Combine your eye for design with an entrepreneurial lens to learn key strategies behind turning fashion ideas into products, including trend analysis, planning (material selection, cost analysis, supply chains), and the buying process. Learn how new designs are picked, developed, marketed, and sold. This course will examine the business behind the fashion industry and the impact fashion merchandising has on our everyday lives. We’ll explore the fundamentals of fashion; understand basic principles that govern fashion movements; learn how to identify changing trends and innovators; and see what drives industry momentum. If you dream of being the next big name in fashion, start building the skills now for your fashion forward future.