Interested in Buying and Selling? You may want to consider the following paths:
In this program—the first of its kind in the country—display and exhibition designers combine spatial design, graphic design, electronic media, lighting, and custom fabrication to create installations for stores, museums, special events, and other environments. You’ll receive training in the techniques, equipment, and materials of visual merchandising; develop freehand drawing and drafting…
Textiles include the denim in your jeans, the cotton in your sheets, and the recycled plastic of high-performance carpet. There’s a growing demand for professionals who can develop, produce, and market the right textiles at the right price, while ensuring that production meets quality and legal standards. You’ll study textiles in the fashion and home furnishings industries, learn hands-on in…
Designed for and by the growing home products industry, the program explores the materials, manufacturing, marketing, and merchandising of home markets: home textiles, home furnishings, and housewares. In a flipped classroom environment, working individually and in teams, you’ll learn about the structure of the home industry, products, categories, sourcing and supply chain, target marketing…
This program takes you directly to the merchandise and the decision-makers through industry visits to corporate offices, hands-on internships, and guest speakers in the classroom where you will interact with buyers, product developers, trend forecasters, and account executives. Courses incorporate trips to flagship stores, unique pop-up shops, and fashion exhibitions at renowned museums, making…
Cosmetics and Fragrance Marketing educates future beauty industry professionals in the disciplines they need to forge successful careers in this multimillion-dollar industry. Here, you’ll be challenged in courses such as Chemistry, Beauty Marketing for the Digital Age, and Fragrance Knowledge. You’ll learn how a beauty product is created, packaged, and brought to market. You’ll have the…
This is an interdisciplinary major that draws on FIT’s strengths in art history, business, technology, and design. You’ll learn about professional roles available within museums, galleries, and other art organizations working in such areas as public and press relations, curation, marketing, rights and reproductions, retail, archives, conservation, membership and visitor services, logistics, and…
International trade is the linchpin of the global fashion industry. At FIT, you’ll learn to navigate the complex international marketplace, including the financial, legal, logistical, and intercultural aspects of importing and exporting, with an emphasis on sustainability and social responsibility. You’ll study international finance, business strategies, fashion law, and market research…