Fashion and Apparel Design Major
Fashion and Apparel Design is an exploration of fashion across gender, accessibility, size, trends and the future of the industry itself. In Fashion and Apparel Design, you’ll find your authentic voice through garments, fabrics, patterns and sustainable design. In the spirit of inclusion, you’ll make clothing for everyone.
Fashion and Apparel Design will prepare you to develop an identity as a designer with focus on design, craft, sustainability, diversity and collaboration. Mechanical and digital technologies will support your exploration. Understanding the social, environmental and economic impacts of apparel will empower you to become an agent of change in the fashion industry.
Our Curriculum
With a focus on creating sustainable fashion and apparel for all body types and identities, Fashion and Apparel Design educates you in textile usage, surface treatments and garment recycling with an emphasis on cultural influence amongst usage and design. A decolonized curriculum will provide you space to express your individual vision, while learning how to navigate the fashion industry.
Fashion and Apparel Design in the world. MIAD graduates hold influential positions in design with prominent brands such as Milwaukee Tool, Jockey, Harley-Davidson, Land’s End, Kohl’s and more. The United States fashion industry is valued at approximately $370 billion. Approximately 430 million people work in fashion, clothing, and textile production, meaning that about 13% of people working around the globe are contributing to making the world’s clothes, shoes and accessories. The apparel market in the United States is expected to grow by nearly 3% annually.
Top Employers
Milwaukee Tool, Jockey, Harley-Davidson, Land’s End, Kohl’s and more.
Student Work
Anna Siemsen, NSP: Fine Arts Senior Exhibition, 2021
Emmy Shearer, NSP: Fine Arts Senior Exhibition, 2018
Wenyuan Chen, Product Design Senior Exhibition, 2020
Analisia Torres, NSP: Fine Arts Senior Exhibition, 2019
Olivia Paul, Product Design Senior Exhibition, 2021
Graciella Delgado, NSP: Fine Arts Senior Exhibition, 2022
Zoya Chicks, Product Design Senior Exhibition, 2020
Wenyuan Chen, Product Design Senior Exhibition, 2020
Marissa Virginia Macias, NSP: Fine Arts Senior Exhibition, 2018
Julianna Frixione Clayton, Product Design, year unknown
Analisia Torres, NSP: Fine Arts Senior Exhibition, 2019
Ayana Perry, Integrated Studio Arts Senior Exhibition, 2017
Marissa Virginia Macias, NSP: Fine Arts Senior Exhibition, 2018
Samantha Villazaez, Illustration Senior Exhibition, 2022
Anna Siemsen, NSP: Fine Arts Senior Exhibition, 2021
Student unknown, NSP: Fine Arts, 2017
What Can I do with my Major?
FASHION AND APPAREL DESIGN
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Accessory Designer
C
Childrenswear Designer
Concept Developer
Costume Designer
Creative Director
D
Design Director
E
Exhibition Designer
F
Fabric Researcher
Fashion Designer
Fashion Illustrator
Fashion Merchandiser
Fashion Photographer
Fashion Vlogger
Footwear Designer
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Garment Technologist
H
Handbag Designer
K
Knitwear Designer
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Pattern Cutter
Pattern Designer
Pattern Grader
Personal Stylist
Print Designer
Product Developer
S
Sportswear Designer
Stylist
Sustainability Officer
T
Technical Designer
Textile Artist/Designer
Trend Forecaster
V
Visual Merchandiser