fashion-schools.org<\/em><\/a>. In 2013, Georgia Southern\u2019s program ranked among the top 25 percent at No. 49 in the nation. The University was also ranked ninth on the list of Top 15 Fashion Schools in the South.<\/p>\nThe fashion fundamentals class is a requirement for students pursuing a Bachelor of Science degree in fashion merchandising and apparel design. Graduates often find jobs as e-commerce fashion stylists, in celebrity styling or working with corporate brand identity. In addition, there is a wide variety of design positions, including technical design, production managers, pattern-makers, marketing and product development experts, visual merchandisers and corporate buyers. With a Georgia Southern fashion degree, students are also qualified to become fabric producers and fiber engineers, as well as print designers and both domestic and international apparel manufacturers.<\/p>\n
During Kubley\u2019s April 2 lecture, \u201cChildren\u2019s and Teens\u2019 Apparel,\u201d the professor led a discussion on how children\u2019s clothing is marketed, and covered topics such as licensing, labeling and manufacturing. Students also learned about the impact of demographics on children\u2019s apparel as well as its overall industry history.<\/p>\n
\u201cMy favorite thing about being a fashion fundamentals instructor is observing the students when they have that \u2018aha!\u2019 moment, when the light bulb turns on over their head and something they may not have considered a part of their fashion vocabulary clicks,\u201d says Kubley. \u201cI believe that students don\u2019t expect this course to have philosophical depth but consumer behavior, the movement of fashion and the theories behind what drives fashion, is not only about aesthetics, but also a psychological, sociological and theoretical thought process.\u201d – Rebekah Faulk (\u201805)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Fashion Merchandising and Apparel Design<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":5056,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[43],"class_list":["post-5108","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-spring-2014"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ww2.georgiasouthern.edu\/news\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5108","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ww2.georgiasouthern.edu\/news\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ww2.georgiasouthern.edu\/news\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ww2.georgiasouthern.edu\/news\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ww2.georgiasouthern.edu\/news\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5108"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ww2.georgiasouthern.edu\/news\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5108\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ww2.georgiasouthern.edu\/news\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5056"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ww2.georgiasouthern.edu\/news\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5108"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ww2.georgiasouthern.edu\/news\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5108"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ww2.georgiasouthern.edu\/news\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5108"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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\u201cThere is a preconceived notion that fashion is only for designers\u2014not true! There are a multitude of career options in the fashion industry,\u201d says Ashley Kubley, visiting instructor of Fashion Merchandising and Apparel Design. As fashion majors at Georgia Southern, students learn fashion terminology, study influential designers of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, and explore today\u2019s major industry influences, from leading fashion centers and auxiliary enterprises to career opportunities and current trends in merchandising.<\/p>\n