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Your Runway to a Career in Fashion!

Do more than design clothing; make wearable art with a degree in fashion design from RMCAD. From full-size dress forms to mastering design technologies like CLO3d, your program explores industry essentials such as trend forecasting, target marketing analysis, concept development, color and fabric, textile design, CAD design and fashion illustration. The program will help you prepare to participate in fashion shows with local professionals, and for local students, showing collections in our annual Fashion Showcase.

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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
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Student Work

  • Design by Ann Moorman – Photograph by Olivia McDonough

  • Design by Miles Lopez – Photograph by Olivia McDonough

  • Design by Dasha Chavez – Photograph by Gwen Cornell

  • Design by Alex Alutin Paniagua – Photograph by Gwen Cornell

  • Design by Sloane Crazybear

  • Design by Kaitlin Lindsey

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

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