3 years
Full-time, Monday to Friday
Milan
English or Italian
The Three-Year Course in Fashion Design shapes a professional designer who is capable of designing collections and creating clothes that have a personal, unique, and recognisable style and which follow the latest trends and demands of the fashion world. The main objective of the course is to provide students with all of the technical and practical skills they need to be able to operate within the fashion sector: design original collections and lines; draw figures; interpret current trends; define the mood, colours and materials; manage the production processes from assembly to quality control; and convey identity and character through their creations. Completing the course is the study of the cultural and social evolution of fashion from the historical, contemporary and artistic points of view, with particular attention paid to contaminations and the main coolhunting strategies, which are essential for being able to interpret peoples' continually evolving desires and tastes. Furthermore, students will complete project work which is purposefully designed to allow them to apply everything they learn through practice, design a real fashion collection, and create a complete professional portfolio. Three-Year Courses at Accademia del Lusso are validated by E.A.B.H.E.S.
Upper secondary school qualification
Suitable level of English or Italian
The 3-year course in Fashion Design is composed of classroom lectures, workshops and practical activities such as project work (both in and out of the school), periodical assessments and a final exam including thesis defence. Further activities include:
Field trips to museums and showrooms, analyses of important fashion and luxury sites.
Meetings with the business world in the product, service, and communication areas.
Attendance at fashion shows, events, and industry trade fairs.
Seminars with professionals from the fashion and luxury sector.
Projects lasting one week and during which students work on a brief assigned to them based on a real company order.
External trend research workshop, to practise guided coolhunting directly in the field.
The Three-Year Course in Fashion Design is held in Milan at the school location on Via Montenapoleone 5, and at the Luxury Lab on Via Privata Chioggia 2/4.