Fashion Design major
Be the trend.
By the time you graduate from our Fashion Design program, you’ll contribute to some of the largest and most creative fashion brands in the world. As the home of the third highest concentration of fashion designers in the U.S. (behind New York and Los Angeles), Columbus offers a fashion-forward backdrop for your ever-evolving designs. Our innovative program provides you with a rich understanding of the business of fashion so you can successfully create wearable art with purpose.
Our graduates go on to work as fashion designers, print and pattern designers, accessory designers, technical designers, costume designers, fashion forecasters, patternmakers, boutique owners, and stylists.
Go behind the seams in fabric rooms and the sewing lab at Design Studios on Broad
Facilities
You'll have access to:
Studios with sewing labs and industry-standard machinery
A dye lab to make custom-colored fabrics
A Mutoh ValueJet textile printer to recreate pattern repeats or free-form illustrations on cotton, silk, or rayon
Knitting studios and knitting machines to create fabrics from scratch
Professional dress forms in a variety of sizes, which include males, females, and children
Lectra CAD systems and Gerber PLM Production
Student Work
Careers
Our fashion designers have launched their successful careers in leading fashion companies, both here and abroad. Many have also gone on to start their own lines with great success.
Accessory designer
Boutique owner
Costume designer
Fashion designer
Fashion forecaster
Patternmaker
Pattern Design
Print Design
Stylist
Technical designer
Recent employers
Abercrombie & Fitch
Alexander Wang
Are You Am I
Express
The Gap
J.Crew
Kate Spade
L Brands
LOFT
Old Navy
Polo Ralph Lauren
Target
Tommy Hilfiger
Urban Outfitters
Victoria’s Secret
White House Black Market
Find the right internship, write a standout resume, interview well, and land the ideal job for you.
Credit hours
| Requirement | Hours |
|---|---|
| Program Requirements | 60 |
| CORE Studio Requirements | 18 |
| CORE Liberal Arts Requirements | 42 |
| Total | 120 |
Course information
Check out the Fashion Design course requirements.
