Fashion majors used to be the "handles" in the direction of art study abroad, and the number of majors accounted for about 15% of all art students.
With the withdrawal of domestic clothing majors year after year, the domestic postgraduate examination of fashion majors is becoming more and more volumes, and more people have begun to choose to study abroad.
However, the annual enrollment of top fashion design colleges represented by Huangyi and St. Martin is very limited, which also makes fashion study abroad present a situation of "more monks and less porridge", and the degree of involution has begun to be on par with that of China.
If you want to break this deadlock and increase the probability of getting an offer, the best countermeasure is "multi-country joint application"!
Today we will take a look at what are the best destinations for fashion study abroad in various countries and regions?
#1
United Kingdom
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Lunyi - LCF Fashion Academy
As mentioned earlier, "fashion students account for 15% of all art students", and this proportion is even more exaggerated in Lunyi:
There are more than 2,000 students studying fashion at LUNYI, and most of them are studying at LCF London College of Fashion.
The depth and sophistication of LCF's research in the field of fashion is arguably rare in the world:
There are a total of 32 fashion-related majors, most of which offer both undergraduate and postgraduate courses.
Among these majors, there are not only more common clothing majors such as men's and women's clothing, but also many "LCF-unique specialty majors", such as:
Fashion Styling, 3D Fashion Effects, Fashion Marketing Strategy, Fashion Photography, Fashion Future, Global Fashion Retail, Fashion Video & Digital Production, etc.
UK
London Arts - Central Saint Martins
Lunyi-Central Saint Martins is one of the "Top 4 Fashion Schools in the World", although it offers a number of fashion courses, such as:
Textile design, fashion communication video, fashion news, knitwear design, fashion printing and dyeing, men's wear design, etc.;
But the most recognizable of them all, is definitely the womenswear design of Saint Martin.
The Master's degree in Women's Wear at St Martin's is an 18-month course divided into 3 main units:
The content of the first unit is mainly about knowledge expansion, and students will increase their knowledge and broaden their thinking in group discussions.
The second and third units are the content of the preliminary research and analysis of the project independently, and the development and final implementation of the project in the middle and later stages.
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UK
Royal Academy of Art
As the No. 1 prestigious school in the QS Art subject ranking for ten consecutive years, Royal Art's fashion design course is also one of the most competitive majors.
Its Master of Fashion Design program seeks a disruptive and critical approach to design that guides students to produce the latest design aesthetics for the fashion industry.
Through the exploration and practice of topics such as sustainability, virtual and reality, spiritual world, and gender identity, students will break through the limitations of imagination with a multidisciplinary perspective.
Compared with LCF and St. Martin's of Lunyi, or any other fashion discipline in United Kingdom universities, Royal Arts pays more attention to students' research and expression of the theme.
Therefore, you will find that many works of Huangyi fashion students do not emphasize the curve of the body, but prefer to express artistic views through the tension of fabrics.
This should also be taken into account during the preparation of the portfolio and interview.
#2
Italy
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Istituto Marangoni Fashion Institute
Ranked among the "Top Four Fashion Schools in the World" along with Central Saint Martins, Marangoni is located in Milan, the fashion capital of Italy, and has a campus in London to teach in English.
该校教学人员大多是各时尚大牌的创意总监或资深时尚设计师,华伦天奴前设计总监Alessandra Facchinetti、MOSCHINO创始人Franco Moschino等,均毕业于此。
Istituto Mild has two faculties, "Fashion" and "Design", of which the Fashion School offers a wide range of specializations, including:
Fashion Design, Fashion Accessories Design, Fashion Design and Marketing, Fashion Creative Modeling, Fashion Modeling and Visual Display, Fashion Business, Luxury Accessories Design;
Among them, fashion business is divided into three directions: fashion buyers, digital fashion media, and luxury management.
IT
Parklane Muda Fashion Academy
Located in Florence, Italy, the Murray Muda Fashion Institute was founded by more than 30 luxury brands such as Versace, Gucci and Salvatore Ferragamo.
