The Fashion and Interior Design industry sector is a multibillion-dollar enterprise offering a wide variety of careers. Highly sophisticated, it involves market research, brand licensing and intellectual property rights, design, materials engineering, product manufacturing, marketing, and distribution. According to the California Fashion Association, a particularly high demand exists for preproduction jobs involving computerized pattern making and product data management for larger companies. Contributing to the growth in the fashion industry’s gross sales is a global focus on the Los Angeles lifestyle involving, for example, apparel, textiles, home furnishings, and furniture; the growing use of international sourcing; and the development of new technologies. And in the interior design industry, employment has been projected to grow by 12 percent through 2012 as demand rises for the interior design of private homes, offices, restaurants, facilities that care for the elderly, and a variety of retail establishments.

​This industry sector includes two interrelated pathways — (1) Fashion Design, Manufacturing, and Merchandising; and (2) Interior Design, Furnishings, and Maintenance. Each pathway consists of a coherent sequence of courses that begins with a foundation course, continues through one or more concentration courses, and concludes with a capstone course. Secondary-level instruction in high schools and regional occupational centers and programs is articulated with postsecondary educational programs in private training schools, community colleges, and four-year colleges and universities.
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​Fashion and Interior Design​
Industry Sector
Pathways:

  • Fashion Design, Manufacturing, & Merchandising
  • Interior Design, Furnishings, & Maintenance
Entry Level Careers
​Technical Level Careers
​Professional Level Careers
(with high school diploma)
(with AA or AS degree or certificate)
​(with BS or BA degree)
Sales Associates
Fashion Illustrator
​Fashion Designer
Assistant Store Manager
Visual Merchandiser
Interior Designer
Design Assistant
Fashion Buyer
Ergonomic Consultant
Sales Representative
Stylist
Fashion Journalist
Floral Designers
Facility and Space Planner
Fashion Forecaster
Merchandise Displayers
CAD Specialist
Fashion Merchandise Manager
Window Trimmers
Assistant Designer​
Lighting Specialist

Fashion and Interior Design Courses can be taken at: