Fashion Design (AAS)
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Parsons’ AAS Fashion Design program offers a pathway into the fashion industry. The intensive fast-paced curriculum covers the design process from concept to production, including ethical and sustainable practices. Students design across fashion categories and learn skills in drawing, draping, patternmaking, and construction while also leveraging 3D technology. Graduates bring their prior experience and fresh perspectives to the industry, working for major companies, small houses, and launching their own brands.
Program Highlights
Extensive and Rigorous Learning
Explore fashion design, research, history, drawing, and construction techniques, along with 3D technology for conceptualizing collections and documenting work.Learn from Leaders
Be mentored by Parsons’ faculty of industry professionals, with class critiques and lectures by leading fashion design practitioners.Showcase Your Work
Benefit from opportunities to showcase your work and portfolio, which are promoted on a variety of platforms and presented during the annual Parsons Festival.Industry Access
Gain professional experience through internships, benefitting from access to New York City’s fashion businesses, organizations, and leaders.Applicant Profile
The program is most suited to mature students with college experience, an academic or professional background, and the desire to start a career in fashion design.
- DegreeAssociate of Applied Science (AAS)
- FormatFull-time on campus
- Start termFall
- Credits60
- Duration2 years or less (depending on transfer credits)
Curriculum
The program’s reputation for quality, rigor, industry relevance, originality, and comprehensiveness opens doors throughout the fashion industry. Electives give you opportunities to specialize in accessories, tailoring, textiles, knitwear, and many other areas.
Career Paths
AAS Fashion Design alumni are leading innovation in sustainable fashion technology, working in design studios, developing businesses, and building brands globally. Graduates have joined major companies such as Chanel, Theory, Calvin Klein, Eileen Fisher, Kate Spade, Urban Zen, Proenza Schouler, Tory Burch, and GAP. Other alumni—such as Prabal Gurung, Aiste Hong, Jay Godfrey, Vivienne Hu, and Aimee Kestenberg—start their own lines right out of the gate.
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Discover what our students, alumni, and faculty are doing in NYC and worldwide.
Parsons faculty represent a broad range of expertise and are acknowledged as leading practitioners and scholars in their fields.
Student Work
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Beyond the Classroom
Our extensive resources prepare you for professional success. Coursework and career services staff give you access to a network of industry partners, and the university’s libraries, computer centers, and the cutting-edge tools of the Making Center support your creative work.
Internships
New York City’s thriving creative industry and cultural institutions are part of your Parsons education. Our Career Services Office is enmeshed in the art and design industry and can help you advance your career with industry-relevant internships.
Industry Engagement
Connect to the organizations, businesses, and entrepreneurs driving global creativity and commerce. In classes, internships, and extracurricular projects, you gain marketable problem solving skills in sectors ranging from government and nonprofits to tech and creative industries.
Making & Academic Resources
As a Parsons student, you enjoy access to extensive resources including New School libraries, computer labs, archives, and studios, along with Parsons’ state-of-the-art Making Center, facilities offering a broad array of tools to support your creative and academic growth.
Related Programs
Fashion Design (BFA)
Full-time undergraduate major (four years, 120 credits); best suited to first-time college students. Culminates in a thesis and qualifies alumni for further graduate study.
Fashion Design and Society (MFA)
Full-time graduate program (two years, 60 credits); applicants must have a bachelor’s degree in fashion design and a substantial portfolio for this highly selective program.
