•FASHION INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (FIT) •NEW YORK UNIVERSITY (NYU) •PARSONS THE NEW SCHOOL FOR DESIGN •FASHION INSTITUTE OF DESIGN & MERCHANDISING (FIDM) •SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY •PENN STATE •FORDHAM UNIVERSITY •UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN •RUTGERS •BOSTON UNIVERSITY
The fashion industry is attracting more would-be employees than ever now. Thanks to more perceived accessibility through (sometimes not-so-realistic) fashion reality shows and the proliferation of fashion related blogs, it’s an industry that’s in high demand. However, it’s also a notoriously difficult industry to break into, so you have to make yourself stand out. One of the ways to do that is to get a stellar education (that hooks you up with stellar internships).
We’ve already listed the 50 best fashion design schools in the world and the 20 best in the US, but we’re well aware that not everyone who wants to be in fashion wants to be a designer (like, say, all of us here at Fashionista). So we’ve narrowed down the 10 best schools to put you a few steps closer to your dream career in fashion–think fashion journalism, merchandising, public relations, advertising, and much more.
We love it when fashion and Go Go Gadget collide. So naturally when we came across this Butterfly Flap Dress, we were tickled. The dress was designed by Alex Reeder, a grad student at NYU, who’s working on changing the way we think about clothes. He’s designed a white, strapless frock (ok, a little bridal, Read more →
To: Natalie@Fashionista.com From: IReadVogue@nyu.edu I saw Lily Cole walking around the NYU buildings this afternoon. This is the third time I’ve seen her around there or in Washington Sq. Park in the past week. Is she taking classes at NYU??? Obviously, Tisch and Gallatin kids, we’re expecting you to spill and spill now. Is Lily Read more →
