Fashion Accessories Design

In late May and June 2018, 10 students from the College for Creative Studies Fashion Accessories Design (FAD) program ventured to London, UK, and Florence, Tuscany — home to some of the most iconic and enduring brands in the world — to absorb and learn about the fashion industries there.

Native Detroiter and renowned international designer Tracy Reese, plans to move her New York company's design operation to Midtown Detroit, hoping to tap into a pool of up-and-coming designers coming out of the CCS's Fashion Accessories Design program.

Aki Choklat, chair of College for Creative Studies-Fashion Accessories Design program, was on FOX 2 Detroit last Friday showing off the work of his students and promoting the department's first trunk show, which was this past Saturday at the Detroit Clothing Circle.

In an effort to both collaborate with Detroit fashion retailers and to raise funds for an upcoming international trip, the College for Creative Studies’ (CCS) Fashion Accessories Design students will exhibit and sell their handcrafted leather accessories at the Detroit Clothing Circle in Midtown, Detroit, on May 5, 2018.

Danialle and Peter Karmanos, Jr., philanthropists and metro Detroit community leaders are donating one million dollars to the College for Creative Studies (CCS) to support an endowment for its growing Fashion Accessories Design (FAD) program and aid in student scholarships.

Fewer than a half dozen schools in the United States focus on accessories design and only one in the Midwest: College for Creative Studies.

CCS's Fashion Accessories Design program is featured in an article on Not Just A Label.

CCS Chair of Fashion Accessories Design Aki Choklat interviewed by the Social Metro

Detroit named a "BEST CITY FOR EMERGING ARTISTS" by Not Just a Label and CCS's chair of Fashion Accessories Design is quoted in the article.

Accessories make up a big part of a person’s style, and there are people who focus their careers entirely on these important little details. In fact, did you know you can go to school solely for fashion accessory design? The College For Creative Studies in Detroit offers a Bachelors of Fine Arts in the subject.