Compared with Marangoni, which takes the international route, more than 65% of the students of Berberly Muda are Italy domestic students, and more than 90% of the students are from Europe, where you can learn more pure Italian fashion aesthetics.
Not only that, Baili Muda also has first-line fashion resources, taking advantage of Italy's geographical advantages and in-depth cooperation with local fashion and luxury brands, so that more than 94% of graduates can find corresponding jobs in a short period of time, including various fashion companies.
#3
United States
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The New School - Parsons School of Design
Although they are all one of the "four major fashion schools in the world", Parsons School of Design is the most commercial of the four.
Parsons is located on Fifth Avenue in New York, and like most schools in New York, Parsons' different faculties are scattered throughout the city, allowing students to take advantage of New York's location and focus on commercial apparel design.
The world-renowned fashion designers who came out of here have occupied United States, and even a large part of the global fashion industry.
Tom Ford，Donna Karan， Marc Jacobs，Anna Sui，Jason Wu，Alexander Wang 等都曾就读于此。
US
New York Institute of Fashion
For nearly 80 years, the fashion design program at the Fashion Institute of New York (FIT) has been disrupting the global fashion industry and has been ranked as the No. 1 fashion school in the world by the CEOWORLD rankings, surpassing St. Martin's and Parsons.
FIT is the largest fashion school in the world, and compared with several major fashion schools that focus on fashion design itself, FIT pays more attention to the role of fashion design in the whole industry.
Therefore, in teaching, FIT provides a combination of technology and business thinking, such as tailoring, painting, pattern making and other skills, as well as fashion marketing, advertising design and other courses, which will appear in the curriculum of fashion design majors.
It should be noted that FIT is one of the few colleges and universities in United States that mandates ready-to-wear clothing, and hopes that the clothes made by students can be sold directly in the store, which has extremely high requirements for students' abilities including painting, tailoring, and pattern making.
In addition, due to the public nature of FIT, the number of international students enrolled is very limited.
Therefore, when preparing a portfolio, it is necessary to have both good ideas and solid professional skills, and it is difficult to apply:
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#4
France
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ESMOD
The "four major fashion schools in the world" have already talked about 3, and the fourth is ESMOD France Haute Couture.
ESMOD was founded in 1841 in Paris, France by Alexis Lavigne, the famous France tailor, and is the world's first fashion college.
The advantage of ESMOD costume design is that it distinguishes the functionality of clothing from the scene of the appearance of clothing, and sets up different directions such as men's clothing, women's clothing, children's clothing, costumes, underwear, textiles, etc.
Although it is the same "one of the world's four major fashion colleges", the training route of ESMOD is the opposite of that of Huangyi:
By cultivating students' artistic expression ability, Huangyi leads students to explore their personal style and become independent fashion designers;
ESMOD is more inclined to let students become elites in a certain fashion segment and improve their competitiveness in the fashion industry.
Therefore, for the choice of colleges and universities, students should still be guided by future career planning.
#5
Hong Kong, China
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In this year's latest QS and USNews rankings, the Hong Kong Polytechnic University, which is known for its art and design, can be said to have "won the hemp":
Founded in 1957, the Hong Kong Polytechnic (HKU) School of Fashion and Textiles focuses on collaboration with fashion brands, cultivating students to learn from a holistic perspective and play a role in different perspectives of the fashion industry.
At the master's level, 5 major fashion courses are offered:
- Apparel & Textile Design
- Fashion exhibitions
- Global Fashion Management
- Sustainable fashion and innovation
- Smart wearable technology
In 2024, it was officially announced that a new master's program in "Haute Couture Design and Customization" will be added, specializing in cultivating meticulous handicraft techniques, leather craftsmanship, advanced fabric treatment and other techniques, focusing on integrating different cultures of the world into the spirit of fashion craftsmen.
In addition to the above-mentioned countries and regions, universities in Japan, Australia, Belgium, Northern Europe and other places also offer the world's top fashion design master's programs, and most of them are taught in English.
So what other fashion colleges are worth recommending? What are the advantages of each over the United Kingdom and the United States? How do I prepare my portfolio and essays? Welcome to scan the code to add WeChat, and match you with the most suitable fashion study plan!
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