Success Stories
Raffles Design Institute, Singapore
That may become reality with the headstart she had from her three-year full-time Bachelor of Design in Fashion Design course at Raffles Design Institute. She decided on the course after getting her O level results in 2007 on the advice of her fashion design friends.
And Steffi, who is now in the second year of her programme, has no regrets. "The lecturers here are experienced and very professional," she said. Another plus point is the campus buildig itself, with its modern, avant garde design. The highlight of Steffi's course so far was a week-long buying trip to Hong Kong last September. She went with two lecturers and about 30 other students.
"We visited a street lined with fabric shops and we went there every day," she said. "It was a big headache at first, deciding what to buy because of the variety available. But, it was also very fun!"
Students get two chances to go on the buying trip - one in their second year, the other in their third year. These trips expose the students to the experience of purchasing fabric, which is in line with the school's belief that students should be trained and treated like professionals.
