Marymount University
Fashion design students from Marymount are able to enter the field as assistant designers. Garment expertise in textiles, quality standards, construction, pattern making, and illustration are combined with design thinking within the curriculum. Marymount is proud of its exceptional track record of students who have competed at the national and international level and won.
Fashion Design (B.A.)
Positions in the fashion industry including that of designer or assistant designer should be the goal of anyone entering the Fashion Design major program.
An adjudicated fashion show featuring garments designed and constructed by the students in Fashion Design is held annually. By participating in the Maryland Fashion Club and through affiliations with the Baltimore-Washington, DC, Fashion Group Internationals, Inc., students gain an opportunity to cultivate their professional skills. This prepares students for employment with apparel manufacturers or product development departments. Advanced students create a portfolio and a line of fashions. All senior students are required to intern with an off campus employer. Noted professional designers evaluate student's original designs. A minimum grade of C is needed in any course within the Fashion Design major in order to take a higher-numbered course.
Fashion Design and merchandising:
At Marymount fashion merchandising students explore such career fields as buying, management, production of fashion shows, public relations, visual merchandising, fashion journalism, marketing, and sales at the manufacturing level. Speakers travel to campuses and fashion centers provide opportunities to work at Washington DC, fashion events, and is sponsored by Marymount's Fashion club. Some of the minors available to Fashion Merchandising students are:
- Communications
- Marketing
- Fashion Design
