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Those heading into a career in fashion may not decide to attend design schools devoted only to fashion. This doesn’t need to be seen as a career-killing move because fashion is just one branch of the broader world of design itself. Human creativity is exercised not solely in the realm of clothing and accessories, but extends into every other part of life as well. So a design school offering fashion alongside other types of programs might easily suit the person planning a fashion career.
One American institution that typifies this type of design school is the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York. Created in 1944, its very name suggests a recognition that fashion design can be accompanied by other types of programs. There are art schools with fashion design as part of their curriculum as well. One might consider the Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design in England in that way, especially since it was created in 1989 by a merger of the Central School of Art & Design with the Saint Martins School of Art, and is part of the University of the Arts in London.
As well as fashion programs provided by these schools, numerous other kinds of design programs are included too, often as many as thirty assorted disciplines. For instance, these schools may give undergraduate and graduate degrees in such subjects as architecture, sculpture, industrial or furniture design, photography, animation, or even robotics. Many colleges also incorporate website and digital design in this category too.
A wider ranging design school of this sort might include fashion right along with all of these other things, since each one of these courses is equally seen as a component of the broader field of design.
Some may feel that it’s still better to study at a fashion designing school that devotes itself just to that aspect of the design world. This is a valid option, of course. But consider another rationale for combining many different programs into a single design school. While the students taking different degrees will remain largely isolated from each other, there will still be courses they take in common, and they will still encounter each other in different ways. Each discipline is going to influence others, and as a result, every one of those disciplines will benefit from fresh ideas and outlooks.
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