The American portal Fashionista annually presents its rating of the best world universities for everyone who would like to make a career in the fashion industry. Based on this rating, we present our own version of the review of the best educational institutions for future maestros of the world of fashion, design, marketing, style and journalism.
St Martin's Central College of Art and Design, UK
He offers a bachelor's degree in the design and manufacture of clothing, textiles, jewelry, as well as journalism, especially in the world of high fashion, and also prepares masters in fashion and communications. From these walls came McQueen and Galliano, Smith and Pugh, and Jenny Packham.
According to a huge number of experts, this is the most prestigious and most reputable university that specializes in fashion. A whole encyclopedia can be written about its graduates, while this is not a conveyor belt for the production of the same type and stereotypical frames, but a lot of great top-class masters.
Local students confirm this traditional model by expressing themselves to the fullest. The teaching staff welcomes this business, so the development of the fashion business is given a small amount of time as opposed to creative solutions.
It may turn out to be the university of your dreams, but everything else will become a thing of the past and dissolve into oblivion: it will take complete self-detachment.
London College of Fashion, UK
Another British university that specializes in design, journalism and beauty technology. The British in general can claim the status of a style empire, which is why so many of their universities are in the tops of fashion school rankings.
Similar to San Martin, it is a college, or faculty, of the London University of the Arts, the largest European institution in this field. Among its main features are countless programs, an open nature and a desire for individualism, and graduates claim that a queue of employers lines up for them at the end. They are famous for their guest lecturers, numerous and diverse events.
Parsons School of Design, USA
The first North American figure in the rating. It offers directions in the field of costume design, strategic and managerial decisions in design, as well as master's courses - in terms of research in the history and theory of fashion, fashion design and social relations. Tom Ford and Steven Maisel, Chris Bents, Anna Sui and many other comrades studied here.
Considered the first in deserved and honor in the United States, it is located on the island of Manhattan in the center of New York. Rich in connections with the fashion industry, working without intermediaries with a huge number of companies, including "Louis Vuitton", actively sending students here for practice.
One of the local graduates was Donna Karan, the founder of a well-known brand that formed its own style direction. The lady, by the way, does not consider it possible for herself to forget her native penates - and actively helps with student support programs from Port-au-Prince.
Here they approach students harshly, they require a lot. You will forget what peace and sleep are, but at the end you will be the coolest in your field.
Instituto Marangoni, Italy + branches in other countries
Again offers both master's and bachelor's degrees in a variety of areas: from fashion business in buying and selling to design solutions and similar joys. Francesco Moschino, Domenico Dolce, Alexandro Facinetti, Francisco Russo, Alexandro Sartori, Mauricio Pecoraro and others graduated from here. It is considered one of the most important in popularity directions of the "Italian style".
The leading campus of the main higher education institution in Europe in the field of fashion and design solutions is located in Milan, Italy. Large and significant branches are located in France, Great Britain and China, and one more is planned in China and Italy.
True, not everyone speaks positively about this academy; some consider the fee excessive, although in the ratings it is invariably put in the highest positions. It is understandable: 4/5 of local graduates find a job in the profile, and many of them then demonstrated outstanding results, receiving excellent positions in the rankings.
Kingston University, UK
Another "Briton". There are not so many solid graduates and masters of style as in other higher education institutions in the UK, but among the graduates there are many successful middle managers - in short, real workhorses are trained here.
Accordingly, the university has built excellent relations with a huge number of fashion houses, including Inditex and Banana Republic. What does that mean? Students easily go on internships in the Netherlands or the United States, can apply for a Brooks scholarship, which allows you to go to Fashion Week in New York.
