Diploma in Fashion Arts and Business

Fashion is an international business, and Humber’s Fashion Arts and Business diploma program places an emphasis on retail operations from both domestic and international perspectives. You will study marketing, store planning and merchandising, fashion technologies, brand management, marketing, social media, event planning, and retail buying. You’ll also learn fashion trend forecasting, sales techniques, and colour and styling analysis while attaining knowledge of fashion products and fashion promotion. These skills are then applied to product launches, planning merchandise assortments, styling fashion shoots and the production of fashion events. Our advisory committee provides regular review and input of curriculum ensuring our program is always on the cutting edge of industry developments. In the first year, courses in the business of fashion – marketing strategies, product knowledge, trend forecasting and web merchandising – give students an overview of this multibillion-dollar industry. In the second year, students build on the skills developed on the foundation with wholesale sales, retail buying and operation, photo styling, and event planning and budgeting.

To be eligible for admission, you must possess the following:Ontario Secondary School Diploma (OSSD) or equivalent including these required courses:Grade 12 English (ENG4C or ENG4U or equivalent)Three Grade 11 or Grade 12 C, M or U courses in addition to those listed aboveorMature student statusorCollege or university transfer status