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Fashion Design Intensive

Design collections and create an individual style
One year courses · Intensive Training
Undergraduate
MILANO
FIRENZE
PARIS
DUBAI
These programmes provide a thorough knowledge of the technical and theoretical concepts related to fashion meeting the needs of those with limited time available, or for participants that have either little or no prior experience.

MILANO

Working on a limited time frame, this intensive fashion course provides the key technical and theoretical concepts related to fashion design and the fashion industry, looking at womenswear, menswear and accessories design, as well as an introduction to the study of materials and fabrics, and research applied to the individual design process. From freehand drawing techniques and the basics of clothing manufacture, participants quickly progress onto more technical aspects of fashion design such as fabric analysis, garment structure, and an introduction to manufacturing and production.

27 Jan 2025
Italian · English  - Fee
Enrollment Fee
€4,000
Fee EU
€23,250
Fee non EU
€25,250
22 Sep 2025
Italian · English  - Fee
Enrollment Fee
€4,000
Fee EU
€23,700
Fee non EU
€25,700

Programme Specification

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Participants learn how to analyse design and style in order to successfully and autonomously carry out individual creative research, key to developing innovative proposals, as well as managing the influences and needs of the market, or requests from a client brief or brand image. Today’s fashion designers are also researchers of creativity, constantly seeking inspiration for new design ideas. Alongside illustration skills participants study new trends, and research and analyse the contemporary fashion business while reflecting on personal experience, culture, art and design as sources of inspiration. Participants of the Fashion Design Intensive Course are encouraged to develop their own individual ‘visual language’, expressing their style through professional presentation methods and via a final portfolio of designs, incorporating basic graphic design techniques in visual communication fundamental in today’s fashion and luxury markets. The main notions of market research supports the creation of original ideas in different contexts and cultures, while trend analysis and forecasting skills show how to stay ahead of new movements and influences in fashion. With key fashion design skills participants are ready to move forward in the fashion design and luxury industries.

 

  • Fashion designer
  • Textile designer
  • Fashion illustrator
  • Fashion colourist
  • Pattern maker
  • Fashion consultant
  • Fashion illustration and collection design
  • Cut and construction
  • Fabric knowledge
  • Communication skills
  • Trends in the fashion industry
  • Collection and brand analysis
  • Research approaches
  • Design portfolio presentation

One Year Courses + Master’s Courses

For students who choose combined programmes, will be deducted a tuition fee of the master programme.

Access to the combined programmes is subject to the possession of a university degree and to obtaining the one-year course certificate, according to the academic year and after approval by the admissions committee at the end of the one-year course.

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FIRENZE

Working on a limited time frame, this intensive fashion course provides the key technical and theoretical concepts related to fashion design and the fashion industry, looking at womenswear, menswear and accessories design, as well as an introduction to the study of materials and fabrics, and research applied to the individual design process. From freehand drawing techniques and the basics of clothing manufacture, participants quickly progress onto more technical aspects of fashion design such as fabric analysis, garment structure, and an introduction to manufacturing and production.

27 Jan 2025
Italian · English  - Fee
Enrollment Fee
€4,000
Fee EU
€23,250
Fee non EU
€25,250
22 Sep 2025
Italian · English  - Fee
Enrollment Fee
€4,000
Fee EU
€23,700
Fee non EU
€25,700

Programme Specification

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Participants learn how to analyse design and style in order to successfully and autonomously carry out individual creative research, key to developing innovative proposals, as well as managing the influences and needs of the market, or requests from a client brief or brand image. Today’s fashion designers are also researchers of creativity, constantly seeking inspiration for new design ideas. Alongside illustration skills participants study new trends, and research and analyse the contemporary fashion business while reflecting on personal experience, culture, art and design as sources of inspiration. Participants of the Fashion Design Intensive Course are encouraged to develop their own individual ‘visual language’, expressing their style through professional presentation methods and via a final portfolio of designs, incorporating basic graphic design techniques in visual communication fundamental in today’s fashion and luxury markets. The main notions of market research supports the creation of original ideas in different contexts and cultures, while trend analysis and forecasting skills show how to stay ahead of new movements and influences in fashion. With key fashion design skills participants are ready to move forward in the fashion design and luxury industries.

 

  • Fashion designer
  • Textile designer
  • Fashion illustrator
  • Fashion colourist
  • Pattern maker
  • Fashion consultant
  • Fashion illustration and collection design
  • Cut and construction
  • Fabric knowledge
  • Communication skills
  • Trends in the fashion industry
  • Collection and brand analysis
  • Research approaches
  • Design portfolio presentation

One Year Courses + Master’s Courses

For students who choose combined programmes, will be deducted a tuition fee of the master programme.

