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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.

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:

Banana Republic, Byer California, Danskin, Escada, Diane von Furstenberg, Gap Inc. Georgiou, Giorgio Armani, IISLI, Jeremy Scott, Jessica McClintock, Inc., Louis Vuitton, Macy’s, Nice Collective, Old Navy, Saks Fifth Avenue, St. John, Target, Three Dots, Williams-Sonoma, Inc.

Fashion Degree Programs

Undergraduate Degree Programs
Fashion Graduate Degree Program

Online Fashion Degree Programs

Associate of Arts
Bachelor of Fine Arts
Master of Fine Arts

Professional Development and Continuing Art Education

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

Fashion Company Partners

Kenneth Cole; Levi Strauss & Co.; Banana Republic; American Eagle Outfitters; General Motors; Saks Fifth Avenue; Karen Neuburger Sleepwear; Natori NY; Williams-Sonoma; American Pacific Ent.; Eileen West; Sebastian Pons Studio; Pony; Pottery Barn; Galigula Studios; NATAYA; IISLI; Liz Claiborne; Restoration Hardware; Sanrio; Arden B.; Bloomingdale’s; Macy’s; Armani Exchange; Neiman Marcus; Louis Vuitton; BCBG Max Azria; Danskin; de Young Museum Store; gr.dano; MAC; Mervyns; Nordstrom; Phat Fashions LLC; Puma NA; Quicksilver/Roxy; Sephora USA; Jessica McClintock Inc.; Old Navy; Target; Jeremy Scott; Nice Collective; St. John and Three Dots

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