Featured Majors

Visual Communications
Whether working as fashion stylists, set decorators, or display artists for companies like Forever 21 and Anthropologie, our grads are at the forefront of the industry.

Fashion Design
Our grads create red-carpet gowns for celebrities, compete on Project Runway, and design for companies like GUESS.

Entertainment Set Design & Decoration
Our students intern on prime-time shows and our grads create award-winning sets for Disney, ABC, and more.

Film & TV Costume Design
FIDM Grads are costume designers for T.V. shows, including CSI: Miami, and movies–like top-grossing film Avatar.

Interior Design
Our grads own their own design firms and design interiors for boutique hotels, celebrity homes, restaurants, and more.

FIDM on TV

  • Fashion Star Fashion Star
    FIDM Fashion Design Graduate Lisa Vian Hunter is one of fourteen competitors mentored by Jessica Simpson, Nicole Richie, and designer John Varvatos on the NBC show Fashion Star hosted by Elle Macpherson.  Read more  |  Browse the episodes
  • Fashion Forward Fashion Forward: Making It
    Twilight Saga star Ashley Greene hosted Fashion Forward: Making It, a fashion special that aired on the CW network. The one-hour show gave a behind-the-scenes look at what it takes to make it in the fashion industry, from the creation of designs to building a business and a brand. The special’s intro segments were all filmed at FIDM Los Angeles.  Read more  |  Watch the video
  • Project Runway Project Runway
    Not only was Season 6 of Lifetime’s Project Runway filmed at FIDM, many contestants–and even a winner–have been FIDM Alumni. Popular FIDM Instructor Nick Verreos is among the nine FIDM Graduates who have competed on the show. Read More  |  View Leanne’s winning collection
  • Design School Design School
    Filmed at FIDM’s Los Angeles campus, Design School explores the hopes and dreams of a group of eight talented FIDM Interior Design Students as they prepare to make their mark in the professional world. Read More  |  Browse the episodes
  • Design Star Design Star
    The fifth season of HGTV’s hit reality show Design Star featured FIDM Interior Design Alumna Casey Noble. The Redondo Beach, California native has worked for high profile design firms and managed several international design projects before striking out on her own.  View Casey’s design portfolio
  • Fashion Show The Fashion Show
    Dominique Pearl David, an Ojai native and recent graduate of the Advanced Fashion Design program, is one of the FIDM Graduates who have competed on Bravo’s The Fashion Show.  Read more
  • Fashion Team The Fashion Team
    TV Guide’s The Fashion Team–made up of FIDM Instructor and Fashion Design Grad Nick Verreos and stylist Jen Rade (who dresses Angelina Jolie)–recently went back to school, filming a style segment at FIDM.  Read more
  • The Hills The Hills
    Lauren Conrad, star of MTV’s hit series The Hills, studied Merchandise Product Development at FIDM and several episodes of the reality show were filmed on the Los Angeles campus.  View The Hills webpage on MTV
    Extreme Makeover: Home Edition
    Monique Lhuillier - Graduate
    FIDM Fashion Design Program
    Fashion Designer

    Her gowns and ready-to-wear designs are often seen on the red carpet, and in many magazine spreads. She also helps deliver a military wedding on Extreme Makeover: Home Edition.



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