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Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree in Fashion Merchandising

Your Future in Fashion Merchandising can Start Here!

If your goal is a career in fashion, the Bachelor of Fine Arts degree program in Fashion Merchandising at IADT - Seattle can help get you there. As a student, you can learn about business, marketing, management and sales principles used within the fashion industry as a means of developing concepts and refining merchandising skills.

The career-focused curriculum in our Fashion Merchandising degree program can help you develop competent multitasking skills, as well as integrate conceptual and creative abilities with technical and sound business practices that help prepare you for a professional career in the fashion industry. Entrepreneurship, global sourcing and international business are explored as you learn to develop business plans that utilize current technologies to create competitive marketing strategies.

Are you a candidate for acceptance in our Fashion Merchandising Program?

Students in this Fashion Merchandising degree program can learn to:

  • Apply principles of fashion marketing
  • Manage retail environments
  • Analyze current fashion trends and predict future trends
  • Appraise buyer decisions and determine quality of local fashion retailers
  • Design effective merchandise displays
  • Inspect, cost and source fabrics, garments, trims and textiles
  • Coordinate and manage special events and fashion shows
  • Analyze the history of fashion and relate it to the cultural, political, economic and religious climate for each historical era
  • Prescribe fabrics, patterns and colors for a variety of fashion designs
  • Interpret consumer needs and preferences related to the design and construction of garments
  • Examine the line, color, texture and function of clothing and apply market trend analyses to the selection of garments
  • Inspect existing flat patterns and garments for quality and craftsmanship
  • Analyze designs for a variety of consumers, sizes, styles, prices and markets
  • Develop competitive marketing strategies

Graduates of this dynamic Fashion Merchandising degree program at International Academy of Design and Technology - Seattle can look forward to rewarding career opportunities in their chosen field. Want to learn more about becoming an Assistant Buyer, Merchandise Planner or Visual Merchandise Coordinator? Contact us today for more information about our Fashion Merchandising degree program.

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