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The Art Institutes Passion for Fashion Competition

The Art Institutes Passion for Fashion Competition offers high school students interested in Fashion Design or Fashion Marketing, Merchandising or Retail Management an opportunity to win a full tuition scholarship to study at one of The Art Institutes.  Deadline for entry into the competition is in November.

The competition is open to high school seniors, and consists of two categories, Fashion Design and Fashion Marketing, Merchandising and Retail Management. The grand prize in each category includes a full tuition scholarship to The Art Institutes school with a Fashion program at which the student entered the competition.  In addition to a full tuition scholarship, each grand prize winning student receives an expenses-paid trip to New York City for Fashion Week.

All tuition scholarships must be used at the location the student represents in the competition.  Tuition scholarships are non-transferable. All decisions made by judges are final and may not be disputed.  To learn more, visit www.artinstitutes.edu/passionforfashion. 

Who is Eligible: High school seniors

Deadline: Mid November

Apply to: Call Admissions at 1.800.275.2470 

Terms/Conditions: To be eligible, students must be a senior in high school, complete an entry form, have a minimum G.P.A of 2.0, write a short essay describing their interest in fashion and submit a finished, originally designed evening wear garment and process book, for the Fashion Design category or a create a product or plan for the Fashion Marketing, Merchandising and Retail Management category.

Range of Award: $3,000 (1st place local competition, for each category: Fashion Design and Fashion Marketing, Merchandising and Retail Management); Full-tuition scholarship (1st place national competition, for each category); $5,000 (2nd place national competition, for each category); and $4,000 (3rd place national competition, for each category).

Please note that The Art Institute of Pittsburgh only participates in the Marketing, Merchandising and Retail Management category of the Passion for Fashion Competition.

The Art Institute of Pittsburgh

420 Boulevard of the Allies  Pittsburgh, PA 15219-1301 • 1.412.263.6600 • 1.800.275.2470