Friday 13 May 2016

Learn Business Side of Fashion

Have you ever heard about fashion design programs which also offer insights on the commercial management aspects of the fashion world? Here are some of the programs which acquaint the students with business in the fashion industry as well. These types of programs are not found in any of the Top Fashion Institutes in India so you will have to move abroad for these interdisciplinary programs.

1. Bachelor of Commerce – Fashion Management

Institute – Humber College Institute of Technology & Advanced Learning
Location - Toronto, Canada
Length – 8 semesters (one paid term work)
Study pace – full time

This program inculcates skills related to fashion along with solid business management skills. The course is meant for those who are willing to explore the business side of fashion.

2. Bachelor of Fashion Design & Business

Institute – Cyprus Institute of Marketing Ltd (BVI)
Location – Online / distance learning
Length – 3 years
Study pace – full time

The Bachelor of Fashion Design & Business lays the foundation of the fashion world and also offers consciousness towards business and creativity.

3. BBA in Strategic Design and Management

Institute - The New School
Location – Paris, New York
Length – 4 years
Study pace – full time

This BBA program is designed to foster entrepreneurial skills along with strategic aspects of fashion designing. The coursework involves lectures, seminars, studio, workshops, discussions, team work, individual work, project driven learning and field based research.

4. BFA in Fashion Design


Institute – Paris College of Art
Location - Paris, France
Length – 4 years
Study pace – full time

The Fashion Design BFA provides hands on training and the instructors follow the students and their works closely. The students learn to express their creative visions, after they understand materials, tools, textiles design methods, construction techniques.

5. Fashion Design (with Sandwich) BA (Hons)

Institute – University of Central Lancashire
Location – Preston, England
Length – 4 years
Study pace – full time

This program is internationally recognized and it covers topics like design history, market research, pattern cutting, fashion illustration, trend prediction etc.

6. Fashion Design BFA

Institute – The New School
Location – Paris, New York
Length – 4 years
Study pace – full time

The BFA Fashion Design program is meant for those who want to learn more about Fashion Design. The concept and execution both the aspects get refined as the students broaden their vocabulary of design.

Colleges for Fashion Designing in India should also consider incorporating any of the programs with an interdisciplinary approach so that the students learn about more than one industry at the same time, which will make them more employable.

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