Fashion Design and the Arts

In the MFA Fashion Design and the Arts at Parsons Paris, you develop sustainable and inclusive approaches to fashion innovation through studio-based projects that are closely linked to the fashion industry and cultural institutions of Paris. This two-year program allows you to challenge traditional forms of understanding, making, and disseminating fashion beyond the traditional boundaries set by gender and market positioning. The interdisciplinary curriculum addresses topics such as sustainability and inclusivity through creative practice and artistic experimentation.In your first year, the core studios immerse you in cutting-edge projects designed to stimulate and support your professional and artistic growth. You work on these projects under the guidance of expert guest lecturers of various professional backgrounds, including designers, magazine editors, art directors, stylists, artists, and talent managers. You also explore a range of topics and techniques in professional seminars that prepare you for thesis work in your second year.During your third semester, you have the opportunity to design a personalized experience with your program director that may include beginning to develop your thesis concept at Parsons Paris; interning at a Paris-based or European fashion house, at an art studio, or in a creative industry; or studying at the Parsons campus in NYC. The fourth and final semester of the program is dedicated entirely to your thesis project. The final thesis can take a variety of forms, ranging from a fashion collection to a project that approaches fashion as wearable art to a fashion-related collaboration with performing artists