Next Gen Fashion

Catalog description

The fashion industry will undergo more changes in the next 10 years than it has in the past 100 as technology disrupts every aspect of the business. Traditionally, conversations between brands and their customers have been held in a brand’s store or on behalf of brands by their retailers and distributors. Now, this conversation is held directly with customers every second of every day through innumerable direct and indirect online and offline channels. At the same time traditional media, primarily magazines (Vogue, Elle, InStyle, etc), are all struggling with these new channels and their role in creating fashion brands while companies find new ways to manufacture and ship their goods and services around the world. Using industry experts as guest speakers, lectures/discussions, case studies and consulting by the course faculty, students will learn the ins and outs of the fashion industry. It is an opportunity to marry the theory and process learned in the core classes, with the reality of running real businesses in a very creative and dynamic industry. Each speaker appearance will be combined with readings and form the basis for the final project assignment. The basic format of the class is: listen/discuss/learn/do. This will be a highly interactive class with an emphasis on participation and application.