Industry partnership in action: Columbia fashion students collaborated with the Chicago Sky women’s basketball team and local brand SOUNDOFF on exclusive game day merchandise.
Creative careers start here. From trend-driven merchandising to hands-on design and garment production, you’ll learn to think like an innovator and problemsolve like an entrepreneur. As a student in the School of Fashion, you’ll explore diverse paths such as fashion design, fashion studies (with concentrations in merchandising or product development), styling, textile science, sustainable fashion, and interactive media. You’ll access emerging technologies and industry insight to guide you through a rapidly evolving field. The curriculum evolves with best practices in sustainability, trend forecasting, space and brand planning, and multimedia merchandising techniques. Through studio projects, real-world retail partnerships, competitions, and virtual realityenhanced creativity, you’ll graduate ready to shape the future of fashion.
CAREER READINESS
MAJORS
From connecting you to internships to helping you develop door-opening bodies of work to making an important professional connection, Columbia helps students launch their careers.
Creative Professional Studies (BA) Fashion Design (BFA) Fashion Studies (BA)
CAREER EXAMPLES
Concentrations: – Merchandising
Buyer
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Fashion designer Merchandiser
– Product Development
POPULAR MINORS
Product developer Stylist
of recent graduates reported being employed, continuing their education, or achieving success in their creative practice within a year.*
Textile or jewelry designer
Art History Fashion for Game Art Fashion Studies Fashion Styling
ALUM SPOTLIGHT
Journalism
Alexander Knox ’15
Marketing
Fashion designer, started at Marc Jacobs in Manhattan, and currently Senior Designer of Women’s Ready-to-Wear at Coach.
Public Relations Social Media and Digital Strategy Sustainable Fashion
Alexandra Wylder ’14 A buyer at ULTA Beauty, the largest beauty retailer in the United States, who has worked with some of the beauty industry’s biggest brands including Dyson, Hot Tools, Babyliss, Conair, Kitsch, OPI, and Essie.
LEARN MORE
colum.edu/fashion *Rates are based on institutional surveys. Learn more: colum.edu/effectiveness
Fashion Workspaces
Fashion Lab
Fashion Study Collection Research Center
Pop-Up Retail
The School of Fashion offers professional facilities that take garments from concept to runway-ready reality. Students design and construct in the Fashion Lab, equipped with industry-standard sewing machines, pattern-making tables, and specialized software for design and production. The Fashion Study Collection Research Center provides access to rare books, journals, visual media, and historical garments dating from the 1840s to today, supporting inspiration and research in design, history, and textiles. Pop-up retail spaces and student-run stores give merchandising and styling students hands-on retail experience. These facilities foster creativity, practical skills, and business acumen, empowering students to innovate and lead in the fast-paced fashion industry.
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