Master in Creative Knitwear Design

tudents have the extraordinary opportunity to create knitwear capsule collections with professional projects in collaboration with some of the most important brands on the international scene. These projects created in collaboration with a huge variety of different bands annually; i.e: Max Mara Fashion Group, Marni, Missoni, Etro, The North Face, Blumarine, Napapijri, Benetton, Kway, Roberto Collina, to name just a few. Culminating with a unique presentation at Pitti Filati with an exclusive fashion show in collaboration with the Pitti Immagine Discovery Foundation.

The students are followed by the top professionals and experts in the sector who, as tutors, accompany them in tackling a tailor made programme: a theoretical-practical course of study, capable of combining creativity and technique, craft and technology, to develop complete design concepts from yarn to product, organisation and production skills; all fundamental elements to make our students highly competitive on the careers market.

The extraordinary added value of the Master is the indispensable presence of a vast network of leading specialist partners in the knitwear, jersey, embellishment, industrial technologyand craftsmanship production sectors and the international brands. Having created a system that give a new impulse to research, experiment and innovate to create a new fashion product is an important investment by the partner industries that participate annually in the experience of CKD.

The Master’s experience is multifaceted made up of specific workshops and technical instruction, research visits to industries in the areas of spinning, laboratories and knitwear factories, workshops on knitting technologies, stitch development and design processes, visits to the main trade fairs in the sector, and the possibility of carrying out research during the entire course of studies within the vast historical archive of Modateca Deanna and dedicated library.

At the end of the Academic Master in Creative Knitwear Design, students will be prepared for the role of fashion designer specializing in knitwear design and jersey. The students also develops a series of skills that can lead to extremely strategic and highly sought-after careers in the Italian and international fashion sector, including: designer in the studio of Italian and international spinning mills, collection coordinator, technical researcher and development manager, product manager, purchasing and raw materials manager.

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