Fashion Design MFA

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Fashion Design MFA Showcase 2024 – BEYOND. Photo Credit: Joe Carrotta.
Information for Applicants

FIT’s MFA in Fashion Design program students conduct rigorous research that culminates in creating eight-look collections, thesis papers and presentations, videos, lookbooks, brand business plans, and portfolios. Graduates leave the program prepared to make a positive impact as industry professionals by working within existing fashion companies or launching their own brands. 

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Six graduates "Design the Look"

NBC’s TODAY with Hoda & Jenna partnered exclusively with FIT on a new, weeklong series: Hoda and Jenna’s “Design the Look.” Custom looks for the hosts were unveiled every day, created by six recent FIT Fashion Design MFA graduates.

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Program

Fashion Design MFA class

Fashion Design MFA

Our program’s unique four-semester thesis process will give you the freedom to experiment and create in a highly-structured environment supported by an experienced and dynamic faculty. Through your courses and guest lectures, you’ll learn about brand identity, legal issues, and the global supply chain to help focus your designs, develop prototypes, and define your market niche.

Degree Details

Impact

Theory plus practice … Start with an idea. Focus the idea. Work on it. And see where it takes you.

Beyond Graduation

Graduates work in bustling, high-end design houses, leading fashion brands, intimate ateliers, and entrepreneurial ventures, including starting their own brands and consultancies. Others go on to teach in addition to their robust careers. 

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Learn From the Best

Our faculty members have made their mark on leading brands. Now they want to help perfect yours. Meet more Fashion Design MFA faculty.
Cathleen Sheehan

Cathleen Sheehan is a fashion industry veteran, multidisciplinary strategist, and an associate chair of FIT's Fashion Design MFA program. She has successfully advised hundreds of global brands, entrepreneurs, and nonprofits on design, product, and market strategies to leverage core strengths and opportunities within the dynamic fashion, beauty, tech, and retail landscapes.

zoran dobric

Zoran Dobric is an award winning fashion designer whose work has been sold internationally and featured in exhibits and showrooms and on runways in London, Paris, New York, Toronto, and Kuwait, including features in Fashion Television, Elle, and Vogue UK.  With more than two decades of international teaching experience, Dobric aims to inspire the next generations of fashion innovators.

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Fashion Design MFA

236 West 27th Street
(212) 217-4300

Cathleen Sheehan

Associate Chair
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