Overview

During the Fashion Studies MA program offered at The New School students develop a critical and historical understanding of fashion and its complex intersections with identities and cultures.

Access to Fashion

Students complete internships at fashion magazines, museums, and fashion companies including Elle, Harper’s Bazaar, V Magazine, the Museum at the Fashion Institute of Technology, Diane von Furstenberg, Comme des Garçons, Ralph Lauren, Halston, and Hermès. Students have the opportunity to spend a second-year semester at Parsons Paris, where they have direct access to some of the most prominent fashion and textiles collections in France through the Musée des Arts Décoratifs, the Musée Galleria, and the Yves Saint Laurent Foundation.

Varied Career Paths

MA Fashion Studies graduates have gone on to pursue PhD degrees at top universities around the world; others work at top fashion media companies and publishing houses, including Rizzoli Publishing, Vogue, W, Nylon, I-D, and InStyle. Some graduates are actively involved in teaching in higher education, while others work in institutions such as the Costume Institute at The Metropolitan Museum of Art and as archivists, consultants, researchers, merchandisers, buyers, and public relations professionals in fashion houses and at corporations such as Alexander Wang, Gucci, J.Crew, and Louis Vuitton.

Future Opportunities

Graduates pursue careers in fashion archiving and curation, museum administration, journalism, media and consulting, criticism, and academia.

Programme Structure

Courses include:

Fashion Studies
Key Concepts

Fashion, History

Mediation

Interpreting Fashion

Fashion Cultures

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 24 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2027-08-27 00:00:00
- Apply before 2027-01-15 00:00:00

Language

English

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Credits

42 SCH

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

New York City, United States

Disciplines

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Academic requirements

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General requirements

Complete the online application
The application fee for first-year international applicants is $75
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Résumé
Statement of Purpose
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Tuition Fees

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33999 USD / year

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33999 USD / year

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33999 USD / year

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Living costs

New York City

United States

1819 - 3968 USD / month

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Overview

Access to Fashion

Varied Career Paths

Future Opportunities

Programme Structure

Key information

Duration

Start dates & application deadlines

Language

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Credits

Delivered

Campus Location

Disciplines

What students do after studying

Academic requirements

English requirements

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Other requirements

General requirements

Tuition Fees

International Applies to you

Domestic

Living costs

New York City

Financing

Funding

Scholarships Information

Available Scholarships

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