Harrison College: Apparel Merchandising
Indianapolis, Indiana
Fashion Merchandising, School of Business

Students in the apparel merchandising program at Harrison College take courses that focus on both the creative and business side of the apparel industry. The merchandising curriculum includes management courses, which prepares students for professional work as a merchandise manager, assistant buyer, fashion coordinator, and retail store manager among other apparel related careers.

Vincennes University: Fashion Merchandising/ Interior Design.
Vincennes, Indiana
Department of Family & Consumer Sciences

Vincennes University’s fashion merchandising and interior design programs are designed to prepare students for careers in the fashion industry as well as to assist them in transferring to a four-year university to pursue a Bachelor’s in merchandising, interior design, or a related field. The fashion program offers small class sizes and labs, free tutoring, and high course transferability. Students in the merchandising and interior design program have the opportunity to visit fashion markets/business, and to participate in hands-on activities in visual merchandising, fashion wholesaling, and clothing construction.

The Indianapolis Fashion Scene

Indianapolis’s fashion scene is growing and it shows no signs of slowing down. Over the last several years, designers, stylists, photographers, dealers, and make-up artists have come out of the woodwork, opening shops and promoting services all over the city. Vintage and local shops have popped up in areas such as Fountain Square, and fashion groups have formed all over. The Indianapolis Fashion Collective and the Fashion Arts Society are two local organizations that help promote Indianapolis’s fashion. The Indianapolis Museum of Art (IMA) also sponsors one of the country’s most unique fashion events—Project IMA: Fashion Unbound. The event does not use professional models. Instead it features women of all shapes and sizes.