The Apparel Industry Management Program is designed to prepare students for eventual ownership and/or management of a global fashion company. The program combines creativity, business knowledge, and computer technology, involving the student in all phases of product innovation including design, line development, global sourcing, production planning, technology use, sales management, financial control, and global human resources management. The curriculum stresses the importance of leadership, teamwork, creativity, critical thinking, and effective communication in decision-making from the visionary development of the initial concept to the delivery of the finished product.

What Our Students Learn In our program, students

learn all aspects of running a fashion business, from

concept development, design, global sourcing, supply

chain management, and human resource management,

to final delivery to the customer.

Why FIDM Apparel Industry Management students

learn how to turn their original designs into retail

ready products. Graduates are working in positions

as Creative Directors, Production and Sourcing

Managers, and Import /Export Specialists.

true to the industry.

Using the right technology and guided by the

importance of sustainability, promising fashion

entrepreneurs have the opportunity to become

industry visionaries. Our Apparel Industry

Management major is endorsed by the American

Apparel & Footwear Association (AAFA).