Fashion Majors at Stevenson

Fashion Majors At Stevenson

Fashion Majors

Here at Stevenson we offer many different tracks for studying the in and outs of the fashion industry. This brings a lot of culture to the university and as it sits vacant awaiting the return of students in the fall I want to bring attention to our many different opportunities that are available here.

Fashion Merchandising

SU’s Fashion Merchandising program gives you a "business focus on the world of fashion. Classes in marketing, management, art, and fashion will provide you with a foundation in all the essential aspects of fashion." (Stevenson University 2020). This deals less with the actual designing and creation of the garments but how to market clothing. These people help display the clothing in stores, such as a friend of mine Aaron Hernandez who currently works at Nordstrom as a stylist/ fashion merchandiser. This is the business side of fashion, the marketing, the economic look at fashion

Fashion Design

Fashion design is very different from fashion merchandising. These are the people who are down and actually making and styling the clothing. At Stevenson they describe this major to be a program that "synthesizes the individual aesthetic of the designer with an understanding of the market, historical context of fashion and costume, consumer psychology, materials, and techniques of apparel construction" (Stevenson University 2020). The friends that I currently have in this program have gotten to experience a lot of amazing things in the fashion industry. They have styled people, been to actual run way events, competed and showed off their many creations. It is hards work but a great and interesting major that Stevenson offers.

Flexibility

If you are not interested in pursuing these as majors there are more options. If you are interested in pursuing fashion in another way while majoring in say business administration, Stevenson offers the ability to minor in fashion merchandising.

Citations

Stevenson University. “Fashion Design Program: Stevenson University.” Program | Stevenson University, 1 Mar. 2019, www.stevenson.edu/academics/undergraduate-programs/fashion-design/.

Stevenson University. “Fashion Merchandising Program: Stevenson University.” Program | Stevenson University, 1 Mar. 2019, www.stevenson.edu/academics/undergraduate-programs/fashion-merchandising/.