Welcome to the Maryland Academy of Couture Arts

We pride ourselves on providing a limitless education for those who want to learn more about fashion and design.  Our school offers basic classes for those just starting out…through advanced courses which teach the art of couture.  No matter your current skill level, MACA has a course designed specifically for you.

Do you love to sew?

Do you have a passion for fashion design?

Do you long to turn the fashion dreams

& fantasies in your mind into reality?

Your wait is over!

Learn to create beautiful custom clothing the way top European designers do, using generations-old processes & techniques to create the designs of your

dreams…The Maryland Academy of Couture Arts, founded and directed by European Fine Couture trained fashion designer Ella Pritsker (Ella Moda Label), is offering an intense 14-week program in the couture arts. This is a unique opportunity to learn couture secrets that, in the past, were handed down from generation to generation. These are techniques and processes that were carefully guarded by the top fashion houses, now yours to learn!

A 14-Week program that teaches the Secrets of Master Designers including:

• Learning to create your own unique style. Discovering how to fit perfectly. Creating a perfect pattern. Sewing like the old-world European designers. Studying in a group and one on one with Ella. Enjoying open studio time before and after each class session. Creating a 3 – 5 piece wardrobe. Participating in an Annual  Fashion show at the end of the program

Express your passion.

Perfect Your Fashion Design
& Couture Skills

“When you have the creative urge within you, it will always be bursting to get out, and this is a chance to hone a creative skill that can become a satisfying career”, says Ella, who has a passion for training those with a life-long love of fashion and design.

In short, she wants students to discover a love for the art of custom couture… The tiny hand stitched details, the techniques that make a collar sit just so, and the perfectly sewn seam to ensure just the right fit.

Ella teaches these skills and offers guidance for students wanting to open their own design businesses, assist other designers and tailors, or just enjoy the fine art of couture.

All levels of students are eligible for the program, but basic sewing skills are needed.

“Beginner Couturier” class is recommended before entering this intensive course.