Fashion Design Brooke Bloom

Fashion design Is… an industrial design career in which you create clothing, hats, handbags, shoes, jewelry and athletic ware.

Salary: The median wage for a fashion designer is slightly over $61,000 per year. – Lowest Salaries $30,000 – Average Salaries $62,610 – Highest Salaries $117,120

Colleges for fashion design: Academy of Art University; San Francisco, CA; Fashion school Rhode Island School of Design; Rhode Island; Art school Parsons The New School for Design; New York; Art school

Rhode Island School of Design: The Rhode Island School of Design has an interactive website that is well organized and easy to access. Information is not difficult to find unlike other college sites. There are many pictures of art made by students and the Rhode Island School of Design has exhibitions of these pieces of art on campus as well as off campus. Some of the art on the website is critically acclaimed. This tells me that the Rhode Island school values its students and their work. The Rhode Island School of Design provides multiple options for academic classes and it encourages diversity. With the city as your studio, there is no limit to creativity. –

Requirements: Tuition Transcript: from their most recent grading period. Three Drawings: The first drawing must represent a bicycle. The second drawing must utilize both sides of the sheet of drawing paper. For the third sample, your visualization must combine image and text. Portfolio: Your portfolio should consist of 12 to 20 examples of any type of 2D or 3D work you have completed recently. Writing Samples: Submit two examples of writing, each between 200 and 400 words. In the first, discuss your interest in, and preparation for, a RISD art and design education. For the second writing sample, please choose one of the three options provided. Proof of SAT

Scholarships: ALBERT K. MURRAY FINE ARTS EDUCATIONAL FUND: For full-time students enrolled in an art program at an accredited, degree-granting college or university in the U.S. United States COMBINED JEWISH PHILANTHROPIES SCHOLARSHIP: For eligible undergraduate students whose permanent address is in the greater Boston area. Primary consideration is given to Jewish students. CONSTANT MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP: For students from Aquidneck Island, RI who demonstrate financial need. JACK KENT COOKE GRADUATE SCHOLARSHIP: For students who will be graduate students; each award will cover a portion of educational expenses, including tuition, living expenses, and other required fees, for the length of the approved graduate degree program. JAMES J. BURNS AND C.A. HAYNES TEXTILE SCHOLARSHIPS: For U.S. citizens with financial need enrolled in a textile program at an educational institution. JOHN GYLES EDUCATION AWARDS: For students that are currently citizens of either Canada or America and have a minimum GPA of 2.7.

Fees: Tuition: $38,000 (full-time degree candidates) Student activities fee: $295 Housing: $6,490 (double room) Dining: $4,820 (based on 19+ meal plan) Supplies: $2,000 (estimated)

BFA curriculum in fashion design: First Year – Wintersession Second Year – Sophomore Intro to Apparel Studio – Sophomore Design/Draw – Sophomore Apparel Studio – Sophomore Design/Draw – Liberal Arts – Wintersession Third Year Junior Machine Knitwear Studio Junior Cut and Sew Studio Junior Design/Draw Junior Tailoring Studio Junior Design/Draw Liberal Arts Wintersession Fourth Year Senior Collection Development Senior Thesis Collection Development Liberal Arts Wintersession

College support in job finding: Gap Sweaters Get the RISD Treatment – In its first-ever partnership with a college, Gap invited RISD students to create eye-catching works of wearable art by reimagining and redefining its new line of spring cardigans. 10/19/ ELLE Presents Student Designs in NYC – Students won major recognition and cash prizes in the ELLE + RISD Fashion Next competition and runway show, which was presented as part of New York’s Fashion Week. 10/25/

Employment: Today, the multidisciplinarity of design careers offers exciting creative options to pursue. Graduates leave the department with a broad range of skills that prepare them for many career paths. Many graduates become designers of apparel for a diversity of companies from small design studios to large companies. Graduates pursue a wide range of markets: women's wear, men's wear, children's wear, knitwear, bridal, evening wear, etc. Some eventually open their own labels. Careers in curatorship, fashion public relations, styling, fashion press, and fashion forecasting are additional avenues, as well as textiles and fine arts.

Success with fashion design: New York and California are places in which the field of fashion design is most successful.