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FASHION INDUSTRY ESSENTIALS COURSE

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Parsons School of Design faculty, together with leaders from across the fashion world, will teach you about the key areas and related career opportunities in the ever-evolving fashion industry through our Parsons x Teen Vogue fashion industry course.
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100% ONLINE
Accelerate Your Career

Build your fashion industry skills and expertise in key areas such as:
  • Visual style
  • Portfolio design
  • Fashion production
  • Marketing & PR
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Curriculum
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Understand the basic elements of visual styling in design, media, and photography through our fashion industry course.
Learn about collections and how they are developed. Understand the need to design for the end customer.
Learn the overall process for bringing a collection to life. Understand what skills and experience fashion employers are looking for.
Learn about editorial photography and design. Develop social media skills. Prepare for internships and interviews.
Learn how media brands work with advertising partners. Develop professional networking skills.
Level up. On YOUR schedule.
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The fashion industry course includes 5 online course modules, and related skill-building activities. Each module is 3-5 hours, and is broken into several shorter lessons that students complete at their own pace. Students earn a non-credit certificate of completion from Parsons.

Learn The Business

Gain insider knowledge around key areas of the industry with 70+ on-demand video lessons, and build real-world skills through self-paced projects and assignments.

Map Your Career

Discover all the various paths in the fashion industry, and get first-hand tips and advice on how to achieve your career goals from the biggest names in the business.

Stand Out

Learn from faculty from the renowned Parsons School of Design, and earn a Certificate of Completion from Parsons to add to your profile.

Instructors and Industry Experts
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Elaine Welteroth
Elaine WelterothJournalist, Author, Project Runway Judge
Brandon Maxwell
Brandon MaxwellDesigner, Lady Gaga's Stylist
Phillip Picardi
Phillip PicardiJournalist and Editor
Adam Selman
Adam SelmanFashion Designer, Rihanna's Go-to Designer
Patrick Michael Hughes
Patrick Michael HughesFaculty & Fashion, Culture, Society Historian
Rebecca Minkoff
Rebecca MinkoffInternational Fashion Designer
Caletha Crawford
Caletha CrawfordFaculty & Children's Apparel Consultant
Angela Gao
Angela GaoFaculty & Fashion Designer, DKNY, ANGG NY
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Student Feedback
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Taking the fashion industry essentials course has helped me approach my business in a whole new way. I now have a better knowledge of how my clothing company must be marketed.
Sydney Vragel
Sydney VragelFashion Industry Essentials Grad
Since taking the Fashion Industry Essentials Course I have also taken the Fashion Business Essentials Course to further build my fashion business knowledge. I have started a blog, entered college for fashion design, and worked at a boutique.
Caroline Hill
Caroline HillFashion Industry Essentials Grad
Shifting from marketing and advertising into the fashion industry, I have found so much value in this course and it has made a difference in the way I approach creating a brand, specifically a fashion brand.
Queenie Reyes
Queenie ReyesFashion Industry Essentials Grad
The sales from my business are growing. I am more confident with reaching out to other companies for partnership opportunities.
Tenasia McKinney
Tenasia McKinneyFashion Industry Essentials Grad
I took the program before college, and it gave me a sense of what it is that I want to do and I always knew I liked fashion, but now I know I also like the business side.
Zephy Lopez
Zephy LopezFashion Industry Essentials Grad
I now have a deeper understanding of the entire process of making a collection and building a brand.
Bryan Ordaz
Bryan OrdazFashion Industry Essentials Grad
The program helped me get an idea of how to apply to jobs/ internships and convinced me to try out many different areas in the fashion industry so I have a variety of skills.
Ella Steele
Ella SteeleFashion Industry Essentials Grad
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