Continuing and Professional Education
66 West 12th Street
New York, NY 10011
Tel: 332.239.2292
cpe.advisor@newschool.edu
This program covers best practices for fashion business, providing you with concrete and theoretical foundations for working in the industry or starting an entrepreneurial career. Courses survey fashion history and recent developments and trends in consumer behavior, merchandising, and fashion buying. They also examine the evolving marketing landscape for fashion brands and businesses on a global scale.
Students typically complete this certificate in 18 months.
This course focuses on demographic and psychographic profiles of consumer interests. It emphasizes generational marketing while also exploring segmented and niche markets.
Study fundamental techniques for merchandising fashion for an apparel company or as a boutique owner.
Aimed at fashion design students and design professionals, this course covers the elements involved in the design and manufacture of apparel and accessories.
This fashion history course opens with an introduction to Charles Frederick Worth, the father of haute couture and concludes with a discussion of Dame Vivienne Westwood, the designer who brought punk and New Wave fashion into the mainstream.
Understand the essentials of fashion buying, including product selection, trend analysis, vendor negotiation, and retail math.
Through workshops and case studies, students learn about this powerful marketing method, which has reshaped the way brands develop their marketing and PR strategies.
Electives that fulfill certificate requirements include Influencer Marketing and Celebrity Relations, Design Sketching 1, Construction Techniques 1, and more.
While facts and figures are important, learning hinges on connection and synthesis of ideas. These ‘sparks’ come through conversation and engagement in the classroom.
The professional landscape as we’ve known it has changed dramatically, and ongoing learning is more important now than ever before. At The New School, we champion every student’s creativity and growth. By combining integrated disciplines with collaborative problem solving, we deliver an immersive, transformative learning experience. With the leadership of Parsons School of Design—a globally top-ranked design school—our faculty imparts the critical expertise students need to advance their careers or pivot to a new one in a constantly evolving world.
The New School admits students of any race, color, national and ethnic origin to all the rights, privileges, programs, and activities generally accorded or made available to students at the school. It does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national and ethnic origin in administration of its educational policies, admissions policies, scholarship and loan programs, and athletic and other school-administered programs.