Your sense of style brings something new and fresh to the world of fashion. You crave being part of this fast-paced, competitive industry, and you want your work to grab the attention of individuals and retailers alike.
Your sense of style brings something new and fresh to the world of fashion. You crave being part of this fast-paced, competitive industry, and you want your work to grab the attention of individuals and retailers alike.
In our Fashion Design degree programs, you can learn both traditional and computer-generated design techniques for making stylish apparel from start to finish. You can also gain the marketing, entrepreneurial, and creative skills needed to promote your designs in the global fashion market. Our programs take hard work, focus, and commitment, but in the end, you’ll be equipped to pursue a career doing what you love.
Our faculty know what’s needed to succeed in the Fashion Design industry. They’ll share this expertise in the classroom, offering one-on-one mentorship and guidance as they push you to be bold, to experiment, and to take risks with your designs.
Our programs start by helping you build foundational skills in garment construction, fashion illustration, textiles, and pattern making. Then, using industrial sewing machines, computer-aided design software, and other professional-grade equipment and technology, you can learn how to apply these skills to create pieces as unique as you are.
Along the way, you’ll explore key industry practices and workflows, like creative brainstorming, market research, trend forecasting, material sourcing, technical design, and product development.
Your Fashion Design courses will also teach the planning, problem-solving, communication, and self-promotion skills required for careers in fashion design. All around you will be other talented, creative, and inspiring individuals, with whom you can form long lasting personal and professional relationships.
You know the power of a well-planned and well-executed design, and that power is something you want to wield. Whether you’re more passionate about graphic design.
Or web design or you’re still deciding between the two, you’ll need a solid foundation in both areas to get ahead. In a world of increasingly interactive communication, this blend is what employers expect.
The Fashion Design and Merchandising (FDM) program at Illinois State University puts your designs on the runway, connects you with professionals nationwide, teaches courses in all areas of design and merchandising through industry-level
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.
The Bachelor of Fine Arts in Fashion Marketing & Management degree program is a twelve-quarter program that is designed to offer experience across disciplines in business, fashion, and design, covering both soft and hard lines.
The School of Fashion offers ten BFA degree programs, each designed to prepare you for work in the fashion industry.
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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