Bachelor of Fine Arts in
Fashion Styling
- Program Data
- Enrollment
- Admissions Requirements
- Program Objective
- Program Description
- Istituto Marangoni Miami Tuition
Program Data
Enrollment
Semester Start/End | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
Spring Semester Start | January 10th, 2022 | January 9th, 2023 | January 8th, 2024 |
Spring Semester End | May 5th, 2022 | May 3rd, 2023 | April 30th, 2024 |
Summer Semester Start | May 9th, 2022 | May 10th, 2023 | May 8th, 2024 |
Summer Semester End | August 23rd, 2022 | August 24th, 2023 | August 23rd, 2024 |
Fall Semester Start | September 1st, 2022 | September 4th, 2023 | September 2nd, 2024 |
Fall Semester End | December 20th, 2022 | December 21st, 2023 | December 19th, 2024 |
Admissions Requirements
To apply for admission to Istituto Marangoni Miami undergraduate programs, an applicant must:
- Submit a fully completed and signed application for admission including a personal statement that describes the applicant’s professional accomplishments and goals; and
- A non-refundable application fee of US $100.
To enroll, an applicant must complete the following:
- Complete a personal interview with an Admissions Director or Assistant Director. An in-person interview is preferred, however, for prospective students who are not located in the Miami area, a telephone or Skype interview is acceptable.
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Provide evidence of high school completion, GED, or evidence of secondary education.
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Complete a personal statement essay in 500 words or less as to what attending Istituto Marangoni would mean for them and their future career in the fashion industry.
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Submit a Resume/CV with previous work experience or accomplishments.
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Submit a fully completed and signed enrollment agreement.
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Complete a financial plan with Student Financial Services.
Additional requirements for the graduate program.
In addition to the above requirements, applicants seeking admission to the graduate program must also provide:
- Evidence of the successful completion of a bachelor’s degree program.
- An updated resume or curriculum vitae.
- Students may submit a portfolio or samples of work; however, these are optional. Students who choose to submit, please
in case you have any additional question, you can email us at: miami@immiami.com
Program Objective
Our Fashion Styling Bachelor Degree program forms future professionals and ‘creatives’ with the ability to work within the fashion system in areas of visual communication such as publishing, advertising, visual merchandising, trend or style forecasting, and blogging.
A fashion stylist is an expert in fashion communication and must be able to define and produce a winning combination of component parts in order to create an image or ‘look’ to emphasize the style of a brand, a magazine or a person.
This can be achieved through the careful use of clothes, accessories, hair and make-up, through atmosphere and location, and through the knowledge and analysis of contemporary and future trends. The skills lie in interpreting the soul of an article of clothing, or product, and communicating it through a unique style.
This Fashion Styling Bachelor's Degree in Miami provides students with creative, transferable skills and subject specific expertise in trend forecasting, analysis and interpretation of style and brands, visual communication and merchandising. In our school for fashion styling, they will learn to apply these skills to the present and emerging technologies in today’s fashion communication industry, while also gaining an understanding of operations and business practices within the global fashion, luxury and design industry.
Program Description
Presenting contemporary and future trends, enhancing the collections of designers, informing and inspiring their readers: this is the exciting mission of the fashion stylist. By the end of the fashion stylist program, students will gain the ability to recognize different styles and trends, clearly define their personal vision of a product, and propose innovative and professional ideas successfully.
By understanding the role and responsibilities of the professional stylist, students learn how to pull together, organize and lead a team of experts to ensure the direction of what goes in the fashion magazines, appears online, or on the catwalk, communicates the right messages, at the right time, and to the right target audience.
From a solid base in styling, this course moves on to explore multiple areas of the fashion industry where management of the creative process is core practice. Students are encouraged to develop their own ideas and experiment in producing a different variety of visual outcomes, such as fashion editorials, viral videos, brand image and restyling proposals, interactive and print advertising campaigns, and social media visual contents. The course covers key skills in fashion copywriting, PR and media planning, fashion production management, business planning, time management, and advertising deadlines and budgets. Cultural studies in the history of design, dress and fashion culture provide the necessary skills to make a critical assessment of a brand or client’s lifestyle and legacy.
