Fashion Technology Program

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Fashion technology graduates are employed in all areas of the fashion industry. This includes areas as diverse as fashion design, fashion editing, visual merchandising and display, advertising, marketing, production supervision and transportation interiors.

Rendering apparel design or creating textile print and weave designs requires competency in artistic methods. Mathematics is needed at the design level with the use of computer-assisted design. Fashionable products also incorporate innovations in computer-aided manufacturing techniques. Science is used to develop both high performance synthetic fibers for textiles and new textiles structures.

Fashion Technology Associate in Applied Science Degree

This program prepares students to promote product lines/brands and organize promotional campaigns at the wholesale level to attract retailer interest, wholesale purchasing, and supply contacts and perform operations connected with the distribution and sale of apparel and accessories: includes instruction in wholesaling, wholesale advertising, selling and customer relations, retailing, apparel technologies, distribution, customer sales and service skills, and principles of consumer research and sales forecasting. The Associate in Applied Science degree provides students with an option for a career or the requisite foundation for transfer to a four-year college or university.

Fashion Technology Certificate of Achievement

Merchandise displayers, or visual merchandisers, plan and erect commercial displays such as those in windows and interiors of retail stores or at trade exhibitions. Those who would work on building exteriors erect major store decorations, including building and window displays, and spot lighting. Those who design store interiors, outfit store departments, arrange table displays, and dress mannequins. In large retail chains, store layouts typically are designed corporately through a central design department. To retain the chain's visual identity and ensure that a particular image or theme is promoted in each store, designs are distributed to individual stores by e-mail, downloaded to computers equipped with the appropriate design software, and adapted to meet individual store size and dimension requirements.

Fashion Technology Certificate of Completion

This program prepares individuals to apply artistic principles and techniques to the merchandising of commercial fashions, apparel, and accessories, and the management of fashion development projects. Instruction includes apparel design; accessories design; the design of men's, women's, and children's wear; computer assisted design and manufacturing; concept planning; designing specific materials; labor cost and analysis; fabric art and printing; and the principles of management and operations in the fashion industry.

Apparel Production Certificate of Completion (Starting Fall 2006)

The Apparel Production program for fashion related industries focuses on the design elements, development, and production of textile products and related processes and systems. It includes instruction in functional and aesthetic design, commercial sewing, production processes, planning, estimating, and quality assessment. Students may gain hands-on experience in all aspects of the fashion related production process in a supervised fashion internship. Students with this certificate of completion may find entry-level employment in various capacities from textile and apparel related retailing to fashion industry related production jobs; or students may continue their career education by transferring to a four-year institution or by completing course requirements for a certificate of achievement or an associate of applied science degree.

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Interior Design and Fashion Technology Programs 2008 Advisory Board

Name	Company	Location
Brenda Ballingall	Builder's Plumbing Supply	Byron Center, MI
Steve Culling	Smart Office Systems	Lansing, MI
Madeline Flaster	Jacobson's Alumni Assoc.	Williamston, MI
Steve Flaster	Jacobson's Alumni Assoc.	Williamston, MI
David Hagerman	Hagerman Kitchens	Lansing, MI
Jerica Hall	Smart Office Systems	Lansing, MI
Dana Harder	Peckham	Lansing, MI
Arlena Hines	Lansing Community College 4100W - Interior Design Lead Faculty	Lansing, MI
JaNice Marshall	Lansing Community College 4100W - EDBT Chair	Lansing, MI
William McKay	Starline Distributors	Flint Twnshp, MI
Herminia Ortega	Lansing Community College 1001 W Student Services	Lansing, MI
Laura Percival	Eaton Intermediate School District	Lansing, MI
Christa Robinson		Lansing, MI
Joaquin Rodriguez	LCC Student	Lansing, MI
Nancy VanOver	Adrian College	Adrian, MI
Linda Welch	N.A. Mans Kitchen and Bath Centers	Trenton, MI

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Curriculum Information - Fashion Technology Program

To view degree and certificate requirements click on the curriculum code below.

Code		Degrees , Certificates, Transfer
1252		Fashion Technology - Associate in Applied Science Degree
1205		Fashion Technology - Certificate of Achievement
1056		Fashion Technology - Certificate of Completion
1300		Wedding Consultant - Certificate of Completion

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Course Offerings

Many of the courses listed below are offered at LCC throughout the academic year and can be taken to upgrade current skills or fulfill degree and certificate requirements. Visit the Course Schedule and Registration page for information pertaining to courses available during a particular semester.

