Look for a fashion school in your region — directories by country and city
You want to go to fashion school, but you are not sure where to go — so search by location. This hub gathers the Apparel Search fashion school directories by place: New York and Los Angeles in the United States, and Australia, Italy, Poland, Canada, Hong Kong, India, France and the United Kingdom internationally. Studying near home keeps costs down and lets you build a local industry network; studying in a fashion capital puts you inside a larger one. Start with the location directories below, then compare the individual schools inside each one.

You want to go to fashion school, but you are not sure where to go. It may be a good idea to search for schools in your region. In this section of the Apparel Search directory you can look for fashion schools by location.
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Both strategies work, for different reasons. A school in your region usually means lower living costs, an easier support network, and employers you can intern with during term and keep after graduation. A fashion capital — New York, Los Angeles, London, Paris, Milan — means a denser industry: more internships, more guest speakers, more suppliers and showrooms, and classmates arriving from everywhere. The directories here let you run both searches at once: open your home region's directory and one capital's directory, and compare the strongest school in each on curriculum, cost and internship access.
Each location directory lists its schools with descriptions of what each teaches and links to the schools themselves. Work from the job backwards: decide whether you are training for design, pattern making, merchandising or another specialty, shortlist two or three schools per location, then check admissions requirements and portfolio rules on the schools' own sites. If you know a fashion school that should be added to a directory, Apparel Search welcomes the suggestion through its contact page. More locations will follow as the directories grow.
New York, Los Angeles, Australia, Italy, Poland, Canada, Hong Kong, India, France and the United Kingdom, with more locations to follow.
Yes — you can also look for a fashion school by name through the Fashion Schools hub linked from this page, if you already know the school you want.
This page points readers to the National Association of Schools of Art and Design, the recognized accrediting body whose site explains accreditation for art and design programs.