Create a Rewarding Career in Fashion Merchandising!
The Associate of Applied Science degree program in Fashion Merchandising is designed to help prepare students for entry-level positions in the fashion merchandising and retail industries. The Fashion Merchandising program allows students to partner their interest in the world of fashion with the development of key business competencies critical to employment in today’s global marketplace. While students develop skills in merchandising, management, marketing, and buying, they will also have the opportunity to explore the evolution of fashion, fashion trend forecasting, fashion media, and fashion promotion. The program requires integration of conceptual and creative abilities with business practices to prepare students for entry-level positions such as fashion merchandisers, store managers, visual merchandisers, and assistant buyers. Through coursework in Fashion Design principles, Pattern Drafting, Clothing Construction, and Fashion Marketing and Consumer Behavior, students can learn the keys to fashion merchandising.
As a graduate of our Fashion Merchandising program, you should be able to discuss management issues within the fashion retail industry, identify trends in the marketplace, sketch ideas for clothing designs and give examples of effective merchandise displays. With a hands-on internship and professional portfolio, you can feel confident entering the fashion merchandising career field.
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Students in this career-focused Fashion Merchandising program can also learn to:
- Identify principles of fashion marketing
- Discuss the history of fashion and relate it to the cultural, political, economic and religious climate for each historical era
- Describe different types of fabric and properties
- Identify consumer needs and preferences
- Discuss the importance of effective buying strategies by fashion retailers
- Identify key art principles and elements of design
- Recognize the importance of line, color, texture, function, trends and lifestyle
- Produce flat patterns for various types of clothing
- Examine the design of garments and fabrics with attention to cut, grain seams, pockets, collars, necklines, etc.
- Coordinate designs for a variety of consumers, sizes, styles, prices and markets
Graduates of our Fashion Merchandising Program in Seattle can develop competent multitasking skills while integrating conceptual and creative abilities with technical and sound business practices. With an Associate degree in fashion merchandising from IADT - Seattle, you can be on the road to a career you love.
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Looking for a Bachelor’s degree that you can complete in as little as three years? Try our Fashion Merchandising program in Seattle.
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