Academy of Couture Art

Specialties

Blending European Haute Couture tradition with the high energy, fast-​paced, challenging American Fashion system, Academy of Couture Art offers high level design education that differentiates the fashion professions of fashion design and pattern making through specialized Associate and Bachelor degrees.

History

Established in 2005.

To address a growing global need for specialization in fashion education, Sonia Été founded Academy of Couture Art in 2005.



Prior to its establishment, Academy of Couture Art, under the name ESAM (École Supérieure des Arts de la Moda) with Sonia Kim, Inc., served 10 years in the U.S. as a private preparatory course for ESMOD International Fashion University Group and Studio Berçot in Paris.



The appeal for American candidates was to benefit from the European fashion education that trained specifically to industry professions and, thus, to the highest of technical creativity, fit, and elegance.



Recognizing the need for high level design education in the U. S, ESAM became Academy of Couture Art, an American fashion school teaching the very distinctive careers of Fashion Design and Pattern Design separately with French techniques revised and modernized for American and International production.