View Fashion Technology (FASH) Course Descriptions

FASH 100     Fashion Sketching
FASH 101     Special Topics in the Fashion Industry
FASH 110     Computer Aided Design & Color
FASH 115     Wedding Planning
FASH 120     Introduction to Fashion Industry
FASH 125     Apparel Construction I
FASH 127     Apparel Construction II
FASH 130     Apparel Analysis and Selection
FASH 144     Visual Merchandising & Display
FASH 150     Apparel and Textile Design
FASH 230     Costume History
FASH 250     Adv Computer Aided Textile/Apparel Design
FASH 260    Fashion Merchandising Planning & Control
FASH 263    Fashion Industry Internship
FASH 270     Fashion Portfolio
FASH 275     Directed Study in Fashion

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Career Facts - Fashion Technology Program

Fashion is -

A product that is desired and used for a period of time by a large group of people, and then discarded and replaced by different and newer fashionable products. Fashionable apparel and textiles are unique compared to other manufactured products (cars, for example), because they are influenced by contemporary art forms like popular music, as well as major visual art movements (such as Art Nouveau, Art Deco, and Abstract Expressionism).

What types of skills are required?

Rendering apparel design or creating textile print and weave designs requires competency in artistic methods. Mathematics is found at the design level with the use of computer assisted design. Fashionable products also incorporate innovations in computer aided manufacturing techniques. And science is used to develop both high-performance synthetic fibers for textiles and new textile structures.

Careers in Fashion:

Fashion Manufacturing:

Design and Merchandising

Pattern-making

Production

Marketing

Marketing:

Copywriters

Artists

Visual Merchandising Designers

Special Events Coordinator

Retailing:

Merchandising

Management

Buyer

Store line operations

Textiles:

Fiber & Fabric Development

Textile Design and Merchandising:

Production

Marketing

Where are they employed?

Beginning a career in fashion is best obtained through an internship or apprenticeship while completing your education.

What degrees are available?

There are four options of competition for Fashion Technology. The first is a 25 credit Certificate of Completion (C. C.) in Fashion Technology, which prepares students for immediate employment in the Retail Market. New for Fall of 2006 is a 21 credit Certificate of Completion in Apparel Production which focuses on design, development, and production of textile products and related processes and systems. Alternatively, students may choose to transfer at this level to a higher institution of learning for baccalaureate degree. The third option is a 37 credit Certificate of Achievement (C. A.) in Fashion Technology, with an emphasis in Visual Merchandising and Display. The fourth option is an Associate Applied Science (A. A. S.) Degree, Fashion Technology, which has two tracks, one for students pursuing a career in Visual Merchandising and one for students interested in Fashion Technology/Production. For those interested in pursuing a bachelor's degree, after the A. A. S. degree, Lansing Community Colleges Technology Careers Programs have an Articulation Agreement with: Sienna Heights College, Northwood University, and Baker College.

What is the average salary?

Careers in the Fashion Industry vary due to more than 50% of the designers and other related fields being self-employed or working free-lance. Fashion designers salary range from $31,500 to $105,280 in the United States; with Michigan averaging $44,000.

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Faculty and Staff - Fashion Technology Program

	JaNice Marshall, Department Chair pittsmoj@lcc.edu (517) 483-5338
	Sydney Glasscoe Lead Support (517) 483-5338 glasscos@lcc.edu
	Arlena Hines , Professor and Coordinator ahines@lcc.edu (517) 483-9679
	Cheryl Fischre, Faculty fischrec@lcc.edu (517) 483-1336
	Joann Collins, Faculty collinj9@lcc.edu (517) 483-1336
	Daniel Parrotta parrod@lcc.edu (517) 483-1336
	Shani Ramsey, Faculty ramseys2@lcc.edu (517) 483-1336
	Rebecca Schuiling barnhir2@lcc.edu (517) 483-1336
	Denise Shaver, Faculty shaverd@lcc.edu (517) 483-1336
	Toni Stoddard, Faculty thelt14@lcc.edu (517) 483-1336
	Trudie Wilson, Faculty wilsont6@lcc.edu (517) 483-1336
	Anne Wojtkowski, Faculty mirosa@lcc.edu (517) 483-1336