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Three Great Reasons to Go to Fashion School
Find out why fashion school is an excellent launching point for your career in the fashion and beauty industry.
January 4, 2008

Pourquoi Pas? Celebrates Fashion Illustrators
Interested in the intersection of fashion and art? See how one fashion illustrator is reviving the art of drawing designs.
December 28, 2007

Fashion Careers: Don't Pin All Your Hopes on Designing
Fashion design isn't the only career out there in the red-hot fashion industry. If you don't feel like fighting it out on Project Runway, here are some other careers to consider.
October 12, 2007

The Unique Fashion Scene of San Francisco
In a city like San Francisco, fashion reaches across race and class as well as schools, runways, and boutiques.
October 5, 2007

San Francisco, CA, Fashion Boutique Guide
Fashion merchandising, marketing, and design students can find trendy boutiques in stylish San Francisco.
September 28, 2007

Building a Fashionable Career in New York, NY
Students of New York's fashion design and marketing schools learn what it takes to make it in the nation's largest fashion market.
September 21, 2007

Stars Spend Big on Baby Fashion Designs in Los Angeles, CA
From Suri Cruise to Gwyneth Palrow's Apple, celebrity babies set the bar high for fashion design's youngest market.
September 14, 2007

Turning Fashion Design into Retail Success
Cities like Los Angeles are encouraging the growth of fashion boutiques--a career path many fashion design school students can pursue after graduation.
September 7, 2007

How to Get Fashion Jobs in New York (The Kind You Dream About)
New York is the number-one place to launch your fashion design career.
August 31, 2007

Kate Moss Reinvents Herself as a Fashion Designer
Few paths in fashion are straight lines, as one supermodel's career path reveals.
August 24, 2007

Showing Off: How Fashion School Students Get Experience
At stake at student-run fashion shows, industry skills and end-of-term grades are at stake.
August 17, 2007

Industry Icons Attend Fashion School Show and Awards Ceremony
Gaining exposure to successful designers and editors is one of the benefits of fashion design school in San Francisco.
August 10, 2007

Summer 2007 Fashion Trends in Phoenix, AZ
See the hottest trends in one of the U.S.'s hottest cities. Phoenix, AZ is a great place to go to fashion school.
May 18, 2007

Top Fashion Schools in Portland, OR
Top fashion schools in Portland, OR can prepare students for a variety of careers in fashion design, merchandising, and more.
May 11, 2007

Learn About Beachwear Essentials at Miami's Fashion Design Schools
Find out why fashion design and merchandising students flock to Miami, FL's fashion design schools.
May 4, 2007

Toronto Continues to Grow its Fashion Focus through Critical Support
By modeling itself after successful fashion cities and providing much-needed support to new designers, Toronto is becoming a major North American fashion hub.
April 27, 2007

The Fashion Industry Grows in Chicago
Need some fashion inspiration for your career? Then the Stylemax Show in Chicago is a must-see.
April 20, 2007

The Best Places to Study International Fashion Design
The first stop on your globe-trotting fashion career should be in New York City.
April 13, 2007

Finding a Fashion Design Niche in New York
Finding a niche market in a big city like New York can give you an edge in starting a fashion career. Here's how to get started.
April 6, 2007

Something Fashionable for Everyone in Toronto
For fashion designers at any point in their career, the city of Toronto has something to offer. Find out more about this stylish city.
March 30, 2007

San Francisco Fashion Scene is Alive and Well
LA isn't the only fashion hub in California. For a top-notch fashion design education, look north to San Francisco.
March 23, 2007

Fashion in LA: You Can't Break the Rules without Knowing Them First
Earning your fashion degree in LA is a great way to learn the rules of the glamorous game of fashion design.
March 16, 2007

Keeping Up with the Organic Fashion Trend in San Francisco
For the latest fashion trends, like organic fashion design, studying in San Francisco will get you in the loop. Find out how fashion has gone eco-friendly.
March 9, 2007

How to Get Your Fashion Career Off the Ground
Cities like Chicago, IL provide many great ways for young fashion designers to get recognized.
March 2, 2007

