Fashion Design MFA

FIT's MFA in Fashion Design is a creative laboratory where technology, talent, and inspiration intersect in ane of the earth'due south premier mode capitals.

The relentless pace of the mode system can hinder innovation. We tiresome it down to make room for experimentation, reflection, and creative growth. We also provide insight and education on urgent social issues impacting the fashion landscape. You lot will graduate with a thesis drove that is uniquely your own.

Fashion Design MFA class

Our program'southward unique four-semester thesis procedure volition requite you the freedom to experiment and create in a highly-structured environment supported by an experienced and dynamic faculty. Through your courses and guest lectures, you'll larn well-nigh brand identity, legal bug, and the global supply concatenation to help focus your designs, develop prototypes, and define your market place niche.

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Theory plus practice … Showtime with an idea. Focus the thought. Work on it. And encounter where information technology takes you.

When y'all experiment and play without knowing the endpoint, it opens upwardly whole new possibilities.

Kritika Manchanda Fashion Design MFA 'nineteen and winner of the $25,000 Geoffrey Beene Blueprint Scholar Honor

Kritika Manchanda

Graduates work in bustling, high-cease design houses, leading fashion brands, intimate ateliers, and entrepreneurial ventures, including starting their own brands and consultancies. Others go along to teach in add-on to their robust careers.

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Our faculty members have made their mark on leading brands. At present they desire to help perfect yours. Encounter more Fashion Design MFA kinesthesia.

Cathleen Sheehan

Cathleen Sheehan

Cathleen Sheehan is a fashion manufacture veteran, multidisciplinary strategist, and  chair of FIT's Fashion Design MFA program. She has successfully advised hundreds of global brands, entrepreneurs, and nonprofits on design, product, and market place strategies to leverage cadre strengths and opportunities within the dynamic fashion, dazzler, tech, and retail landscapes.

Kip Chapelle

Kip Chapelle

Every bit a designer for dozens of celebrity clients and one of the first to have a retail presence in Manhattan'south Meatpacking Commune, Kip Chapelle has been instrumental in shaping New York's way scene. Having worked for Giorgio Armani, Calvin Klein, Sean John, Geoffrey Beene, Barneys New York, and Saks Fifth Avenue, he was inducted into the Council of Fashion Designers of America in 2011. He holds an AAS from the Fashion Institute of Engineering.

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Vasi Zivanic

The piece of work of Vasi Zivanic spans commercial way and fine arts, with collaborators including Zaha Hadid, Calvin Klein, Estée Lauder, fashion designer Victoria Bartlett, and style lensman Steven Klein. Her costume designs are oftentimes commissioned for award-winning stage performances, while her art has been exhibited internationally. A winner of the Kahn Career Honour for Infrequent Talent, Zivanic holds a BFA from the University of Design in Belgrade and an MFA from Boston Academy.