Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising

The Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising (FIDM) is a private, for-profit college in California. It offers degree programs in a variety of majors, including fashion, entertainment, beauty, interior design, and graphic design. The college was founded in 1969 by Tonian Hohberg, who is the current president and CEO.

Academics
The college offers 26 Associate of Arts degree programs; a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Management, which is also available via distance learning; and nine Bachelor of Arts degree programs. The college also offers a Master in Business Administration degree.

The college is accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC) Senior College and University Commission. It is also an accredited institutional member of the National Association of Schools of Art and Design (NASAD).

Campuses 
The college has three campuses: Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Orange County. The campuses feature the modern architecture of Clive Wilkinson.  FIDM's main campus in Los Angeles features innovative study spaces, a stunning Design Studio, and the world-class FIDM Museum & Galleries.  The San Francisco campus is located in Union Square . The award-winning Orange County campus is a dynamic visual experience with ultra-modern lofts, an indoor/outdoor student lounge, eye-popping colors, and a sensational, one-of-a-kind audio visual igloo. Students are allowed to take their first year of classes at the Orange County and San Francisco campuses and will have to transfer to the Los Angeles campus for their second year.

In popular culture

FIDM served as the location of Lifetime's Project Runway season six, Project Runway: Under the Gunn, Project Runway: Threads, and Project Runway: Junior. Several FIDM alumni, including Santino Rice, Daniel Franco, Guadalupe Vidal, Kelli Martin, and Leann Marshall, were contestants on the original Project Runway show. FIDM was also featured in the MTV show The Hills, which shows the life of upcoming fashion designer, Lauren Conrad, who comes from Laguna Beach and wants to become famous for her designs.

FIDM Museum

The Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising Museum, located at the Los Angeles Campus, is home to a large collection of fashion and costume pieces from the 1800s to today. The museum features permanent and temporary exhibits, including costumes and designs from early 20th-century Hollywood, theater, and current televisions shows and films.

Notable people

Alumni
 Lubov Azria, fashion designer
 Katie Bender, filmmaker
 Gessica Brooke, fashion and accessories designer
 Amanda Bynes, fashion designer, actress
 Dominique Barretto Cojuangco, fashion designer
 Lauren Conrad, author and fashion designer
 Cris Crotz, Miss Nevada 2010
 Candice Cuoco, fashion designer, Project Runway 14 finalist
 Kyra Davis, novelist
 Lil Debbie, rapper, model, and fashion designer
 Nikita Dragun, Beauty YouTuber
 Mario Hollands, pitcher for the Philadelphia Phillies
 Sassa Jimenez, fashion designer, Philippines
 Karen Kane, fashion designer
 Lisa Kristine, fine art photographer
 Michael Kuluva, fashion designer, professional figure skater, owner of Tumbler and Tipsy
 Masiela Lusha, Albanian-American actress, poet, and humanitarian
 Leanne Marshall, fashion designer, Project Runway 5 winner
 Ashima Sharma, fashion Designer & Internationally ranked Artist
 Santino Rice, fashion designer, Project Runway 2 finalist
 Yotam Solomon, fashion designer
 Marlene Stewart, costume designer

Faculty and staff
 Kevin Reagan, Grammy Award-winning graphic designer and author of Alex Steinweiss: The Inventor of the Modern Album Cover
Bradford Shellhammer, entrepreneur and designer, founding editor of Queerty
 Nick Verreos, fashion designer, also alumnus

References

External links 
 
 FIDM Museum and galleries

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