Fashion in Phoenix: A Design Education from the Southwest
Fashion in the Southwest smacks of cowboys and roughriders. With the right degree, you could turn those influences into the next big fashion fad.
February 23, 2007

Go West, Young Designer: Fashion Schools and Careers in LA
Enrolling in fashion school and pursuing a designing career in Los Angeles is a smart choice if you want access to this crucial hub of the fashion industry.
February 16, 2007

New York is a Great Place for the Fashion-Forward
As Fashion Week gears up in New York this month, everyone else may be talking about models' health and size, but the Big Apple just wants to see the clothes.
February 9, 2007

A Strong Fashion Focus Sets Toronto Apart
A booming retail business and various fashion focus groups are just a few reasons to earn a fashion degree in Toronto.
February 2, 2007

Is the Future of Fashion Online?
The world of fashion is no longer constrained to the runways and the magazines that follow them.
January 26, 2007

Virtual Fashion: Online Training for Online Couture
As social circles move online, fashion designers are creating virtual fashions for users' online alter egos.
January 19, 2007

Healthy Chic on the Catwalk
Some members of the fashion industry are striking a blow against unhealthy body images on the runway.
January 12, 2007

Fashion Career Resources in Los Angeles Pay Off
Los Angeles is a city full of walking fashion plates, but that's not all it has to offer. Read on to discover its other fashion career resources.
January 5, 2007

Fashion Design Finds New Market in San Francisco
Airport shopping has escalated over the years, moving well beyond fast food and magazine racks. At San Francisco International Airport, you can find couture as well.
December 29, 2006

Fashion Inspiration in the Big Apple
From street-born inspiration to fashion school portfolio-building, New York is a great place to start a career in fashion.
December 22, 2006

Green Fashion Design and the Advantages of Fashion School
"Green fashion" isn't just the latest hot color. Eco-friendly fashion design is both a runway trend and a fashion school topic of study.
December 15, 2006

Fall is Just Fine for Fashion in Los Angeles
The fashion-friendly weather is just one of the benefits of a fashion career in Los Angeles.
December 8, 2006

"It's Not a Contest" Doesn't Apply to Fashion
Scholarships and jobs are often the grand prizes for fashion design contests.
December 1, 2006

Online Schools: Fashion Your Dream Career
A distance learning program in fashion design could get you closer to your design dreams.
November 24, 2006

Building a Fashion Foundation
Finding a niche is important to a fashion career, but few things are as important as earning a degree from a fashion design school.
November 17, 2006

History in the Making: Vintage Fashion
A recently discovered vintage fashion collection puts a clothing store on the map, reminding the fashion industry of its rich history.
November 10, 2006

Going In and Out of Fashion
The skills gained from fashion design school can lead to a variety of different, and successful, careers.
November 3, 2006

After a Fashion: Design School Students Get Support in Chicago
The Windy City's fashion focus has many students eager to brave the wintry weather for a fashion design degree!
October 27, 2006

Toronto's Affordable Fashion Design Industry
Not only is Toronto a great place to start a fashion design career, the competition between its major retailers makes it an affordable place to shop.
October 20, 2006

LA Fashion: Who Pays That Much for a T-Shirt?
A newly minted LA fashion designer offers some insight on why a simple piece of clothing deserves its hefty price tag.
October 13, 2006

Fashion Degrees: Back in Style
Fashion design programs are growing, and why? Students know that a fashion degree is the best way to start their career in this competitive, glamorous industry.
October 6, 2006

LA Fashion Lessons: The Classroom and Beyond
LA fashion is all about headline-making events. Well, that, and getting a degree from fashion design school.
September 29, 2006

Chicago Fashion Council Recruits New Member
In an effort to make Chicago a fashion design hub, Mayor Richard Daley has recruited some trendsetting members of the community for his design council.
September 22, 2006

Why Toronto Is It
From a variety of fashion design schools to a multitude of career opportunities, Toronto has proven itself to be the Canadian fashion hub of this generation.
September 15, 2006

