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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If she is really interested in working in fashion as a real career, she should go to FIT. I have several family members who went there and all are successful fashion executives or buyers or marketers. The school was founded by the industry and is all about training to work in industry- not to be a Project Runway star or "artist" in the traditional starving sense, but to get a job and work in one of the world's largest industries. There are absolutely solid career paths out there in fashion. I think VCU and SCAD also have good fashion industry programs, but really if she can get into[b] FIT[/b] just go straight to the best.[/quote]

OP here.  I just looked at the [b]FIT[/b] program and it looks perfect for her.  They also offer sports and dance, both activities that she is enjoying now.  We will definitely be making a trip there this summer.  She's doing a program at Parsons this summer, so she will really see if this fashion design thing is for her.  Thanks for all the great advice so far.[/quote]

Just an FYI, my brother and child traveled from Los Angeles for the FIT portfolio presentation (a few years back so most portfolios, but not all, were still in large leather portfolio presentations.  They sat in a room with 100s of kids and said each kid got no more than 3 min. of presentation time.  They were very disappointed about the experience.  I know most portfolios can now be done by email but do check out how rigorous the portfolio requirements are.  My brother and niece were not prepared and blown away by the competition.  It was an expensive, waste of time.[/quote]

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