Should I go into fashion merchandising?
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Have you had experience in Retail? its a pretty tough business, and you need to find a good accreditted school in fashion merch. The art institutes offer it but I’ve heard iffy things about their accreditation.
Just think about what you like more :
Graphic design is basically learning all of Adobe Creative suite/photoshop/illustrator/InDesign and some web programs such as dreamweaver and Java. YOU NEED to learn Web Design in order to really make it in Graphic Design. IMac’s will be your best friend, and you will gain a knowledge of color psychology and which are the best papers to use.
Fashion merch however is more about marketing, and knowing the trends, and crunching those numbers for retaillers.
Its a tough thing to decide especially when design programs are so expensive!