The world of fashion is a glamorous one. The fast pace of fashion offers challenges to the person who is creative, flexible, and observant. In this course, students will explore careers available in the area of fashion design and merchandising. Multiple student projects incorporating current fashion and fashion history will help students develop a better understanding of fashion designers and designing. Various individual projects for garment design are completed. A group project in fashion merchandising will allow students to understand the business side of the fashion world.