Fashion Design
Be the trend.
Columbus is home to the third-highest concentration of fashion designers (behind only New York and Los Angeles), putting our Fashion Design students in the heart of a thriving industry and surrounded by tons of opportunities to gain industry experience long before you graduate. Our program works closely with some of the largest and most creative fashion brands in the world as you learn to design real clothing for real people. And it all leads to our annual fashion show, a juried runway show that provides our Fashion Design seniors with the opportunity to design a collection and debut it in front of a crowd of hundreds, including industry professionals and tastemakers.
Beyond aesthetics, our Fashion Design program also provides students with a rich and deep understanding of the business of fashion, so that you can successfully create designs that have purpose and that customers want. And our designers have gone on to launch successful careers in leading fashion companies, both in the US and abroad. Many have also gone on to start their own successful fashion lines, too.
Recent employers
- Abercrombie & Fitch
- Alexander Wang
- Are You Am I
- Express
- The Gap
- Kate Spade
- L Brands
- LOFT
- Old Navy
- Polo Ralph Lauren
- Target
- Tommy Hilfiger
- Urban Outfitters
- Victoria’s Secret
Fashion Design student work
Urchin
Domonic Ciucci
Kaledo
Maggie Aspell
Neotetra
David Vega Jr.
Kalmia
Jack Pipik
Dark Side of the Moon
Chawis Saelim
Lustful Borealis
Sarah Allen
Urban Outfitters
Kendell Miller
Fashion Layout - Design for a brand
Alyssa Scherer
An overview on phenomenal nature
Daniel Grimm
Distant Galaxy
Jiaqi Yu
Dreamhouse
Collin Briggs
Rapture of the Skin
Casey Immel-Brown
2014 Tumblr
Mackenzie Daugherty
Urchin
Domonic Ciucci
2024
Garment
Kaledo
Maggie Aspell
2024
Adobe Illustrator
Neotetra
David Vega Jr.
2024
Garment
Kalmia
Jack Pipik
2024
Adobe Illustrator
Dark Side of the Moon
Chawis Saelim
2024
Garment
Lustful Borealis
Sarah Allen
2024
Garment
Urban Outfitters
Kendell Miller
2024
Procreate/illustrator
Fashion Layout - Design for a brand
Alyssa Scherer
2023
Procreate
An overview on phenomenal nature
Daniel Grimm
2023
Garment Collection
Distant Galaxy
Jiaqi Yu
2023
Garment Collection
Dreamhouse
Collin Briggs
2023
Garment Collection
Rapture of the Skin
Casey Immel-Brown
2023
Garment Collection
2014 Tumblr
Mackenzie Daugherty
2023
Adobe Illustrator
Spaces to Make
Our campus has the tools and the spaces to help you make your vision real.
Faculty
Meet the people who will help you along your creative and professional journey.
Adjunct Faculty
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Celeste Malvar-Stewart[email protected]
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Erica Rodney[email protected]
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Marie Schmerge[email protected]
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Suzanne Westrick[email protected]
Course Spotlight
FASHION CONSTRUCTION
Learn the basics of sewing and how to use industry-standard machines in this course, which includes weekly demonstrations and lectures that cover different sewing techniques. You’ll create your own reference book of techniques, such as types of seams, closures, and finishes, and at the end, you’ll use your skills to create a finished garment.
Fashion Design First Year Experience
Academic Year
Freshman Year - Fall
Course Title |
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CORE1120 2D Creative Practices |
CORE1110 Systems of Drawing |
CORE1031 Collaboration |
FASH2101 Fashion Construction Techniques |
ARTH1132 Mod Contemporary -or- ARTH1133 Historical |
Freshman Year - Spring
Course Title |
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CORE1017 Intro to Fashion Design |
CORE1211 What Can a Drawing Do |
CORE1221 3D Making with Care |
ARTH3120 History of Fashion |
LIBA1290 Writing & the Arts |
Fashion Design careers
After earning their BFA in Fashion Design, our graduates leave ready to take on such roles as:
- Accessory designer
- Boutique owner
- Costume designer
- Fashion designer
- Pattern designer
- Print designer