1 academic year
Full-time, Monday to Friday
Milan
English or Italian
The Intensive Course in Fashion Product Design at Accademia del Lusso provides in-depth, practical teaching on the fashion production process. This is the procedure which leads initial design concepts to become finished fashion garments. The course programme covers every aspect of the process, particularly focussing on providing students with a complete skill set in the essential areas of design, patternmaking, and dressmaking for the fashion industry. Through practical, targeted workshops and practical experience, students will also learn about the entire product development procedure from sampling to production, the prototype creation process, digital technology for designing and making patterns, and important techniques for working with different kinds of fabric. By the end of the course, students will have a working knowledge of fashion products and the activities and professionals that contribute to their production at each different stage.
Upper secondary school qualification - Suitable level of English or Italian
The Intensive Course in Fashion Product 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. 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.
Accademia del Lusso offers its most deserving students the opportunity to undertake internships at important industry businesses, to help them enter into contact with the world of work.
The Intensive Course in Fashion Product Design is held in Milan at the school location on Via Montenapoleone 5, and at the Luxury Lab on Via Privata Chioggia 2/4.