Overview
Legendary Italian luxury brands like Gucci, Salvatore Ferragamo, Emilio Pucci, and Roberto Cavalli were all proudly founded in Florence. Also, Florence hosts important fashion fairs such as "Pitti Immagine Uomo", held at Palazzo Pitti twice a year and “Moda Prima”. In our Fashion Design course, we do not teach just design but culture, productivity, marketing, and communication as well and their connections. Fashion design is closely related to the industries that research new trends for the market. The market is constantly looking for professional fashion designers. Students will be given an overview of the Italian Fashion System and stimulated while learning to develop their ideas and their potential to the fullest.At the end of the course, students will have learned to do fashion sketches, to carry out research on a given theme and to properly use the materials gathered from that research to develop a fashion project. Classes take place in several stages with the proposal of a theme (different every time) to work on. This will also enable the student to find ideas and start to do the job by searching for images, materials, and colors. All courses are hands-on training: students start learning hand sketching techniques, and later develop a personal original design collection, though the use of professional software (mostly, "Adobe Photoshop", and "Illustrator").
Since our teaching method is based on individualized instruction, the development of the various project phases will be adapted to the various levels of knowledge, the ability of the student and the hours available. The topics on which students will work may be more or less complex, including clothes inspired by natural shapes, a contemporary artist's style, a specific textile, a stylist's collection, etc. The course introduces the basic technical knowledge and design techniques, from the management of the creative process until the research of personal identity/brand. The goal is to equip students with the fundamental fashion design techniques and a proper basic design methodology.
One-Year Course
This course offers a comprehensive and accelerated program, giving a unique opportunity to acquire a wide range of knowledge and techniques related to your field of study.
Along with practical classes of your major subject - combined with challenging homework and assignments – our Basic Art Lessons will provide you with fundamentals of arts and design.
Furthermore, you will broaden and enrich your artistic experience - looking beyond the borders of your specialty – through our weekly guided Art Visits and monthly Art Stages.
Through this program, you will not only acquire a solid foundation in your study area, but also develop specific, advanced skills, immersed in a stimulating learning environment. Moreover, you will have the chance to learn basic business practices, to start up you career as young professional.
Diplomas are issued to those who pass the final exam.
- Topics:
- ・Drawing techniques
- ・Coloring techniques
- ・Fashion sketching techniques
- ・Rendering techniques
- ・Study of fabrics and materials
- ・Flat pattern methods
- ・Development of a original collection
- ・Guided Art Visits
- ・Art Stages
- ・Basic Italian Art Lessons (Art History, Basic Painting, Color Theory, 3D Drawing)