Fashion Design - Master's or Second Bachelor's?

barrons
Wed, 14 May 2008 15:54:16 +0000

NY fashion is very much who you know. My sister has worked it for about 30 years. She started at a little start-up making the early puffy coats and went on to move up to major designers including Perry Ellis and Michael Kors. What really worked for her was a real deep knowledge of fabrics and pattern-making. They would fly her to Italy, the Far East etc. to find new fabrics to design around. It probably took her at least five years to be making decent money. She had both art school and FIT training. In art school she focused on weaving and fabric arts.