posted by ifashion

Sep 05, 2008 8:54PM

Look up Art institute of New York.
it's a nation wide school in different
parts of the world. it works with people
with language barriers and you can take
up english i'm sure. go check it out! i
hope i was of some assitance & good luck
chiqa!! ^_^

posted by guest

Sep 05, 2008 11:21PM

check out FIT, my brother goes there its literally the Fashion Institute of technology. Tuition isnt that much, and it has a lot of programs that offer fashion merchandising, design and everything like that. check it out, its also a really nice campus

posted by guest

Sep 06, 2008 10:36AM

I will tell you that the one thing that got in me in the door of every magazine I applied to was my writing skills. If you want to work for a publication there is a true defecit of talented writers who also know fashion, so that's always a good entree.

Also- I think multiple languages is a plus, as are really exceptional organizational skills. So basically, it doesn't matter what you study, as long as you're willing to start at the bottom and do anything you're asked! Good Luck!

posted by guest

Sep 07, 2008 11:42PM

check out FIT
i go there and its great!!
you should probably do fashion merchandising and management major. Thats a good one for where you want to head!
good luck!

posted by guest

Sep 09, 2008 8:08AM

I go to LIM in Manhattan (laboratory institute of merchandising) and I minor in Fashion Publishing, major in fashion merchandising..we have a ton of contacts here and a lot of oppurtunities in that field so definitely check out here as well. It's a little pricey but the employment rate is 98%

posted by guest

Sep 19, 2008 12:09PM

LIM sounds good for what I want to do, and I'd love to major in Fashion Publishing and minor in fashion merchandising... That sounds amazing. Does anyone have a rough idea of whether it would be actually physically and financially possible to do something imilar to what this peron wants to do and move to NY from the UK to do it? How old would you have to be?

posted by guest

Oct 02, 2008 7:17PM

If you really wanted to be an editor the best thing to do would be major in something intellectual like english, psychology, whatever. Fashion merchandising isn't really going to help you...it's all about connections. Go wherever you want to go and work on getting internships!

posted by guest

Oct 03, 2008 12:13PM

I'm planning to learn French, Italian and Spanish and maybe even russian, can anyone tell me if there are any other languages that could be particularly helpful?

posted by guest

Oct 07, 2008 11:17AM

french, italian and spanish sound like they would get you very far in the fashion world. maybe think of japanese or chinese instead of spanish, depending on if you want to work stateside or globally.

posted by Feol

Oct 11, 2008 9:39PM

So im in a bit of stitch as well...high school senior graduating Jan. 2010...I always loved fashion, but I never thought it important to pay attention to designers or models names. Now I know I want to work in the fashion branch of Public Relations and I'm clueless. I can't do a summer internship because I have to make credits in the summer...Gosh...any advice? I know Spanish and I'm teaching myself French; I know that's some what of importance in the PR business especially since I want to travel and work in Madrid and Paris. Yet again, any advice?
Thanks a bunch!

posted by guest

Nov 05, 2008 4:31PM

F.I.T & L.I.M. But my first choice would be F.I.T. That's were so many people who are very successful in the Fashion Industry went.

posted by guest

Nov 07, 2008 2:52PM

if you really want amazing internships, parsons is it. the internship coordinator there knows literally everyone and can get you on the path to working where you are dreaming of.

the tuitions steep, the facilities suck, but youre paying for the parsons name brand which is highly regarded in the industry.