Your question is too generic to be answered. There are tons of good Fashion School in italy. Some of 'em are international and courses are in English! Anyway if you plan to come in italy, you need to know italian. Part time jobs? You can try in McDonalds and so on... in cities like Rome or Milan they're often looking for more-languages speaking people. But again, learn at least conversational basics of italian and if the course you want to attend is in italian, first learn well italian. You'll find dozens of fashion design school... just to list some: IED organizes tons of masters/annual courses/degrees about Fashion and has many sees http://www.ied.it/Corsi/Master/IED/ http://www.accademiaitaliana.com/scelta_sede_eng.html http://www.accademiaitaliana.com/eng/florence/stilismo.htm - Fashion Design Course http://www.polimoda.com/ http://www.isgmd.it/corsi-post-diploma1.asp