Textile Development and Marketing
ASSOCIATE IN APPLIED SCIENCE
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE
JAY AND PATTY BAKER SCHOOL OF BUSINESS AND TECHNOLOGY
Textiles are the language of fashion. They include denim, the cotton in your sheets, and the recycled fiber of high-performance carpets. There’s a soaring demand for professionals who can develop and market textiles at the right price, while ensuring that production meets quality standards. This program takes you from fiber to finished product, from knitting and weaving to dyeing and finishing to performance textiles and quality integrity. You’ll explore critical issues such as circularity and biodesign, learn hands-on in our labs and studios, and master professional equipment and software. By graduation, you’ll be ready to use innovative technologies to turn your ideas into tomorrow’s textiles.
COURSES INCLUDE
Woven and Knit Product Development, Sustainability and Circularity, Textile Branding and Marketing, Textile Project Development, Nonwovens, Color Creation, Total Quality Management
TYPICAL INTERNSHIPS
Macy’s, Ralph Lauren, Marc Jacobs, Tommy Hilfiger, Alo, PVH Corp., Nike, Old Navy, Material Connexion, Lafayette 148, J. Crew, Dick’s, Gap, Theory, Veronica Beard
CAREER OUTCOMES
Graduates find positions worldwide with apparel manufacturers, fiber companies, home furnishings manufacturers, global sourcing firms, and they pursue careers in product line building, fabric sourcing, textile and apparel, retail private labels, product management, project design, fabric research and development, and color management.
FIT’s knitting lab, located in the Joyce F. Brown Academic Building.
Students with any AAS degree from FIT may apply to this BFA program. Learn more about 2+2