Youth Fashion Changes Mean Opportunity for Designers
With children's clothing design becoming more and more adult, a new opportunity is growing for fashion designers to be more versatile with them.
September 8, 2006

Reaching the Top Through Dedication (and Fashion School)
Fashion designer Thakoon Panichgul didn't start off designing apparel, but now he has become one of the most watched new designers in New York.
September 1, 2006

A Strong Reminder of San Francisco Fashion (and its Students)
What's better than being in fashion design school? Being in fashion design school and a major city's Fashion Week.
August 25, 2006

Why Toronto is a Great Place for a Career in Fashion Design
For a big fashion week, some of the best fashion schools, and a growing number of fashion design jobs, Toronto has become a city full of opportunity.
August 18, 2006

Fashion Design Innovator Anna Sui
What if everything you loved -- vintage couture, heavy metal, my little ponies, or the color violet -- found a place in your fashion designs? This is precisely what Anna Sui has done ... culminating in one of the most successful fashion design careers ever.
August 11, 2006

Chicago Committed to Supporting Fashion Design Careers
Are New York and Los Angeles the only options for the fashion design student fresh from design school, looking to start their fashion career? Not anymore.
August 4, 2006

San Francisco's 'Elegant' Fashion Resource Celebrates 4th Anniversary
While fashion design can sometimes be narrow minded, one San Francisco area website markets clothing designs to a consumer group often ignored.
July 28, 2006

New Fashion District Blossoms in Toronto
Where will your career in fashion design take you? In Toronto, it's the Wingold district for the newest fashion design jobs, scene, and culture.
July 21, 2006

New York Fashion Film Prada Misses One Thing
Says a fast-talking fashion design assistant in Prada to the innocent heroine: "Work here for a year and you can work anywhere you want.
July 14, 2006

Donna Karan in San Francisco
San Francisco has been long established on the fashion design map, and recently served as the location of choice for one of America's top designers, Donna Karan.
July 7, 2006

Fashion Marketing: It's All About the Brand
What is genius of fashion design's TV trend "Project Runway"? The show is fashion marketing at its finest.
June 30, 2006

Rum-Inspired Fashion Design? It Works in Toronto
Fashion design jobs can be in industries other than just clothing design. Fashion marketing touches a lot of what customers buy--including rum.
June 23, 2006

Los Angeles Offers Start for Young Fashion Designer
Los Angeles offers a lot in the way of fashion design, from fashion design school to fashion design jobs for the young and ambitious.
June 16, 2006

Scottsdale Shopping: Fashion Marketing in Phoenix
What is another great hobby of Phoenix residents besides golf? Shopping! And where there's shopping, there's fashion design--and fashion marketing.
June 9, 2006

Chicago Shows Appeal for Fashion Design Professionals
A successful icon of fashion design scopes out Chicago for her clothing design business. Find out how Nicole Miller is bringing her designs to Chicago and beyond.
June 2, 2006

From Scraps to Success: Fashion Design Icon Renee Bardot
Los Angeles is a great place to begin your fashion design career, with successful designers like Renee Bardot right around the corner.
May 26, 2006

The Fashion Elite
This elite list shows that fashion design is one of New York's raisons d'etre. Check out the who's who of New York fashion design.
May 19, 2006

Denver Fashion Merchandising Sees Growth
Local fashion professionals in Denver, CO, are finding new venues for their clothing in this fast-growing city.
May 12, 2006

A Good Fashion Future in Dallas
What makes Dallas so full of fashion potential? Maybe the fact that its millions of residents love to shop.
May 5, 2006

Big Shopping Makes Paramus a Fashion Hub
Paramus is a thriving center of retail business, making it an ideal place to study fashion and market a clothing line.
April 28, 2006

Target's Fashion Makeover
Target gets hip with the help of a few big fashion designers.
April 3, 2006

Fashion School -- The Best Way to Become a Fashion Stylist
To become a stylist you need to be more than a graduate of fashion stylist school. But it's the perfect place to start.
March 31, 2006

Live to Shop? Here's a Fashion Job You'll Love!
Learn about a career in fashion that pays you to do what you love--shop!
March 27, 2006

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