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For those who balk at period-inaccurate movie costumes or who easily spend hours wandering around museums, fashion history may be the perfect career path. But a fashion history degree is far more versatile than simply preparing for a museum-bound career: It combines conservation, textile studies, anthropology, gender studies, curatorial skills, academia and more all into one path.

Ahead, we’ve listed schools in the U.S. and abroad currently offering degrees in fashion history-related fields.

United States

Fashion Institute of Technology

Location: New York, NY
Degrees offered: MA in Fashion and Textile Studies: History, Theory, Museum Practice
Examples of courses: Fashion History Through the Nineteenth Century, History of Textiles Through the Nineteenth Century, Dress and Textiles in World Cultures, Collection Management Skills, Fiber and Fabric: Identification and Analysis

New York University Steinhardt

Location: New York, NY
Degrees offered: MA in Costume Studies
Examples of courses: Literature & Methodology of Costume Studies; Case Studies in Fashion History: Prehistory to 1800; 19th Century Fashion: Sources and Methods; 20th Century Fashion
Other details to note: Fashion Studies available as a minor

Parsons School of Design

Location: New York, NY
Degrees offered: MA in Fashion Studies
Examples of courses: Fashion, History and Mediation; Interpreting Fashion; Fashion Studies: Key Concepts
Other details to note: Also offered at the Parsons Paris campus

International

Central Saint Martins

Location: London, U.K.
Degrees offered: BA in Fashion Communication: Histories and Theories
Examples of courses: Exploding Fashion Histories, Positioning and Professional Preparation, Fashion Interpretations, Theories and Approaches, Fashion Critical Studies
Other details to note: Three years full-time

Royal College of Art

Location: London, U.K.
Degrees offered: MA in Fashion; Master of Research RCA
Examples of courses: Inclusion and Accessibility, Advanced Practice, Waste Lands, Digital Dignity
Other details to note: One-year program

Stockholm University

Location: Stockholm, Sweden
Degrees offered: MA in Fashion Studies
Examples of courses: History of Dress, Theoretical Perspectives on Fashion, Research Methods in Fashion Studies, Scientific Methods and Research Ethics
Other details to note: Two-year program

University of Brighton

Location: Brighton, U.K.
Degrees offered: BA in Fashion and Design History
Examples of courses: Constructing Histories: Research Methods and Professional Practice in History of Art and Design; The Cultural Politics of Fashion and Design; Professional Paths in Art and Design History; Communicating Research
Other details to note: three-year program

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