Los Angeles Trade Tech College Fashion Design

Fashion is among the largest and most established industries in California and Long Beach Metropolis College is located in ane of the land'due south largest fashion hubs. The fashion industry looks to LA for its "LA style", trendsetters, influencers, celebrities, and innovations in premium denim, swimwear and agile apparel. A fashion education can provide the necessary background and skills for a career in this e'er thriving and dynamic field. The LBCC Mode Design & Merchandising program provides an surround that promotes disquisitional thinking, creativity, multicultural sensation, sustainable practices, hands-on learning, work experience and networking. Our students larn from faculty who have worked in the fashion manufacture and bring their experience and industry connections to the classroom.

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CAREER OPPORTUNITIES

Long Beach City College is located right in the center of two Southern California apparel hubs; the Orange County action sports industry and the LA mode commune, home to the largest apparel wholesale market in the world, the California Market Center. L.A. fashion is truly a global manufacture with a range of career opportunities. Long Beach City College Fashion Program prepares students for entry-level jobs in the fashion industry, transfer to a University, and provides the technical skills to first a custom apparel line.

POTENTIAL JOBS

Careers in Fashion Pattern

Designer
Patternmaker

Technical Designer
Textile Designer

Careers in Fashion Merchandising

Buyer
Costing
Merchandiser
Production Programmer
Product
Sales

Sales Representative
Sample Coordinator
Sourcing
Store Director
Trend Forecaster
Visual Merchandiser

Careers in Styling

Stylist

Wardrobe Designer

Degrees & Certifications

Fashion Merchandising (AS + Cert) Curriculum Guide

Associate in Scientific discipline (As), Fashion Merchandising

Document of Achievement, Fashion Merchandising

Style Pattern (AS + Cert) Curriculum Guide

Acquaintance in Science (AS), Fashion Design

Certificate of Achievement, Fashion Design

Document of Achievement, Way Pattern - Client Apparel Design

Certificate of Achievement, Fashion Blueprint - Patternmaker/Technical Pattern

Certificate of Achievement, Fashion Design - Wardrobe Designer/Stylist

Certificate of Completion, Way Design – Avant-garde Clothes Construction

Certificate of Completion, Manner Pattern – Industrial Sewing and Manufactory Production Methods

Certificate of Completion, Fashion Design – Swimwear Construction

Certificate of Completion, Mode Design – Material Surface Design

Course Offerings

View courses offered in different semesters to help in academic planning.

Form Name	Autumn	Winter	Spring	Summer	Advanced/Capstone Courses But Offered Every 3-4 Semesters
FD 3 Intro to Careers in Way
FD five Product Development
FD ix Clothing Option
FD ten Textile Fibers and Fabrics
FD 20 Introduction to Fashion Industry
FD 21 Quick Sketch Croquis Cartoon
FD 23 Way/Merchandise Buying
FD 24 Fundamentals of Apparel Construction
FD 25 Intermediate Apparel Structure
FD 26 Advanced Sewing
FD 27 Production Sewing
FD 32 History of Way
FD 36 Flat Pattern Drafting
FD 37 Blueprint Draping
FD 38A Fashion Blueprint
FD 38B Fashion Pattern
FD 38C Fashion Pattern
FD 38D Fashion Design
FD twoscore Advanced and Production Pattern Drafting
FD 41 Way Promotion
FD 45 Digital Fashion Analogy
FD 46 Avant-garde Digital Manner Illustration
FD 200 Trend Forecasting
FD 210 Style Styling
FD 213 Textile Surface Design
FD 215 Fashion Sketching
FD 216 Fashion Portfolio Development
FD 230 Fashion Design Laboratory
FD 231 Way Design Lab – Garment Closures
FD 244 Reckoner Patternmaking
FD 258 Swimwear
FD 271WE Work Feel

FAQ

What is the difference between Design and Merchandising

Merchandising focuses more on the business end of fashion. This includes math for generating profit, the process of buying, manufacturing concepts, and an understanding of textiles and the fashion design process from concept to creation.

The design side focuses more than on the concepts and creation of clothes. This includes multiple levels of sewing, blueprint making, sketching (past hand and on the computer), and blueprint. Course work includes the development of concepts such as trends, color, material, and silhouette design.

Both Design and Merchandising require learning computer programs used in the fashion industry, such equally Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator.

I am interested in getting a Bachelor's caste, are there classes that transfer to a university?

Yes, we work closely with the apparel/fashion programs at CSULB, CSULA, and Cal Poly Pomona. You tin can visit assist.org to view classes that transfer. You can also meet with a advisor or meet with fashion kinesthesia who can assistance you lot identify the classes that transfer.

I am a mode Design student and don't know what classes to have my first semester?

Nosotros recommend you schedule an appointment with a counselor and with fashion faculty prior to your first semester to brand certain you are registered for the appropriate courses. Make a 30-minute engagement with an academic counselor to receive services in educational plans, transcript evaluation, and career planning.

In the Design program, some courses have a specific sequence that needs to be followed. Courses taken in the first semester build the skills you need for courses that you lot will take in the second semester. For case:

If your first semester begins in the Autumn you will register for: FD24 Fundamentals of Apparel Construction, FD36 Pattern Drafting.
If your first semester begins in the SPRING you lot volition annals for: FD24 Fundamentals of Apparel Construction, FD37 Design Draping.

Who are the Career and Technical Pedagogy (CTE counselors)?

What is the difference between an Associate of Science Degree and a Certificate of Achievement?

An Associate of Science Caste will prepare you for transfer to a university. It includes both general education coursework and fashion coursework. Many of our fashion students transfer to Cal State Long Beach, Cal State LA, and Cal Poly Pomona's Mode programs.

A Certificate will prepare y'all to go straight into the way industry. It focuses only on fashion coursework and has no general education requirements.

How much does the programme cost?

Delight visit Financial Assistance for tuition cost and Federal Work-Written report information.

How to transfer and lookup comparable course listings.

To help decide if courses taken at other schools are comparable to Long Beach City Higher courses, please visit LBCC Transfer Evaluation System (TES).

For more information, please visit LBCC Transfer Center.

How practice I receive my degree or document subsequently I cease the coursework?

You lot will need to complete an awarding for your degree or certificate and submit that awarding to the LBCC Admissions & Records office. Visit Admissions & Records for more details.