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雖說成為時尚界出人頭地的設計師，需要百分之百的才華加上百分之兩百的運氣，但針對懷抱著設計師夢想的人來說，選擇一家優秀的服裝學校，至少對於開發個人創意潛能有極大幫助，甚至對未來的實習工作或就業也較具優勢。剛由FASHIONISTA.com公布的2014年「全球50大服裝學院排行榜」，第1名毫無意外由倫敦Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design（中央聖馬丁藝術與設計學院）奪魁。
 
Central Saint Martins堪稱是大師製造機，包括John Galliano、Phoebe Philo、Stella McCartney、Riccardo Tisci、Mary Katrantzou、Matthew Williamson、Sarah Burton、Christopher Kane，還有已逝的Alexander McQueen等人，皆是Central Saint Martins傑出校友。另外像是台灣旅英設計師陳劭彥、CC Kuo，還有剛創立個人同名品牌的華裔設計師Daniel Wong，也同樣畢業自該校。
 
FASHIONISTA.com公布的2014年「全球50大服裝學院排行榜」，其排名根據是考量學校課程、環境、費用、就業助力，以及學校本身在產業的影響力，還有在學學生或畢業學生的評論等各方面條件而做出評選，主要是期盼能夠為準備投入時尚產業的熱血青年，提供就學參考依據。
 
然而由單一媒體評選出的學校排行榜，其公正性與公平性有待各方檢視。舉例來說，法國人極度自豪的巴黎服裝學院、孕育高級訂製服人才的Ecole de la chambre syndicale de la couture，連前10名都擠不進去，僅排行第12名，這要是請出時尚圈法國佬來申論，恐怕咒罵個3天3夜都氣憤難平。（薛佳甯／台北報導）
 
以下為FASHIONISTA.com公布的2014年「全球50大服裝學院排行榜」─
1. Central Saint Martins (London)
2. London College of Fashion (London)
3. Parsons, the New School For Design (New York)
4. Kingston University (London)
5. Antwerp Royal Academy of Fine Arts (Antwerp)
6. Fashion Institute of Technology (New York)
7. Royal College of Art (London)
8. Bunka Fashion College (Tokyo)
9. Instituto Maragoni (Milan)
10. ESMOD (Paris)
11. Savannah College of Art and Design (Savannah and Atlanta)
12. Ecole de la Chambre Syndicale (Paris)
13. La Cambre (Brussels)
14. University of Westminster (London)
15. Studio Bercot (Paris)
16. Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising (Los Angeles)
17. Ravensbourne College of Design and Communication (London)
18. Pratt Institute (Brooklyn)
19. Rhode Island School of Design (Providence)
20. Iowa State University (Ames, Iowa)
21. Academy of Art University (San Francisco)
22. Kent State University (Kent, Ohio)
23. Drexel University (Philadelphia)
24. Tafe Institute of Technology (Sydney)
25. Polimoda (Florence)
26. University of Art and Design (Helsinki)
27. Ryerson University School of Fashion (Toronto)
28. Hogeschool at the Amsterdam University of Applied Science (Amsterdam)
29. University of Cincinnati (Cincinnati)
30. California College of Arts (San Francisco and Oakland)
31. University of Applied Arts (Vienna)
32. LIM College (Brooklyn)
33. School of the Art Institute of Chicago (Chicago)
34. University of Brighton (Brighton, United Kingdom)
35. LaSalle College International (Montreal)
36. KOEFIA (Rome)
37. Paris College of Art (Paris)
38. Philadelphia University (Philadelphia)
39. Instituto Europeo Di Design (Barcelona)
40. Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (Melbourne)
41. Melbourne School of Fashion (Melbourne)
42. Nift National Institute of Fashion and Technology (New Delhi)
43. University of North Texas (Denton, Texas)
44. Otis College of Art and Design (Los Angeles)
45. Shenkar College of Engineering and Design (Ramat Gan, Israel)
46. George Brown College (Toronto)
47. University of Delaware (Newark, Delaware)
48. Stephens College (Columbia, Missouri)
49. University of Missouri (Columbia, Missouri)
50. Raffles Design Institute (Singapore, Shanghai, Sydney, Mumbai)

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