Fashion Design MFA
FIT’s MFA in Fashion Design is a creative laboratory where technology, talent, and inspiration intersect in one of the world’s premier fashion capitals.
The relentless pace of the fashion system can hinder innovation. We slow it down to make room for experimentation, reflection, and artistic growth. We also provide insight and education on urgent social issues impacting the fashion landscape. You will graduate with a thesis collection that is uniquely your own.
Program

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.
Our Work
With the time, resources, and support to innovate in silhouette, construction, fit, and materials, our students thrive.

Inspired by spray paint and street culture, Lenny Vuitton (aka John Lenahan), Fashion Design MFA ’19, made his mark as part of the program’s first graduating class.

With access to the FIT DTech Lab, Fashion Design MFA students created adaptive accessories, including a messenger/tote bag, wallet, chest pack, and umbrella for the Cerebral Palsy Foundation.

Students from FIT’s MFA in Fashion Design program joined forces with the Today show to help kids battling cancer transform into superheroes.



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.

Learn From the Best

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