The Best Fashion Colleges in the World
A career in fashion design can be challenging and immensely rewarding, but not all fashion design schools are created the same. Before you decide on a school or a specific program, familiarize yourself with some of the nation's top fashion design schools, their programs, and other characteristics that might help you narrow down what school is best for you.
Parsons The New School for Design
Parsons is one of the most well-known fashion design schools in the United States, boasting alumni such as Bill Blass, Donna Karan, Anna Sui, and Isaac Mizrahi. Parsons offers a wide range of degree and nondegree programs and certificates in fashion design and fashion marketing. There are 656 students in their undergraduate program, and they offer summer programs in New York and Paris.
Parsons The New School for Design
72 Fifth Avenue, 2nd floor
New York, NY 10011
(212) 229-8989
parsons.edu
Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design
Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design in London began its fashion design program in 1989 and has been producing some of the world's top talent for decades, including Stella McCartney and Alexander McQueen. Part of the the University of the Arts, CSM is known as one of the top art and design schools in England.
Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design
Southampton Row
London WC1B 4AP
England
+44 (0)20 7514 7022
www.csm.arts.ac.uk.
L'Ecole Supérieure des Arts et techniques de la Mode
L'Ecole Supérieure des Arts et techniques de la Mode (ESMOD) is the oldest fashion school in the world, opening its doors in Paris in 1841. It is thought of as a world leader in fashion education and joins forces with 12 affiliated schools around the world. Graduates of ESMOD have gone on to work for companies like Diesel, Swarovski, and Benetton.
L'Ecole Supérieure des Arts et techniques de la Mode
33 01 44 83 81 50
esmod.com
LaSalle College
LaSalle College in Montreal is a bilingual school that was established in 1959 and is part of a network of 21 schools in North and South America, Asia, Africa, and Europe. Its placement rate for graduates is 90 percent, and alumni have gone on to work for companies such as Roots and Tommy Hilfiger.
LaSalle
1 514 939-2006
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