Fashion merchandisers find the hottest dress of the season.
Fashion merchandisers study the hottest styles, trends and fabrics and ensure stores are filled with the clothes and accessories men and women want to buy. Fashion merchandising mixes the demanding and creative, the tricky and the popular side of fashion in a fast-paced environment. Top fashion merchandising schools in the U.S. focus on hands-on training, expert instruction, and developing an intensely creative and objective eye.
Ashland University
Between Columbus and Cleveland, Ohio, Ashland University nurtures majors in fashion merchandising. Students are introduced to rewarding careers in fashion buying, selling, visual merchandising and retail management with expert staff instruction. The curriculum includes fashion analysis, textiles and fashion evolution, marketing business courses, retail merchandising, and advertising. Students learn by doing, creating fashion shows and joining service learning projects. Most fashion merchandising classes include less than 20 students. Ashland professors work one-on-one with students, so they become familiar with a student's passions and career goals.
Ashland University
401 College Ave.
Ashland, OH 44805
(800) 882-1548
ashland.edu/programs/fashion-merchandising
Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT)
Instructors at the Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT) encourage students to study beyond the classroom and take advantage of all that is fashion in Manhattan. Tours to fashion showrooms, specialty shops, and buying offices throughout New York City give students a real-world glimpse into the life of fashion. Set in the center of Manhattan, FIT offers full-time internships as well as semesters abroad to learn the trades and styles in foreign countries. The International Fashion Merchandising Management Program bridges Florence and New York. In the bachelor's program, students study for a year at the Polimoda International Institute of Fashion Design and Marketing in Italy.
Fashion Institute of Technology
Seventh Avenue at 27 St.
New York City 10001-5992
212-217-7999
fitnyc.edu
Philadelphia University
Philadelphia University offers a competitive fashion merchandising program in the school of Business Administration. Students learn about fashion trends, clothing design, use of fabrics, and make clothing. The university helps students advance careers in buying, managing, merchandising, and merchandise planning. Philadelphia University offers a certificate and bachelor's degree and master's degree programs.
Philadelphia University
4201 Henry Ave.
Philadelphia, PA 19144-5497
215-951-2700
philau.edu
International Academy of Design & Technology, Orlando
International Academy of Design & Technology in Orlando Florida is a career-oriented school. The fashion design and merchandising program challenges students to get that high-profile dream fashion job. Because Orlando is one of the fashion capitals of the world, the fast-paced international city is loaded with fashion shows, fabric conventions, cultural centers and other resources. IADT offers intimate classroom sizes, so that each student receives focused attention from instructors. Participation in hands-on projects is mandatory. Students choose from Associate of Science, Bachelor of Fine Arts or Bachelor of Science programs and may earn a degree in a little over a year.
International Academy of Design & Technology, Orlando
6039 Rio Grande Blvd.
Orlando, FL 32809
407-857 2300
iadt.edu/programs/fashion_design.asp
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