degree programs

“Study with the best for you to become the best”

The following program descriptions are designed to provide Edessa students with an educational path that integrates “theory with practice.” The courses are sequential in nature, beginning with fundamental concepts and skill development. Building on a sound foundation of understanding and skill development, the four-year curriculum focuses increasingly on individual directions and personal interests, all the while creating an in depth understanding of the fashion industry and best practices. The desired outcome is for Edessa graduates is for them to navigate their own careers, based on a deep understanding of the options available to them and a personal direction that was developed by their Edessa educational experience

 
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apparel design

our apparel design program prepares students with a breadth of industry knowledge while allowing specialization within the disciplines of patternmaking and construction, illustration and concept, textile design, and apparel production and product management.

 
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fashion marketing

fashion marketing students learn the principal skills of their field while also receiving more targeted instruction in one of four concentrations; product development management, buying, retail management, and styling.

Edessa School of Fashion acknowledges that in Milwaukee, we are on traditional Potawatomi, Ho-Chunk and Menominee homeland along the southwest shores of Michigami, North America’s largest system of freshwater lakes, where the Milwaukee, Menominee and Kinnickinnic rivers meet and the people of Wisconsin’s sovereign Anishinaabe, Ho-Chunk, Menominee, Oneida and Mohican nations remain present.