Sustainable Fashion Master

Lecturers are chosen from diverse design practices and professionals will be invited to be visiting residents, inspiring and empowering the students’ professional growth. To explore textile design, students will delve into the origins of fabric. They will learn with a studio-based, hands-on approach, enriched with field trips and exhibition visits. All supported by critical theoretical knowledge of archaeology, anthropology and history. The program includes a final project and has a total of 1400 contact hours over two years.

You will have access to a fully equipped department building at Manifattura Campus, with looms, knitting machines, spinning tools, embroidery machines, and sewing machines. A wet room will be designed for dyeing and washing. Research can be conducted at the Polimoda Library at Villa Campus, which houses the most significant collection of fashion and related subject titles in Italy.

This course is structured around four learning semesters.

• Fibers and Yarns: develop knowledge and gain insight into the practices leading to fibers, the crafting of yarns and the preparations for weaving.
• Fabric One: bring yarns into construction through weaving, knitting and crochet. Create an original personal archive as the basis of the work to be made in the second year.
• Fabric Two: design and develop a personal vision of cloth and clothes with studies of embellishments such as embroideries, patchworks, jacquard and printing. Develop a collection of textiles that reflects your unique vision for the final stage of your studies.
• Fashion: bring together all acquired knowledge and experiences for the creation of your final garments through introductory knowledge of fashion design, draping and patternmaking.

Careers

Based on individual character and acquired skills, you can become the next:

• Fabric Designer for the textile and fashion industry
• Fabric Researcher for a fashion brand
• Print or Embroidery Designer
• Fabric Craftsperson, working as an Independent Designer
• Fabric Buyer for volume or luxury fashion houses
• Fabric Innovator working on material innovation
• Fashion Sustainability Specialist and Consultant