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"Fashion is not something that exists in dresses only. Fashion is in the sky, in the street, fashion has to do with ideas, the way we live, what is happening ."
     ~ Coco Chanel

Academy of Art University has one of the top fashion schools in the nation with the most famous show in the industry. Study fashion design or merchandising and build your career with houses like Versace, Calvin Klein, Givenchy and Alexander McQueen.

View the Fall 2010 Graduate Collection at NY Fashion Week

Fashion Class Descriptions and Schedules

Fashion classes in:

Fashion Design, Fashion Merchandising, Fashion Marketing Merchandising, Fashion Journalism, Menswear Design, Knitwear Design, Textile Design, Active Sportswear Design, Visual Merchandising, Store Design,  Business of Beauty (Beauty Industry Retail and Product Development), History of Fashion, History of Beauty Industry, Cosmetics and Fragrance Industry, Sustainable Design, Green Design and more!

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Fashion Career Opportunities

Fashion Design Career (Fashion Designer, Product Manager, Pattern Maker), Textile Design Career (Textile Designer, Forecaster), Knitwear Design Career (Knitwear Designer, Knitwear Merchandising, Knitwear Accessory Designer), Fashion Merchandising Career or Fashion Marketing Career (Buyer, Store Manager, Store Planner, Product Developer), Fashion Journalism Career (Fashion Journalist), Beauty Industry Career (Cosmetics and Fragrance, Product Development), and more!

Fashion Firms Hiring Our Grads Include:

Abercrombie & Fitch, adidas, Alexander McQueen, Azzedine Alaïa, Banana Republic, Blanc de Chine, Burberry, Byer California, Calvin Klein, Carla Sozzani’s Corso Como 10, Chloe, Danskin, Diane von Furstenberg, Donna Karan, Escada, GAP Inc., Gap Inc. Georgiou, Giorgio Armani, IISLI, Jeremy Scott, Jessica McClintock, Inc., Kate Spade, KITON, L.A.M.B., Liz Claiborne, Louis Vuitton, Macy’s, Marc Jacobs, Martin Margiela, Martine Sitbon, Missoni, Nice Collective, Nike, Nordstrom, Northface, Old Navy, Oscar de la Renta, Pamela Dennis, Pottery Barn, Ralph Lauren, Ralph Rucci, Reebok, Saks Fifth Avenue, St. John, Target, Three As Four, Three Dots, Tocca, Viktor & Rolf, Williams-Sonoma, Inc., Zac Posen, Zandra Rhodes



Professional Development and Continuing Art Education

Reach your individual goals in fashion by taking non-prerequisite classes

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