Straight to FIT? Or Transfering from a CC?

I have a friend who is very much interested in pursuing a career in Fashion Design. She is a very gifted artist and does amazing sketches of designs she makes in her mind. However she is stuck right now because after looking at some reviews of The Art Institute of New York City and about the AI school chain she decided she is better off studying at the Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT) in New York City. But since she lives an hour away she is gonna have to move to be able to attend FIT, cause driving 2 hours a day to get to and from school isn't the best economical plan especially with gas price going up every week. This is the problem, she doesn't know whether to attend a local community college (Rockland Community College) for two years and then transfer to FIT to complete the4 years there. I was looking up at info and since in FIT they are gonna have the students study Liberal Arts during the first two years to get an AAS Degree I told her it could be possible for her to transfer if she studies Fine Arts at the CC for 2 years and then transfer to FIT to enter the Fashion Design program. What do you guys think she should do? I personally don't think she is ready to move on her own, and neither does other people who know her, but because of some family problems she is feeling pressure that shes better off moving. I thought if she went to CC then to FIT she could mature more, become more responsible, and spent less money for college, but I don't wanna give her false information, a little help here guys.