Clothing Design

Are you interested in designing and creating clothing and accessories?  Are you interested in functional uses of clothing for such things as sports, outdoor activities, uniforms, etc.?  Are you curious about the behind-the-scenes activity involved in producing clothing?  Do you enjoy sewing and working with fabrics and textiles?

A Clothing Design major prepares you for a career in producing and marketing clothing products, using both manual and computer design methods.  Career paths include working in quality assurance to ensure clothing is produced with consistent quality in terms of color, fabric, size and construction, designing adaptive clothing for the physically challenged and the elderly, and creating specialty items, such as caps, bags, life jackets, and sports-related apparel.

Clothing Design graduates typically work as production managers or coordinators, designers or assistant designers, patternmakers, quality assurance professionals, and costume designers.

Clothing Design Resource List/Professional Associations
Click on the above Clothing Design Resource List to get a list of resources specifically for this major including helpful job posting sites, professional associations, links to articles for the field and a listing of books on the field available in the St. Paul Campus Career Center.

Alumni Careers and Alumni Profiles
Click on the above Alumni Careers and Alumni Profiles to get a list of job titles/employers for clothing design students.  From this page you will also be able to read profiles of several alumni with this major.