Fashion Design
ASSOCIATE IN APPLIED SCIENCE
BACHELOR OF FINE ARTS
SCHOOL OF ART AND DESIGN
As a student in one of the world’s leading fashion design programs, you’ll create designs informed by market research and inspired by history, art, and culture. The AAS program provides a strong foundation in fashion design, including sketching, draping, patternmaking, and garment construction, culminating in a showcase of student work. In the BFA program, you choose a concentration—Sportswear, Knitwear, Intimate Apparel, Special Occasion, or Children’s Wear—and build on your foundation with advanced technologies, computer-aided design, and presentation skills. You can tailor your studies through a variety of design electives. The program concludes with the creation of senior garments under the guidance of acclaimed designers who serve as industry critics. Your work may be featured in FIT’s professionally produced runway show, the Future of Fashion.
COURSES INCLUDE
Materials Construction, Soft and Structured Draping, Visual Design Concepts, Fashion Art Studio, Digital Communication and Management, Advanced Digital Design, Designer Sportswear Incubator, Knitwear Design, Special Occasion Bridal Design, Explorations in Children’s Wear, 20th-Century Style for the 21st Century Aesthetic, Haute Couture Embellishments, Senior Thesis
STUDY ABROAD OPPORTUNITIES
One-year or one-semester programs at FIT in Florence and Milan; semester programs in London and Nottingham (U.K.), Chile, Melbourne, and Hong Kong
TYPICAL INTERNSHIPS
Calvin Klein, Donna Karan, Ralph Lauren, Tommy Hilfiger, Josie Natori, Michael Kors, Oscar de la Renta, Anna Sui
CAREER OUTCOMES
Many graduates work in the fashion industry as assistant, associate, designer, senior designer, and eventually design/creative director roles. These positions range from high-end design houses to the world’s largest retailers. Other graduates start their own lines.
Hand-dyed, hand-loomed knit embellished with swing fringe, by MinHo Lee, on the runway at a recent Future of Fashion show of work by graduating BFA students
Students with an AAS in Fashion Design may apply to this BFA program. Learn more about 2+2