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Your Runway to a Career in Fashion!

Become a creative force in fashion. Grow your fashion artistry at RMCAD’s Denver campus where you can learn industry essentials like trend forecasting, target marketing analysis, concept development, color and fabric, textile design, CAD design and fashion illustration. You’ll gain hands-on experience using cutting-edge design technologies like CLO3d and have the opportunity to show off your styles at the annual RMCAD Fashion Showcase, where you can connect with like-minded fashion artists and industry professionals.

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FASHION ILLUSTRATION

Develop your visual communication style and personality and learn how to convey design ideas, fabric textures, prints, patterns, and construction details on fashion flats, floats, and figures.

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DRAPING + PATTERNMAKING

Explore creative dimensional forms through patternmaking, draping, construction and production techniques to actualize garment designs.

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TEXTILES + MATIERIALITY

Ideate textile strategies through conceptual and experimental frameworks related to structure and form, colors and patterns, materials and surfaces, environment, and community.

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CAD DESIGN

Present concepts and illustrated designs, including production and manufacturing elements such as digital sewing and patternmaking, technical packages, grading, and 3D virtual fittings.

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SUSTAINABLE DESIGN THINKING

Demonstrate sustainable research and diverse design thinking that relates to a broader cultural, socio-economic, historical, and environmental context.

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PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT + MANAGEMENT

Articulate creative strategies and communicate design ideas while developing business skills for leadership roles in the fashion industry.

Student Spotlight

Open the Door to Career Opportunities in Fashion

As a graduate of RMCAD’s fashion design program, you could pursue career opportunities in:

  • Fashion Design
  • Technical Design
  • CAD Design
  • Textile Design
  • Fabric + Trim Sourcing
  • Patternmaking + Draping
  • Production
  • Product Development
  • Fashion Styling
  • Fashion Trend Forecasting
  • Custom + Sample Sewing

Student Work

  • Design by Grayson Nite and Ann Moorman, Meow Wolf Trashion Show

  • Photo by Olivia Steinbrink and Design by Justin Morales

  • Photo by Josh Belt and Design by Madi Corbet

  • Photo by Olivia Steinbrink and Design by Jordan Trigg

  • Photo by Olivia Steinbrink and Design by Zachary Mick

Design Your Future

Ready to pursue a future of artistic expression? Reach out today to learn how.

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