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Most students of fashion design dream of the big-city fashion school experience--but if you're more comfortable in your own space than on a campus, consider the advantages of online fashion schools: privacy, peace, and education.

Undergraduate programs at fashion schools teach ambitious young fashion design students how to plan patterns, analyze textures and fabrics, sketch, and sew. Many fashion schools are located in major cities such as San Francisco, Los Angeles or New York. Students lucky enough to live in these areas or able to move there can enroll in courses on campus. But students in many other places wish to have the same quality of education, and they can find it in online fashion schools.

Online Fashion Schools

There are a number of technologically advanced ways for you to prove yourself in online fashion schools. Although you won't participate in a year-end runway show, you can still create design presentations for teachers and classmates using animation and presentation software. Computer-aided design programs, easy to learn through online courses, are used to view designs on virtual models and to change patterns.

Course Offerings at Online Fashion Schools

You can earn associate's or bachelor's degrees at online fashion schools without needing to live by the rigid schedules you'd find in a campus-based degree program. Once you've mastered some fashion design basics, you can choose an area of concentration in costume design (for television, theater or film), evening wear and formal apparel, shoes, bags, or accessories. You can even create your own line, if you have the energy. Your comprehensive fashion design education can open new doors for you, whether you choose to attend class on campus or through online fashion school.

About the author

Lynsey Hemstreet is a freelance writer and hairstylist. She has a BA in journalism from San Francisco State University.

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Bureau of Labor Statistics