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Current & Past Internships

Industry Leaders on a Global Scale

Internships and graduate career opportunities are readily available on the local, national, and international fashion stage. Our students have interned and then joined some of America’s most-recognized fashion firms—Ralph Lauren, Narciso Rodriguez, Thom Browne, Isabel Toledo, DKNY, Jones of NY, J.Crew, Abercrombie & Fitch, Levis, Gap, Mountain Hardwear, The North Face, Athleta, Tea Collection, and Gymboree.

Here are just some of the reputable, industry-leading fashion companies where our Fashion Design students have completed internships that provided them with a rich, purposeful experience working in the their intended industry.

  • *Abercrombie & Fitch (Columbus, Ohio)
  • Amy Kuschel (San Francisco, CA)
  • *Athleta Inc. (a Petaluma, CA–based subsidiary of Gap Inc. in San Francisco)
  • BCBG Max Azria Group (Vernon, CA)
  • Badgley MIschka Couture (NYC, NY)
  • Bibhu Mohapatra (NYC, NY)
  • Built by Wendy Inc. (New York)
  • *Del Forte Denim (Emeryville, CA)
  • Dena Designs (San Francisco, CA)
  • DKNY (division of Liz Claiborne) (New York)
  • Dockers (a brand of Levis Strauss & Co. in San Francisco)
  • Erica Tanov (Berkeley, CA)
  • G.Hensler (South San Francisco, CA)
  • Ground LLC (Emeryville, CA)
  • Gymboree Corporation (San Francisco)
  • Hollister (Columbus, Ohio)
  • J.CREW (NYC, NY)
  • J.Mendel (NYC, NY)
  • Jones Apparel Group, Inc. (Bristle, PA)
  • *Levi Strauss & Co. (San Francisco)
  • LOOP (Indore, India)
  • *Mission Playground (a Petaluma, CA–based Organic Exchange brand)
  • Mountain Hardwear (Richmond, CA)
  • Narciso Rodriquez Corp. (New York, NY)
  • Nicole Miller (New York, NY)
  • *NIKE (Portland, OR)
  • The North Face Inc. (San Leandro, CA)
  • Old Navy (a division of Gap Inc. in San Francisco, CA)
  • Polo Ralph Lauren (New York)
  • *Pottery Barn (San Francisco, CA)
  • SlingFin (Berkeley, CA)
  • Stoll Knitting (NYC, NY)
  • Tahari Ltd. (New York)
  • *Tea Collection (San Francisco, CA)
  • Weston Wear, Inc. (San Francisco)
  • *Williams Sonoma (San Francisco, CA)

* Companies with stated commitment to advance sustainable fashion practices

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Cristina L. Rodriguez (Textiles 2002), Let it All Go (It Is too Late Now), 2006

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