Students have many hands-on opportunities that contribute to their success after completing our Fashion Design program.
Student competitions and exhibitions offer opportunities to tap into industry connections. The Council of Fashion Designers of America (CDFA) and Lululemon Athletica are among student competition sponsors.
FIT events include an exhibition (AAS) and the annual student show, the Future of Fashion (BFA). Mentors have included Norma Kamali, Phillip Lim, Calvin Klein, Zac Posen, Dao-Yi Chow, and Stacey Bendet.
Associate in Applied Science (AAS)
The AAS curriculum provides training in the techniques of fashion art and apparel design. FIT also offers a two-year International AAS program with one year of study in New York and the other in Florence.
If you have transferable credits from another college, you may be able to earn your Fashion Design AAS in one year.
Learn about the One-Year AAS program
The Fashion Design AAS program can be completed in the evenings and on weekends.
Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA)
Students can continue their studies and earn a BFA degree. The fifth semester in common is a blended curriculum, which assists you in pursuing and registering for a concentration, based on availability. They are:
FIT also offers an International BFA program with one year of study in New York and the other in Milan.
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Our educators are avid researchers who explore new and innovative ways to enhance the Fashion Design program at FIT.
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Students have many hands-on opportunities that contribute to their success after completing our Fashion Design program.
In FIT's School of Art and Design, you can choose from among 17 creative professions and learn from passionate artists and designers who are also working professionals. We provide a practical, hands-on, real world based education that can help you put an idea on paper, a concept into a computer, or a design into production. FIT can take you from the classroom to an internship, from a job to a career.
The mission of FIT's School of Art and Design is to educate the next generation of creative, socially responsible and globally relevant professionals able to succeed in the broad spectrum of art and design fields. The school challenges students to create new and valuable ideas through innovation, collaboration and experimentation.
The School of Fashion offers ten BFA degree programs, each designed to prepare you for work in the fashion industry.
The Fashion Retailing Certificate program is designed to teach students how to use their combined creative and business skills to display, market, and sell fashion merchandise. Graduates will be able to effectively understand and meet the customer's needs, and ultimately encourage sales.
The Bachelor of Arts Degree in Fashion with Fashion Design Concentration focuses on training students to develop apparel for various markets in keeping with creative, technical, and economic factors of the fashion world.
This course provides an introduction to apparel design and manufacturing. Industrial machinery and garment construction techniques are covered. Basic patternmaking techniques are introduced. Construction of dress, pant, and knit top is taught; woven construction techniques are introduced.
In this program, you’ll be surrounded and inspired by other talented, creatively driven students. And you’ll be pushed, challenged, and, above all else, supported by experienced faculty*. It’s not a walk in the park. It’s a journey toward doing what you love.
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