Choosing the Best Fashion School for You
Choosing the Best Fashion School for You
The word “best” is always relative. What’s best for you may not be the best for others. This is the reason why you should not trust a business that claims to be the best. You need to compare various fashion schools in order to actually find the best one for you. In comparing fashion schools, however, you are going to need some standards. Here are some standards you can use:
1) Cost – some people think that the best fashion schools are the most expensive ones. These people think that just because education is expensive, it is also high quality. What you need to know is that studying fashion is not cheap. However, it doesn’t really need to be ridiculously expensive. Some schools just want to appear exclusive in order to attract more students. They pretend to be the best fashion schools by charging outrageous fees to those who wish to be students.
Because of this, you should understand that cost is not the best standard to use in judging quality.
2) Location – there are people who think that attending the best fashion school means going to Europe. They believe that in order for a fashion school to be among the best, it should be located as far away from their hometown as possible. There are some positives to this view. Schools located in fashion centers tend to be more aggressive in their education. They also tend to be more updated on the world of fashion. If this is the sort of school you think is best for you then go attend it.
You need to remember, however, that some things require a lot of sacrifice.
3) Prestige – some people think that the best fashion schools are the ones that get featured in magazines and the television. They believe that attending such schools would rub a little of the prestige of onto them. People believe that the best fashion schools are the most well-known ones. However, you need to remember that sometimes, the best fashion schools like to keep quiet about their greatness. All the magazines in the world could not compare to the testimonials of other people. It is often the case that the best fashion schools do not get known through the papers, but through the words of their students.
4) Instructors – some think that the best fashion schools are the ones which hire famous personalities as instructors. In fact, they may have a point. People in the fashion industry do not get famous if nobody likes their work. However, there is one drawback to this: people in the fashion industry are almost always competing against each other. This competition can be very distracting and may hinder the learning process.
5) The alumni – there are also people who think that the best fashion schools are the ones attended by successful personalities. They believe that the past will be the guide of people to face the future. Because of this, people often seek out the schools of well known fashion personalities and set out to fulfill their dreams.
Before you use this standard to judge the best fashion school, you need to remember that schooling is only a small part of a person’s greatness. It is an important part, of that you can be sure. However, you need to remember that greatness always lies within yourself.
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June 16th, 2009 01:20
I totally agree with the above. When I was applying for a fashion school people gave me such mixed reviews of everywhere. I was so confused and so decided to go for a school and country that i thought would actually help me get a job afters because at the end of the day in this kind of a competative market thats what its all about right?!
So I discovered a fashion school called International Fashion Academy (IFA Paris) its quite a small french school but the great thing about it is that they use French teachers with experience in the field so they really know what they’re talking about and they have 1 campus in Shanghai. So the BA offers you to study either 2 years in Paris and a year in Shanghai or vise versa like im doing. Shanghai is a great place to study fashion at the moment as its really easier as a foreigner there to make connections and there are actually loads of famous brands there etc looking for people who haev studied there to work for them, and oftne after a year working there they send you back home (like my company is).
But because its french teachers you learn about Asia and Europian fashion/marketing etc.
Anyway while it may not be one of the most well known names its certainly a great place to study if you’re really sure you want a job in the fashion business after because that they can give you and in this economic time thats exactly what you need. They even use their contacts etc to help introduce you to the right people and help to set you up with internships and jobs.