Fashion Studies The American University of Paris

Overview

This Fashion Studies  program from The American University of Paris provides a unique setting to study fashion academically and experientially in a multi-disciplinary liberal arts environment, in Paris – a city that remains one of the focal points in today’s global fashion system. 

As a Fashion Studies student at AUP you will be able to explore fashion as objects and idea, craft and process, place and space, image, film and text. While Paris provides a rich point of departure, the program is focused on the de-centralization and de-hierarchization of Fashion Studies. 

You will develop in-depth knowledge of fashion histories and -sociology, -communications, and sustainability. The program provides a holistic path of studies and applied collaborations that will lead students to combine entrepreneurial, creative, and academic skills while cultivating open-mindedness, innovative spirit and an acute sense of ethics. You will graduate as a critical and creative thinker, knowledgeable of the diverse histories and cultures of fashion – an effective fashion communicator with purpose. 

Upon successful completion of the program students will be able to:

• Demonstrate a comprehensive working knowledge of key concepts and thinkers, diverse de-hierarchized practices, histories, and current discourses in the study of fashion.
• Show a critical understanding of the multiple aspects of fashion, as idea, object, image and process in relation to the realms of global cultural phenomenon, professional field, and industry.
• Demonstrate extensive transferable skills in a range of research methods; textual, material, and visual analysis; critical and creative thinking; and effective and ethical communication.