At the NSLC on Fashion Management & Design, you’ll go behind the scenes of the fashion industry to explore how brands are built, marketed, and brought to life. Through hands-on workshops and collaborative projects, discover how fashion businesses develop their identities, connect with customers, and make decisions in a competitive marketplace. Work with your team to create an original fashion brand, develop a marketing campaign, and pitch your concept to potential investors while experiencing the creative and commercial sides of the industry in New York City.
High School Summer Fashion Programs
Discover a career in the fashion industry.
Program Highlights
Inside Fashion at NSLC
Explore the business of fashion firsthand this summer. NSLC pre-college programs combine academic learning with real-world opportunities, giving you the experience and perspective to make more confident decisions about college and your future career.
Explore through hands-on learning.
Develop the skills and knowledge you need for a future career in fashion with experiential simulations.
Explore SimulationsLearn from industry leaders.
Get real-world perspectives and insider knowledge straight from the experts.
Explore Guest Speakers
Go behind the scenes.
Discover the inner workings of the field through immersive trips and tours.
Explore Trips & ToursIt was so nice to meet people who have similar interests. I love fashion but didn’t have any knowledge of the business aspect. Now, I truly understand how it works.
Aura, California
Hands-on Simulations
Explore fashion management
through interactive workshops that mirror the real-world process of building a brand. Create a concept, design your logo and marketing materials, and develop a brand presentation that captures your creative vision.
Define Your Brand
Create a distinctive brand identity through the design of a name, logo, and overall mood that symbolizes the essence of your products.
Marketing & Advertising
Get specific about your brand’s target consumer base and mock up a compelling ad campaign for your products.
Public Relations
Discover how the experts use PR strategies to generate buzz before a product’s launch.
Sustainable Fashion
Choose a sustainability issue currently affecting the fashion world and collaborate with your team to propose creative solutions.
Pitch Your Brand
Practice essential public speaking skills by presenting a brand pitch to a group of “investors”, aiming to secure funding for your brand.
Guest Speakers
Gain industry insights.
Interact with guest speakers from a variety of backgrounds that bring practical knowledge and real-world experiences to the Fashion Management program.
See Past Guest Speakers
Aeffe Showroom
Fashion Institute of Technology
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Trips & Tours
Go beyond the classroom.
Gain a new perspective on the business of fashion through field trips that uncover how the industry works behind the scenes. A mix of educational and sightseeing tours allow you to explore the city surrounding the university.
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Leadership
is in our name.
Each NSLC program contains a leadership curriculum designed to teach skills that can apply to all areas of life. Workshops on personality styles, communication and listening, resilience, and empathy set the foundation for a successful future, no matter where it may lead.
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Dates, Locations, & Tuition
NSLC provides an immersive pre-college experience that prepares students for life beyond high school, allowing them to study in university classrooms, learn to navigate a campus, and experience college life firsthand. When submitting an application, students will select a residential or commuter option: residential students stay on campus in supervised dormitories, while commuter students follow daily arrival and departure times designated by their chosen location.
Tuition Resources
Earn College Credit
NSLC has partnered with American University to offer an online college credit opportunity for students across all our programs and locations. AU’s faculty-taught courses are completed at home outside the dates of your program and tailored to complement your area of study.
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Fashion FAQs
Frequently Asked Questions
Wondering if NSLC’s Fashion Management & Design program is right for you? Explore below, read our general FAQs, or reach out to our team. We’re happy to help!
No previous sewing or fashion design experience is required to explore the business side of fashion. NSLC’s Fashion Management & Design program focuses on how a fashion brand develops its identity, communicates with customers, and brings ideas to market. You’ll explore creative decisions alongside marketing and business strategy, making it a good opportunity to discover whether you’re interested in fashion beyond designing clothing.
Fashion design focuses on creating clothing and accessories, including developing concepts, selecting materials, and considering how garments look and function. Fashion merchandising focuses on the business decisions that bring those products to consumers, such as selecting merchandise, analyzing trends, and planning how products are sold. The fields work closely together, but they require different skills. At NSLC, you’ll explore how creative vision and business strategy come together to build a fashion brand.
The fashion industry includes careers in merchandising, buying, marketing, public relations, brand management, product development, and more. Fashion buyers help select products for retailers, merchandisers analyze what customers want, and brand managers guide how a company presents itself. NSLC’s Fashion Management & Design program introduces several of these responsibilities, helping you discover which parts of the industry interest you most.
Fashion marketing focuses on how brands communicate with customers through advertising, campaigns, storytelling, and other promotional strategies. Fashion merchandising is more concerned with which products to offer, how to price and present them, and how to respond to customer demand. Both contribute to a brand’s success, but they approach the business from different directions. At NSLC, you’ll explore brand development and marketing decisions while gaining a broader understanding of how fashion businesses operate.
Fashion management is generally a business-focused field, although degree names and curricula vary by college. Students may study marketing, merchandising, retail management, consumer behavior, and other subjects specific to the fashion industry. Fashion design degrees typically devote more attention to developing garments, materials, and technical design skills. NSLC’s Fashion Management & Design program introduces the relationship between creativity and business, helping you consider which college pathway might suit your interests.
Consider what attracts you to fashion beyond the finished products. You might enjoy developing a brand’s identity, researching trends, understanding customers, or figuring out how a new collection reaches the market. At NSLC, you’ll work through different stages of building a fashion brand, giving you a chance to explore these interests firsthand. You may discover a particular career direction or simply develop a clearer understanding of what working in fashion involves.
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