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The Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising-Orange County
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17590 Gillette Avenue
Irvine, CA 92614
(949) 851-6200
fidm.edu

About the college

Have you ever wanted your name on the hottest pair of jeans or sneakers or to work for some of the fashion world’s biggest names? At the Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising, FIDM, this and more can become your life. FIDM has been a leader in creating careers in the fashion world, media arts and visual communications. Even careers in business management have been started here. The hit show Project Runway has had contestants that had FIDM on their fashion resumes.

Campus

The Orange County campus located in Irvine, California offers students beauty and creativity. The FIDM in Orange County offers on campus housing with lofts and an indoor and outdoor student lounge all within its 38,000 square feet of entertaining architecture. Having a campus in Orange County gives students with a close location to top apparel manufacturers and beaches fro days off from studying. Living in Orange County provides entertainment, shopping and a school with a great reputation for creating the best graduates in the fashion, design and merchandising world.

Courses

Students at FIDM can prepare for exciting careers that can have them working as buyers, set designers, costume designers and so much more. The majors offered at FIDM include footwear design, business management, theatre costume design, visual communications and beauty industry merchandising and marketing. Graduates can walk out of FIDM with an associate of arts degree in merchandise marketing or a variety of other programs or a Bachelor of Science degree in business management.

The future is yours and with FIDM, you could make your mark on the design or fashion world. The runway can be your platform to success or you could be a set designer for a hit TV show.
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The Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising-San Diego ( San Diego , CA )
fidm.edu

About the college

The Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising, FIDM, has quite a reputation for training the creative students of the future. The school has been a part of education for over 35 years and for the past 6 years has been part of the hit show Project Runway. Many graduates from FIDM have gone on to TV success on the popular show and the season 5 winner was a 2001 graduate of the fashion institute.

Campus

San Diego is the city of interest for the FIDM campus. San Diego is a city that offers students small town appeal with big city glam. The city is California’s second largest and with a location near the coast. San Diego is home to the Fashion Valley Shopping Center. The city just oozes creativity and fashion and is where the future of the industry is heading. The San Diego campus offers students shopping opportunities everywhere with culture, diversity and career opportunities around every corner.

Courses

Students can choose from 18 career-oriented majors to help them pursue their dreams. Some of the majors are merchandise marketing, graphic design, textile design, jewelry design and business management. Graduates can go on to rewarding and successful careers as a buyer, store manager, freelance visual designer, costume designer, wax model maker or work in visual effects. The career possibilities are endless at FIDM with the degrees, programs and online courses that are available.

FIDM has made a name for itself and its graduates are looked upon as professional and highly knowledgeable of the fields that they chose to pursue. Your future deserves to be bright and maybe one day your clothing line can be the one featured on TV, film or the runway.

College Type: 2-year, Private for-profit

Offering: Associate's degree

Campus Setting: City, Midsize

Campus Housing Available: No

Student Population: 604, 100% undergraduates


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