Students are encouraged to study fashion styling to decode stereotypes and to think about image positioning from a different perspective in order to discover their own unique personal style. The ultimate goal is the independent creation of a professional styling portfolio that fully expresses the personality and skills of the student.
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Course Lists
Course Description
Course Description
Number | Course Title | Credits |
- ADV100
- ADV310
- ARH100
- BCS105
- BUS200
- COM100
- COM200
- COM210
- COM300
- COM405
- COM410
- COM415
- ECO200
- ENC101
- ENC202
- ENV209
- FAS100
- FAS110
- FAS200
- FAS210
- FAS305
- FAS310
- FAS325
- FAS400
- HIS100
- MAC105
- MAC114
- PHI300
- PHI305
- PHO100
- PHO200
- PRO410
- PSY201
- SOC200
- SPC201
- TEX200
- TRE100
- WHO100
- WRI100
- WRI200
- Total Program Credits:
ADV100
VISUAL MERCHANDISING & ADVERTISING IN STYLING
Three (3) semester credits
Students will also explore the idea of visual merchandising aligned to the subject of fashion styling, contextualizing and using relevant processes in visual branded design for VM installations and outcomes. This course also analyses the most important advertising campaigns in the luxury and mass-market fashion sectors, through the study of the fundamentals of contemporary communication. Students will learn all concepts related to developing, promoting and selling an idea through styling.
Prerequisite(s): None
ADV310
ADVERTISING ART & DIRECTION
Three (3) semester credits
This course analyses the most important advertising campaigns in the luxury and mass-market fashion sectors, through the study of the fundamentals of contemporary communication. Students will learn all concepts related to developing, promoting and selling an idea through styling. They will research, develop and plan industry standard campaigns and catalogue pages for hypothetic clients in reaction to advertising briefs.
Prerequisite(s): FAS305
ARH100
HISTORY OF ART
Three (3) semester credits
This course introduces students to the historical and intellectual content of western art through an evolution of History of Art from ancient times to the end of Late Middle Ages in Europe. The analysis is set in an extended historical, social, political and cultural context. The relationship between art and society, in centuries, is also studied to elaborate comparisons between history and the contemporary cultural world.
Prerequisite(s): None
BCS105
BIOLOGY
Three (3) semester credits
This course is for non-science majors to provide students with the basic biology concepts; selected topics will include cell concept, evolution, genetics and ecology. The students are expected to use the scientific method of thinking to analyze and make informed decisions about the environment.
Prerequisite(s): None
BUS200
FASHION MARKETING: PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICES
Three (3) semester credits
Through the recognition and understanding of the principles and practices of the main marketing tools, students develop a professional approach to the various marketing communications strategies that are applied in the fashion industry. The course looks at creative marketing in the contemporary fashion industry, considering traditional methods to online digital techniques in advertising and promotion.
Prerequisite(s): None
COM100
DIGITAL DESIGN
Three (3) semester credits
This course teaches the basic notions of digital graphics for the field of Fashion Design. Through the study and the use of a variety of computer applications, students acquire the tools to work on photographic retouching and elaboration of images, with the purpose of presenting their creative ideas to a client or professional public. Students also learn how to use key software packages to create visual documents and presentations.
Prerequisite(s): None
COM200
ADVANCED DIGITAL DESIGN
COM210
INTERACTIVE DESIGN
COM300
GRAPHIC DESIGN I
Three (3) semester credits
This course teaches students how to create a magazine that encompasses their own graphic vision; by providing an understanding of how digital publishing is changing magazine design, learning how to retouch and edit images and how to output the magazine to print and/or digital media. Students will be proficient in the use of computer aided design software, e.g., Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign and will become skilled in producing a professionally fashion magazine layout. Final work produced during the Editorial Styling & Photography course will also be retouched and edited in this course.
Prerequisite(s): None
COM405
GRAPHIC & WEB DESIGN
Three (3) semester credits
This course helps students extend their knowledge of multimedia; web and digital design, analyzing the basic components of digital design tools, among which vector graphics and animation. By combining an overall creative vision and web design techniques, students will be able to produce a final project consisting in the creation of their own home page. The magazine will contain all the final project outcomes created by the students.
