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How To Establish The Best Fashion Design Schools In France

Kimberly Knight Kimberly Knight
How To Establish The Best Fashion Design Schools In France
If you are looking for a serious career in the fashion business, look no further than Paris, France. Yves Saint Laurent, Valentino and Issey Miyake are three fashion icons who learned their craft in France. Paris is home to the top three fashion schools in France. If you want to be taken seriously in the fashion industry, you should try to study abroad at any one of these three prestigious fashion design facilities.
ESMOD International Fashion University Group

Founded in 1841, this school offers a three-year program that teaches basic fashion design along with learning about color, patterns and draping techniques. The second year explores other types of fashion design. In the third year, you will decide on your unique niche and create your own collection which will be judged for half of your grade for the last year.
The Institut Francais De La Mode

It wasn't until year 2000 that this school first had a design program. Their postgraduate program consists of a year-long course that has workshops, five modules and an internship that lasts three months.
Within the five modules students must develop a brand identity, design a shoe collection, create a couple of apparel collections and discover and develop a textile collection. Students will learn about brand image and marketing strategies. They also earn a three-month internship with some of the major design houses in the world, such as Givenchy, Chloe, and Balenciaga.
Ecole De La Chambre Syndicale De La Couture Parisienne

This school has a four year design program, a work/study program, a draping and pattern making program and a program for continuing education. Some of the courses are taught in French which is mentioned on the website for the school. After completing a one year draping and pattern making program, students will perfect their skills and will be asked to create their own fashion collection. The entire program covers everything in fashion design, from creation of the initial product to the finished product. Computer-aided design or CAD techniques are also introduced and implemented.