Central Saint Martins - Fashion Company Profile
Central Saint Martins is the London art and design college whose fashion courses are among the most influential in the industry: formed in 1989 from two Victorian art schools and now part of the University of the Arts London at King's Cross, it is the school of Alexander McQueen, John Galliano, Stella McCartney and generations of designers, textile artists and fashion communicators. It sits in a company names directory because the trade treats it as an institution of the industry, not just a school.
Company Snapshot
- Status
- Operating - one of the world's leading fashion schools, part of the University of the Arts London
- Type
- Public university college
- Headquarters
- King's Cross, London, United Kingdom
- Founded
- 1989, by the merger of the Central School of Art and Design (founded 1896) and Saint Martin's School of Art (founded 1854)
Company Profile
Its fashion teaching runs from foundation and undergraduate design - womenswear, menswear, knit, print and fashion design with marketing - to the MA Fashion course whose graduate shows are a scouting event for the industry. The course structure is set out in the profile section below. No shop box appears here: the college sells education, not products carried by marketplaces.
The community claim follows: their community goes beyond building, beyond disciplines and beyond borders - from local neighbours to global partners, Central Saint Martins collaborates with others to build knowledge and transform objects, systems and lives for the better. At the school, they believe that art, performance and design can generate real, productive change, and that creative practice combines the ability to imagine new futures with the means to deliver them - equipping artists and designers to address urgent global challenges, from the climate and biodiversity emergencies to forging more equitable societies. No founding date is stated in the original beyond the century of practice, and none is added here.
Central Saint Martins History
The earlier record for this company - its history, past brand line-ups, figures and photographs from the periods described - is kept on a separate page for historical reference.
Central Saint Martins History & Historical Profile →Common Questions
What is Central Saint Martins?
A leading international fashion school from the United Kingdom, with over a century of pioneering practice across art, design and performance, per its original Apparel Search schools profile.
Which BA Fashion pathways does historical descriptions list?
Fashion Design with Knitwear, Fashion Design with Marketing, Fashion Design Womenswear, Fashion Design Menswear, and Fashion Print, plus Fashion Communication pathways in Fashion History and Theory and in Fashion Journalism.
Where should applicants check current courses?
Directly with the school - the original stresses its list is only a few examples and course availability must be confirmed with Central Saint Martins itself; its official page is carried in the References.
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