Prerequisite(s): COM300
COM410
NEW IMAGE FRONTIERS
Three (3) semester credits
During this course, students will edit and explore fashion images by exploring contemporary visual frontiers such as 2D & 3D combinations, AI and VR and video storytelling as well as developing innovative and creative approaches for producing a final visual body of work.
Prerequisite(s): COM405
COM415
VIDEOMAKING: FASHION FILM
Three (3) semester credits
This course introduces students to the basic elements of visual storytelling. The focus is on understanding the mechanisms of narration as much as on the knowledge that is required to produce a convincing narrative. Through an in-depth analysis of the different aspect of storytelling, students will explore the world of moving images, aiming to understand what it is needed to create a coherent, meaningful and aesthetic work. This course allows students to develop their own fashion styling subject and encourages personal direction using contemporary media. On this course, students will edit short fashion videos.
Prerequisite(s): COM405
ECO200
PRINCIPLES OF ECONOMICS
Three (3) semester credits
The class has the aim of studying the Production Companies as subjects, which develop an economic activity of market transformation, showing their structural and functioning aspects. In order to do so, there will be illustrated the prevalent and innovative methods of Organization, Management tools and Control principles. At the end of the class, the student will have learnt main knowledge about Manufacturing Company System, which will help him to develop insights in topics of sectorial interest. There will be in-depth analysis through the “Case Study”.
Prerequisite(s): None
ENC101
ENGLISH COMPOSITION I
Three (3) semester credits
This first required college level-writing course introduces students to effective written communication through mastery of the writing process to include personal and professional contexts to include strategies for discussing, reviewing, development and structure, rhetorical strategies, organizational approaches, interpretive modes, of various written forms. Students will begin academic research skills to connect to their own writing and interests. This course fulfills a Gordon Rule requirement.
Prerequisite(s): None
ENC202
ENGLISH COMPOSITION II
Three (3) semester credits
This second required college level writing course focuses on the research process and advanced strategies for the analysis and evaluation of sources. Students will increase their knowledge of the writing process by composing informative and persuasive essays using a research process. Additionally, this course will emphasize the need for writing accuracy and the revision process using the conventions of standard edited American English. This course fulfills a Gordon Rule requirement.
Prerequisite(s): ENC101
ENV209
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE
FAS100
FASHION STYLING FUNDAMENTALS
Three (3) semester credits
Students will be provided with an introduction to professional aspects of the fashion styling industry. They will gain a real understanding of the diversity of professional roles undertaken by a stylist. Students will get their first experience of organizing a fashion photo- shoot. The course also includes an introduction to the basic style ‘wardrobe’ through an historical and cultural analysis of information.
Prerequisite(s): None
FAS110
PROFESSIONAL FASHION PANORAMA
Three (3) semester credits
Students are introduced to learning about the professional aspects of the fashion styling industry, career and employment opportunities. By the end of this course, the students will gain an in depth understanding of the creative and production process, and professionalism within the fashion industry.
Prerequisite(s): None
FAS200
FASHION, ART AND CULTURAL CONTEXT
Three (3) semester credits
This course will present students with a comprehensive critical analysis and evaluation of fashion intended as a socio-cultural global phenomenon and provide them with the theoretical knowledge necessary to interpret fashion practices in relation to art movements and other cultural manifestations. On completion of the course students will have attained a sense of the cultural and global dimension of the fashion industry, of the challenging yet close relation it has established with art and have developed an informed sensibility with regards to all the above.
Prerequisite(s): None
FAS210
FASHION STYLING VISUAL RESEARCH
Three (3) semester credits
Style and research, key to innovative design and creative ideas, is paramount throughout the course. Students are introduced to the role of the fashion stylist, and to visual representation as an ‘art’; presenting products or communicating a vision in order to attract and engage the fashion consumer. Through creative and visual research, students discover the world of trends and the role and influence of visual representation. The course will develop the students’ ability to analyze, interpret and reference visual information, which is essential within the fashion industry.
