INDUSTRY PARTNERSHIPS
Our Industry Partnerships are with some of the world's most recognizable and influential brands. Classroom collaborators include Zara, Warner Bros., Disney, Converse, Pottery Barn, Victoria's Secret, UNIQLO, GUESS, L'Oréal, Red Bull, PacSun, Levi's, Pixar, and so many more.
NIKE, Inc. International Manufacturing & Product Development Advanced Study students collaborated with NIKE, Inc., a global corporation that fosters a culture of innovative products, services, and experiences for today's athlete. By understanding the young female athlete in and out of the competitive game, students were challenged to research the global consumer-specific to their assigned discipline and create a fashionable collection staying true to the target age of a 10-year-old female and the mission of the brand.
UNIQLO FIDM Students created a UNIQLO Denim Sustainability Story for display using textiles from Fast Retailing's Jeans Innovation Center, an R&D facility in Los Angeles that incorporates sustainable processing and production methods through state of the art technology and techniques.
Costume Designers Guild In celebration of the Costume Designers Guild (CDG) Awards and Costume Designer Michael Kaplan's Lifetime Achievement Award, FIDM Film & TV Costume Design students created costumes
inspired by the 1985 film Clue for the opening exhibit, "Movie Night," at the CDG.
Dior & Other Top NY Beauty Brands The Bachelor of Science in Beauty Business Management Program includes a senior capstone course in which students were paired with top New York beauty brands to work on real-world projects specific to their business needs. The brands—Dior, Fresh, NARS, Indie Lee, Victoria's Secret, Givaudan, and PINK—met online once a month with the students to check on progress, provide feedback, and oversee next steps. The students traveled to New York at the end of the quarter to present their final projects to the beauty brands.
Disney In celebration of the in-home release of Frozen 2 to Blu-ray, FIDM took over a Disney store window at Westfield Century City displaying five bespoke 'Frozen 2'-inspired luxury streetwear looks and design elements, designed and created by FIDM Alumni including Nick Verreos, Co-Chair of FIDM's Fashion Design department.