Fashion Design: Students and Alumni

The Department of Fashion Design at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC) is proud to have educated fashion designers and artists who have blazed their own trails or work for some of the industry’s top names.

SAIC alumni hold senior design positions in firms as varied as:

• Yeohlee
• Jones New York
• Levis
• Nike
• Charles Chang Lima
• Tommy Hilfiger

Our students also design for:

• Anna Sui
• Calvin Klein
• Tiffani Kim
• Betsey Johnson
• Triple5Soul
• Moschino
• Marc Jacobs

Upon graduating, many have chosen internships for international houses such as:

• Viktor & Rolf
• Alexander McQueen
• Wendy & Jim
• Castelbajac
• Zac Posen
• Threeasfour
• William Ivey Long
• Vivian Westwood
• Givenchy

The success of the program and its interdisciplinary approach is reflected in a list of alumni that includes such notable designers as:

• Matthew Ames
• Shane Gabier and Christopher Peters of Creatures of the Wind
• Abigail Glaum-Lathbury
• Gary Graham
• Halston
• Eunwha Kim
• Maria Pinto
• J. Morgan Puett
• Cynthia Rowley
• Lawrence Steele