Prerequisite(s): None
FAS305
FASHION STYLING PRODUCTION
Three (3) semester credits
This course is a learning and practice platform that allows students to research, plan and organize photo shoots inspired by individual interests in the social, and/or cultural spheres. Students will work through a series of 'styling challenges' in a highly critical and exciting context learning how to question, reflect, provoke, work on error, and produce, through an often-surprising process of personal and creative development. Students will take inspiration from a variety of different sources such as exhibitions, films, music, politics, society etc., and transform this inspiration into concepts for their fashion 'stories'. This course also introduces other professional aspects of the fashion styling industry including client awareness, competitors, markets and consumers.
Prerequisite(s): None
FAS310
EDITORIAL STYLING & PHOTOGRAPHY
Three (3) semester credits
This course gives students the possibility to work from a self-initiated brief, which in turn provides an opportunity to display to their personal skills and knowledge. Independence at this level is essential and collaborating in a team is crucial for students wishing to work in the area of styling within the fashion industry. The variety of outcomes required presents a unique opportunity for the student to create a portfolio of work expressing their individualism and professionalism. Students will plan, organize and realize contemporary fashion editorials; all edited and presented in their final portfolio.
Prerequisite(s): FAS305
FAS325
FASHION CAMPAIGN & PHOTOGRAPHY
Three (3) semester credits
Students explore a variety of areas within the Fashion advertising industry to develop a multi-channel campaign. By the end of the course, the students will be able to finalize a complete multi-channel campaign involving holistic communication strategies (i.e., editorial, advertorial, press release, stop motion, etc.)
Prerequisite(s): FAS305
FAS400
CREATIVE & ART DIRECTION
HIS100
HISTORY OF DRESS AND COSTUME
Three (3) semester credits
This course covers the evolution of the History of Dress from ancient times to the present. Students study a wide historical, political, social and cultural context looking at aspects involved in sartorial cutting and construction, as well as the development of the productive systems of materials, accessories, jewels, hairstyles and makeup. The relationships between art and fashion are analyzed though the course of history, to make a comparison between past and contemporary fashion, dress and costume.
Prerequisite(s): None
MAC105
COLLEGE MATHEMATICS I
Three (3) semester credits
This course introduces students the basic concepts of college mathematics to include algebra and will follow a logical sequence for students to gain confidence in polynomials, equations, inequalities, the straight line, Cartesian coordinates, functions and graphs, systems of linear equations, logarithms and exponentials, matrix algebra, limit of a function, and derivate of a function and integral.
Prerequisite(s): None
MAC114
COLLEGE MATHEMATICS II
Three (3) semester credits
This course introduces the basic concepts of Euclidean geometry and non- Euclidean geometry utilizing a problem-solving approach relevant to all majors. Students will explore the inductive method and review the foundations of geometric points, lines, segments; coverage of all 2-D figures; and an analysis of coordinates, vectors, and trigonometric relations.
Prerequisite(s): MAC105
PHI300
ETHICS
Three (3) semester credits
This course will provide students with critical thinking skills while studying major theories of ethics. Ethics will be defined and analyzed to understand different points of view to include values, cultural, socio-economic and other influences allowing students to demonstrate effective reasoning skills to make decisions.
Prerequisite(s): None
PHI305
CRITICAL THINKING
Three (3) semester credits
This course, students will explore and help develop strategies for “learning to think” and “thinking for learning” using the process of deductive argument and the notion of validity. Students are expected to use methods for analyzing and evaluating their beliefs by developing an ideological framework.
Prerequisite(s): None
PHO100
PHOTOGRAPHY FUNDAMENTALS I
Three (3) semester credits
This course introduces the fundamentals of fashion photography highlighting photographic compositions, lighting and the use of the environment (studio) as well as discover key periods and styles in photographic history and analyze important and emerging fashion photographers. Students will also work on and create different visual assignments (editorials).
Prerequisite(s): None
PHO200
PHOTOGRAPHY FUNDAMENTALS II
Three (3) semester credits
Students will plan, organize and realize fashion photo shoots and learn how to collaborate effectively with photographers, makeup artists, hair stylists, and model agencies in managing and coordinating their projects. Students will also learn how to move forward in unfamiliar and unpredictable situations, model agencies cancelling models, changes in location availability, and will understand how to manage workloads and meet deadlines.
