Global Fashion Studies
Global Fashion Studies prepares students for
careers and higher education in the exciting and ever-changing
fields of fashion, apparel, accessories,
merchandising - and more! In this two-year program, students learn about
all phases of the fashion industry, and
they explore college
and career opportunities.
Global Fashion Studies year one focuses on merchandising, and year two focuses on marketing and retailing, including mastery of retail customer service skill standards set by the National Retail Federation and NOCTI Retail Trades Performance Standards. Students learn through specialized software, hands-on projects, lectures and guest speakers, videos, field trips, and work-based learning experiences such as job shadowing and internships. Through a year-long entrepreneurship project, students work together to design a product, conduct market research and produce and sell their accessory designs. They also create a professional fashion portfolio showcasing their best work.
After completing Global Fashion Studies, students may enter the workforce or advance their education at 2- or 4-year colleges such as Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT) and Laboratory Institute of Merchandising (LIM) in Manhattan, Herkimer County Community College, and the Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising in California.
Students in the Global Fashion Studies program also have the option to spend 10 days with their teacher touring Paris and London. They travel to various fashion venues such as fashion museums and a perfume factory, take guided fashion walks and experience London Fashion Weekend.
CAREER OPPORTUNITIES:
Merchandiser/buyer
Advertiser/promoter/marketer
Visual display specialist
Retail manager
Sales representative
Stylist/personal shopper
Fashion show producer
Fashion journalist
Entrepreneur
UNITS OF STUDY:
The history of fashion
The business of fashion
Business etiquette
International fashion/designers/retail
Fashion illustration
Fashion digital design
Mass production/quality assurance
Inventory control
Promotion and salesmanship
Visual display
Personal buying
Fashion styling
Modeling and fashion show production
Green fashions
Business math (year one)
Integrated English (year two)
COLLEGE ARTICULATION:
The Laboratory Institute of Merchandising (LIM), Manhattan
Herkimer County Community College
Schenectady County Community College
Academic prerequisites:
9th grade reading level
Business math (making change, retail, measurement, yardage, fractions, percentages, decimals)
Consistent record of attendance
Students supply notebook, art supplies and patterns and fabrics to construct garments for class projects
Teacher profile:
Going Green
Global Fashion Studies students connect the worlds of fashion, merchandising and the natural environment by incorporating recycled and renewable materials into their designs. Today’s fabrics may be made from organic materials or recycled products, and some are designed using applied nanotechnology.
Global Fashion Studies program earns college praise
Career & Tech's Global Fashion Studies program has earned the praise of Herkimer County Community College, home of several alumni and a recent field trip destination of this year's students. HCCC Fashion Professor Janice Jenny recently wrote to teacher Judy Hicks:
"I am always very impressed with the quality and enthusiasm of the students from your program. They are by far more knowledgeable than the typical high school graduate we get. You have done an amazing job preparing your students for both careers in the fashion industry, and for higher education in that field."
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