| ngly endless fame and fortune equate the biggest | | | | is the Academy of Couture Art in West Hollywood. |
| names in the fashion world. They are being looked up | | | | Recently, a U.S. News annual survey revealed that |
| to and consulted for fashion tips by people whom | | | | The School of the Art Institute of Chicago has |
| even they look up to! Heard of prime ministers and | | | | shifted up as the top U.S. school for fashion art |
| country presidents without their own personal | | | | programs. After several changes since its inception, |
| stylists? Hardly ever, for sure. | | | | The Art Institute has transferred to an iconic location |
| Fashion designers, particularly couturiers, have a way | | | | along Michigan Avenue, which maintains its spot as |
| of seeing the best fitting outfits to almost anyone. | | | | the biggest and most famous museum-school in the |
| They have the eye to determine what looks hot and | | | | United States. Cynthia Rowley, Halston and Gemma |
| what looks not. Experience teaches the better part | | | | Kahng used to study in these institutions to further |
| of fashion designing, but admittedly "it's innate; a | | | | their craft. |
| gift," a famed Hollywood designer once said. | | | | In the Indian subcontinent, the National Institute of |
| While it takes more than gained knowledge, most of | | | | Fashion Technology is known to be the best fashion |
| the world's greatest fashion designers have attended | | | | design school, which offers fashion technology |
| some kind of school. Some designers are known to | | | | curricula, from which a three-year course in fashion |
| take fashion courses at fashion schools outside their | | | | design for apparel can be acquired. The Pearl |
| countries which they believe can provide them the | | | | Academy of Fashion, with a center in UAE tucked |
| best training. Fashion hops globally, after all. | | | | under its belt, is also noted for its approach toward |
| Probably the most well known fashion training | | | | fashion studies. |
| centers worldwide is London. Most notable is its | | | | Fashion school insiders relate that professional |
| Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design, | | | | instructors educate on the technical and artistic |
| where its alumni include Alexander McQueen, John | | | | aspects of the fashion subjects. A few related |
| Galliano, Hussein Chalayan and Stella McCartney. Some | | | | courses even include one year of working for the |
| others in London are London College of Fashion, The | | | | fashion business, as immersion and exposure to the |
| University of Westminster and The Royal College of | | | | industry. Fashion houses are also visited abroad as |
| Arts. Its famous alumni are Christopher Bailey, Stuart | | | | part of the program. |
| Vevers and Vivienne Westwood. | | | | Most of the time, people who want to become top |
| In America, Fashion Institute of Technology (F.I.T.) | | | | designers will work with other designers and gain |
| and Parsons, The New School for Design both in New | | | | hands-on experience. |
| York City are highly commended. Similarly, Drexel | | | | According to statistics, most fashion designers earn |
| University and Moore College in Philadelphia and The | | | | an average of $13,000 to $93,000, depending on |
| Lasell College in Newton, Massachusetts are popular | | | | how in-demand their products are. Apparel, notions |
| fashion design schools. In the Los Angeles area, The | | | | and price goods industries employ the largest |
| Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising and | | | | numbers of fashion designers. |
| A.I.U. in Los Angeles once had Uriel Saenz and Ashley | | | | So if you want to end up in the fashion business, |
| Paige as students. A more specialized school, | | | | bear in mind that it's not just about luck, but about |
| particularly in the posh French Haute Couture method, | | | | hard work and a whole lot of dedication. |