Prerequisite(s): PHO100
PRO410
FINAL MAJOR PROJECT: STYLING & CREATIVE DIRECTION
Three (3) semester credits
This course gives the student the opportunity to critically research, thoroughly investigate, and gain expert knowledge of a specialist area within their subject practice. It is expected that the choice of subject will be able to sustain sufficient breadth and depth of enquiry, to review elements of the social, economic, cultural, and historical implications of their area of study. During this course, students will be applying the core skills taught throughout the program with intrinsic knowledge and expertise to enhance abilities in self-direction, problem solving, planning and production of multiple visual supports. The dissertation will be supported by a portfolio, which includes edited fashion images and videos exploring visual frontiers as well as a website
Prerequisite(s): None
PSY201
PSYCHOLOGY
SOC200
SOCIOLOGY
Three (3) semester credits
This course will provide students with a basic understanding of how society functions. It will examine social phenomena in terms of social forces, group relations and social structures. Sociological topics will include the social construction of knowledge, socialization and culture.
Prerequisite(s): None
SPC201
SPEECH
Three (3) semester credits
This course provides students with oral communication skills needed to develop stronger personal, professional and educational presentation and experiential use of speaking. Students will apply theory and techniques to individual and group settings. Fulfills a Gordon Rule requirement.
Prerequisite(s): None
TEX200
FABRICS & MATERIALS
Three (3) semester credits
Students learn how to recognize, manipulate and ‘read’ the materials and fabrics used in the fashion industry. Fibers are classified and studied together with the main techniques of fabric manufacturing. The knowledge of their intrinsic properties including weaving, finishing and printing techniques, allows students to acquire the basic skills in order to identify a fabric and apply it to works in the fashion industry. The world of yarns, leather and materials are explored, with the aim of understanding the variety of technical/creative possibilities.
Prerequisite(s): None
TRE100
TREND FORECASTING
Three (3) semester credits
This course introduces students to the role of the trend forecaster, looking at trend prediction, as well as the various methods of forecasting in the Fashion and luxury industries. The theories, concepts and methods constitute a framework that will facilitate the student to understand, interpret and anticipate developments and change for the near future. Researching seasonal trends, color, social and economic trends, consumer preferences and cultural indicators increase student’s ability in successful analysis and review.
Prerequisite(s): None
WHO100
WORLD HISTORY
Three (3) semester credits
This course provides students with a general understanding of the changes that have taken place in the world since the appearance of humankind. This course covers the breakup of the Old World, the events of the Middle Ages in Europe, the rise of industrialization, the growth of imperialism, the two world wars, the changes in the post war world, and globalization. This course also introduces students to the economic, political and social processes in the world of today.
Prerequisite(s): None
WRI100
FASHION WRITING
Three (3) semester credits
Students in this course gain a historical overview of the emergence of ‘critique’, or disciplined, systematic analysis of a written or oral works. They will be introduced to the practical side of the critic (blogger, national press, and fashion and art magazines) and learn key tools of the trade in order to put together a well- researched written critique. They will learn how to research, plan and produce articles, fashion reviews, reportages, profiles (interviews) and press releases for exhibitions and fashion.
Prerequisite(s): None
WRI200
SOCIAL MEDIA & DIGITAL WRITING
Three (3) semester credits
Students gain an in depth understanding of the new media environments and their contemporary applications. They study and use semiotics as an analytical tool to understand what is conveyed in a visual image, and will create a personal blog, supported by a digital research journal, using visual communication and presentation skills. In addition, the students focus on their own editorial policy, on categories and sub-categories which will be supported by writing pieces, images and videos.
Prerequisite(s): WRI200
Total Program Credits:
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Fashion courses are supported by lectures, workshops, and subject specific presentations by a faculty of professionals in the field. If participants have little or no previous experience but would like to become familiar with some of the key disciplines in the industry, or a specific area, there are a variety of levels and course durations to suit all preferences. Continuing education courses are also the perfect ‘taster’ or introduction to the fashion industry, which may help in decision making for future in-depth study or career path development.
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