The best fashion schools in the world in neighboring countries

Uil now, studes who were ierested in the world of fashion had to travel to European and American couries to go to the best fashion schools in the world. But with the campuses that these universities have established in our region and our neighboring couries, there is no need to travel far, but dreams that were perhaps unattainable can be achieved nearby.

Sometimes this question arises for us; What is the purpose of fashion education? Is the goal only to serve this industry? According to Ben Barry, author, fashion industry activist and erepreneur, the purpose of fashion education is not only to serve the industry, but to remove the restrictive system. According to us comedians, this is the best answer to this question.

For a long time, promine designers of the region, those whose names are known as top designers these days; People like Eli Saab, Zuhair Murad and many others had to come up with results by trial and error and had no access to education other than going to European couries or America. But now and despite the activists in this industry; Local artisans, the rise of bloggers and fashion influencers have created conditions for education to be widely available to those ierested. Now and in spite of such conditions, ehusiastic designers in our region have provided the possibility of training to studes.

Established in Paris in 1841, the renowned ESMOD now has an iernational network in Lebanon, United Arab Emirates, Tunisia, Turkey and Syria. Besides that, the Italian fashion institute Istituto di Moda Burgo has schools in Qatar, Jordan, Saudi Arabia and Egypt. In Dubai, the College of Design and Fashion accepts studes ierested in this field and fashion business manageme. In the coinuation of this article, we will iroduce you to some well-known fashion schools that have been in the region for a few years and have had good results.

Famous fashion schools in the couries of the region

Istituto Marangoni Dubai

In September 2022, Istituto Marangoni Iernational School of Fashion Design opened its new campus in Dubai. In this institution, Italian originality and creativity have joined hands with the tradition of the United Arab Emirates and have established an iernational university in Dubai that has high standards. In this university, various undergraduate courses are offered in the field of fashion and differe branches of design. All courses are taught by the Italian expert team. One of the distinguishing features of this institution is the use of local tales alongside the Italian expert team, which can influence the future of fashion in this coury.

In addition to the courses offered in this institution, there are also short-term courses for those who wish to participate in them. These short-term courses cover a wide range of disciplines and many people with differe ierests and tales can benefit from them. For admission to this university, you can visit this address: www.istitutomarangoni.com/en/admission/ery-requiremes-dubai

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Creative Spaces

Creative Space Beirut is a social eerprise that looks to the future, the environme and progressive design practices. This company is a fusion of several ideas: design school, online retail platform, technical and creative education, various jobs in the social and cultural field.

CSB-SE is committed to conscious and critical growth. This company has a circular independe financial model and takes advaage of its own trained poteials. CSB-SE was launched in 2011 as a pilot version of Beirut Creative Space Design School. This company has had a very limited output because of the red lines in accepting and training studes. Studes of this company can coinue their master’s degree or iernship abroad. They can also teach in various local institutions. These studes have the ability to launch famous iernational brands. Among the businesses covered by this company are tailors from vulnerable backgrounds that it supports.

CSB-SD is strongly committed to the diversity and inclusiveness of differe models of fashion education in its programs. Every year, the company accepts a small number of studes, based on tale and determination, who receive financial support from the company during their trip. The studes of this company are between 16 and 25 years old and most of them are of Lebanese, Palestinian and Syrian nationality.

Acceptance of CSB-SD

This company selects studes who have tale, motivation and positive work ethic and also have the spirit of competition with other studes. Every year, 150 applicas seek admission in the competition to eer this company. Half of them are selected for closer competition, where their differe spirits are explored. Finally, 15 people are selected, from which between 5 and 7 people are chosen as the final acceptance.

Lebanese American University

The BFA College, whose founder is the promine designer of the Arab world, Eli Saab, is working in Lebanon in cooperation with the London College of Fashion. When Eli Saab started working in his own coury, he had no way to improve his vision and progress in the same coury, so he gained many of his experiences alone. But now that he has become one of the most promine designers in the Arab world, in collaboration with the London Fashion School, he has made this possible for those who live in his own coury and are ierested in this path. The BFA School of Fashion is designed and modeled after programs taught at the best fashion universities in the United States and the United Kingdom. Applicas who enroll in this university must be familiar with the basics of traditional arts, computers, manufacturing and sewing. These skills are basic and new skills are added to them in the next three years at university. Among other skills taught in this fashion school are business market techniques and erepreneurship.

Studes of this school learn to master the world of fashion during their studies and receive basic training in this field. They learn how to express their meal initiatives and creativity and examine the society well based on its needs.

Those applying for enrollme in this school must fill out the Visual Arts Departme application. Then the applica’s portfolio is checked and the courses needed by each stude are iroduced to him to enroll in them.

ESMOD France

In 1841, the French Fashion School was established. This fashion school opened its own branches years later to expand education in other couries. One of these branches in the United Arab Emirates of Dubai started its work in 2006. Studes who eer this school receive training such as; They learn women’s clothes, men’s clothes, children’s clothes, luxury clothes, haute couture clothes and other fashion-related necessities. ESMODE is one of the oldest schools in the world in the field of fashion. This fashion school was named the best fashion school in Dubai in 2019.

For admission in this university, you can eer the website of this university and eer your details in the application section.

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