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Program Contacts
Daniel Drak, Program Director
Naika Colas, Associate Director
Emily Huggard, Associate Director
Romana Mirza, Associate Director
Fashion Management (MPS) Students Newly Entering Fall 2026: The program will be offered entirely in person; no online option will be offered.
MPS Fashion Management is a rigorous one-year graduate program for those who want to lead business and management innovation and transformation in fashion and in other design and creative industries.
The program is grounded in social and climate justice and draws on systems thinking, design-based frameworks, research, and real-world skills to guide students to develop critical business thinking and practice capacities.
The MPS curriculum focuses on fostering creative thinking and design innovation in the context of business and management. It integrates theoretical knowledge and practical applications, emphasizing the importance of research in informing strategic decision making. Students engage with academic theories relevant to fashion management and apply them to real-world scenarios. This approach develops students’ critical thinking and analytical skills, ensuring that they are equipped to address complex challenges in the fashion industry after graduating.
The Fashion Management curriculum begins with a one-week orientation seminar and consists of fall and spring semesters and a summer term. The program features cohort-style learning and consists of several 15-week courses that meet weekly on campus.
Graduates are prepared to develop new paradigms in the fashion world and devise groundbreaking, disruptive, compelling concepts enabling them to succeed in fashion-related careers including production and manufacturing, supply chain management, merchandising and buying, digital marketing and social media management, and sustainability management.
Sara Kozlowski, Sara Kozlowski, Council of Fashion Designers of America, Director of Education and Professional DevelopmentParsons is known for its legacy of leading by design, with many CFDA members being School of Fashion alumni. This new program is exactly what our industry needs today. As fashion systems transform, we need leaders with sophisticated creative acumen within brand, retail, and business.
Research is integral to the Parsons learning experience, and students and faculty work together to challenge existing paradigms and advance emerging scholarship and practice. Explore the thematic research laboratories housed at Parsons and throughout The New School.
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.
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 industries and can help you advance your career with industry-oriented internships.
Funds are earmarked for graduate travel, research, and work to support your study. Opportunities include paid teaching assistantships, research fellowships and assistantships (including ones offered throughout The New School), ample student employment, and other grants available to U.S. domestic and international students alike.
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.
Full-time or part-time program (two years, 60 credits); best suited to students who have previous college experience in an unrelated field and want to change careers.
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