Fashion Show’, which is the biggest event of the Department of Fashion Design, is composed not only of production but also professional competence such as direction, stage, video, music, model, photography, and poster/brochure. The execution of all the areas related to the event is carried out by the ‘Graduation Fashion Show Preparatory Committee’, which is composed of the first-year and third-year student staff, under the direction of a fourth-year student. The know-hows for the Show are shared through the alumni network each year. After the Graduation Fashion Show, an on-campus exhibition is held to broaden the audience.

Each semester, we invite industry professionals for special talks, and hold multiple industry-academic cooperation programs with name companies and designers. Through those extra-curriculum events, students get opportunities to better explore a wide-range of career paths in future and to have a glimpse of upcoming trends.