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VCUarts Fashion Virginia Commonwealth University's Department of Fashion Design and Merchandising is a proud part of

The VCU Department of Fashion offers both Fashion Design and Fashion Merchandising tracks. The curriculum is industry-driven and all faculty members have worked in the industry. Fashion Design students learn professional processes for garment construction, patternmaking, draping, and fashion drawing. Fashion Merchandising students learn the planning it takes to offer the right merchandise, at the right time, at the right place, in the right quantities, and with the right sales promotion. Our students have had internships around the globe, including: New York, California and even London! For more about internships at VCU Fashion, click here: http://arts.vcu.edu/about/internships/
The department holds an annual juried fashion show at the end of each year that features garments made by junior and senior design students and selected by a panel of industry experts. A class of junior and senior Fashion Merchandising students are responsible for producing the show.

10/14/2026

Fashion Merchandising: a business degree with an emphasis in fashion! 🛍️

09/17/2026

Remember when you were a freshman? What advice would you give to first year fashion students? VCUarts

05/07/2026

GORG!

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05/05/2026

Synergy events class outfit rundown

05/03/2026

SYNERGY: VCUarts Fashion Show 2026 ✨ Big shoutout to everyone who helped before the show and made the during/after a night to remember!

04/14/2026

VCUarts Fashion Runway Show: SYNERGY tickets are now available. Purchase your tickets through the link in ’s bio.

Virginia Museum of Fine Art
Tuesday, April 28, 2026
7:45PM • $25

04/11/2026

SYNERGY MODEL TRAINING: Our models are getting ready to heat up the runway with the help of .stephen & . Thank you so much for helping our models get runway ready. Super excited for everyone to see the show on April 28 at the !

04/01/2026

Follow along with Chloe, a first-year, VCUarts Fashion merchandising student, to create repeating patterns, fashion flats, and line sheets in Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator for her class, Technology in Fashion Merchandising, taught by Professor Lopez.

For this project, she needed to showcase 24 activewear garments for the upcoming season. Chloe drew inspiration from the Paris Catacombs and created a mock collaboration between Nike and the ACLU. Finally, Chloe assumed the roles of designer, merchandiser, and sales representative for her line, and presented her capsule to the class and professor.

VCUarts fashion bingo! ✨ How many of these can you check off?
03/20/2026

VCUarts fashion bingo! ✨ How many of these can you check off?

How many of these iconic Christian Siriano looks can you ID? If you haven’t seen these in-person, this is your last chan...
03/17/2026

How many of these iconic Christian Siriano looks can you ID? If you haven’t seen these in-person, this is your last chance as the exhibit is closing on Sunday, March 22, 2026 at the .

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