BFA Fashion Design

Join a future-focused design school

The BFA in Fashion Design trains the next generation of designers to be on the forefront of fashion, technology, and material innovation. Located in the country’s West Coast cultural and technology hub, the CCA fashion program prepares young professionals to meet a rapidly changing global fashion industry by imagining new modes of dress and construction of garments, as well as learning how to make connections across disciplines.

Through small class sizes and student centered mentorship, you will develop your point of view within cultural, technological, and social contexts. You'll have access to analog, mechanical, and digital tools in the fashion program and across all disciplines so you can build a broad range of skill sets necessary for meeting the challenges of a fast changing world.

Graduates from our program enter into a range of fashion and related careers, including knitwear design, fashion design innovation, sustainable fabric development, children’s wear design, menswear design, technical design, and concept development.

Inspiration from the Bay Area

The fashion industry is experiencing immense disruption, in part because of new technologies that originated right here in the San Francisco Bay Area. Home to iconic brands, cutting-edge design firms, and cultural leaders, our city serves as a constant inspiration for students. From gallery openings and public film screenings to performance art, lecture series, and hackathons, myriad events take place around our community each week that challenge old ways of thinking and inspire new ideas.