ONE-YEAR COURSE IN FASHION DESIGN

One-year Fashion Design course

ONE-YEAR COURSE IN FASHION DESIGN

Duration: 1 year (2 academic semesters)
Campus: Rome
Language: Italian/English
Rome course starting date: October
Rome application deadline: September

One-year Fashion Design course

The one-year course in Fashion Design is a year-long program that awards a diploma certifying a professional level of training.
The course provides the basics in theory and design to prepare students to work on different types of men’s and women’s collections.
Topics studied include analysis of materials and fabrics, garment structure, consumer profiles, introduction to materials processing and to the production, strategies and techniques of visual merchandising. At the end of the course, students will be able to develop a collection through autonomous and focused research, with appropriate creativity to meet the market needs.

This course is open to both Italian and international students. International students will need to demonstrate knowledge of either English or Italian language.
This course offers a new opportunity to those who wish to begin a career in the fashion field.
During the study program aspects of textiles and marketing will also be covered.

Professional diploma from Acccademia Italiana
- Trends analysis and collection design
- Development of the fashion design process, using a sketchbook, moodboards, fashion illustration and flat technical drawings
- Knowledge of fibers and textiles and their use in designing a collection
- Illustrative design and an ability to communicate a look through sketches
- Basic concepts of fashion marketing
- Graphic communication of a collection
- Presentation of a portfolio
Costs
- Enrolment fee: 750 Euro
- Tuition fee: 4.630 Euro (also payable in two instalments of 2.930 Euro).
There is no entrance exam.
Documents to present when applying:
- completed application form
- signed copy of school regulations
- copy of passport or identification card
- receipt for the enrollment fee
- Fashion Illustration I
- Fashion Illustration II
- Collection I
- Collection II
- Textile Technology
- Marketing
10 lesson hours per week approximately