Access to the combined programmes is subject to the possession of a university degree and to obtaining the one-year course certificate, according to the academic year and after approval by the admissions committee at the end of the one-year course.

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PARIS

Working on a limited time frame, this intensive fashion course provides the key technical and theoretical concepts related to fashion design and the fashion industry, looking at womenswear, menswear and accessories design, as well as an introduction to the study of materials and fabrics, and research applied to the individual design process. From freehand drawing techniques and the basics of clothing manufacture, participants quickly progress onto more technical aspects of fashion design such as fabric analysis, garment structure, and an introduction to manufacturing and production.

29 Sep 2025
English  - Fee
Enrollment Fee
€4,000
Fee EU
€23,700
Fee non EU
€25,700

Programme Specification

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Possible career paths
Learning focus
Combined programmes
I'M Alumni Top Placement

Participants learn how to analyse design and style in order to successfully and autonomously carry out individual creative research, key to developing innovative proposals, as well as managing the influences and needs of the market, or requests from a client brief or brand image. Today’s fashion designers are also researchers of creativity, constantly seeking inspiration for new design ideas. Alongside illustration skills participants study new trends, and research and analyse the contemporary fashion business while reflecting on personal experience, culture, art and design as sources of inspiration. Participants of the Fashion Design Intensive Course are encouraged to develop their own individual ‘visual language’, expressing their style through professional presentation methods and via a final portfolio of designs, incorporating basic graphic design techniques in visual communication fundamental in today’s fashion and luxury markets. The main notions of market research supports the creation of original ideas in different contexts and cultures, while trend analysis and forecasting skills show how to stay ahead of new movements and influences in fashion. With key fashion design skills participants are ready to move forward in the fashion design and luxury industries.

 

  • Fashion designer
  • Textile designer
  • Fashion illustrator
  • Fashion colourist
  • Pattern maker
  • Fashion consultant
  • Fashion illustration and collection design
  • Cut and construction
  • Fabric knowledge
  • Communication skills
  • Trends in the fashion industry
  • Collection and brand analysis
  • Research approaches
  • Design portfolio presentation

One Year Courses + Master’s Courses

For students who choose combined programmes, will be deducted a tuition fee of the master programme.

Access to the combined programmes is subject to the possession of a university degree and to obtaining the one-year course certificate, according to the academic year and after approval by the admissions committee at the end of the one-year course.

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DUBAI

This intensive course provides students with key technical and theoretical concepts related to fashion design and the fashion industry, looking at womenswear, menswear and accessories design, as well as an introduction to the study of materials and fabrics, and research applied to the individual design process. From freehand drawing techniques and the basics of clothing manufacture, participants quickly progress onto more technical aspects of fashion design such as fabric analysis, garment structure, and an introduction to manufacturing and production.

20 Jan 2025
English  - Fee
Enrollment Fee
درهم AED16,000
Tuition Fee
درهم AED92,000

5% VAT must be added to all the fees

The total fees of the program combine the fee of module 1 (درهم AED 54.000) + module 2 (درهم AED 54.000)

29 Sep 2025
English  - Fee
Enrollment Fee
درهم AED16,000
Tuition Fee
درهم AED94,200

The total fees of the program combine the fee of module 1 (درهم AED 55.100) + module 2 (درهم AED 55.100)

5% VAT must be added to all the fees

Programme Specification

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I'M Alumni Top Placement

Participants learn how to analyze design and style in order to successfully and autonomously carry out individual creative research, key to developing innovative proposals, as well as managing the influences and needs of the market, or requests from a client brief or brand image. Today’s fashion designers are also researchers of creativity, constantly seeking inspiration for new design ideas. Alongside illustration skills participants study new trends, and research and analyze the contemporary fashion business while reflecting on personal experience, culture, art and design as sources of inspiration.
Participants of the Fashion Design Intensive Course are encouraged to develop their own individual ‘visual language’, expressing their style through professional presentation methods and via a final portfolio of designs, incorporating basic graphic design techniques in visual communication fundamental in today’s fashion and luxury markets. The main notions of market research supports the creation of original ideas in different contexts and cultures, while trend analysis and forecasting skills show how to stay ahead of new movements and influences in fashion. With key fashion design skills participants are ready to move forward in the fashion design and luxury industries. 

  • Fashion illustration and collection design
  • Pattern Cutting
  • Materials and Fabric manipulations
  • Brand Communication
  • Trend research for the fashion industry
  • Collection and brand analysis
  • Contemporary Fashion Panorama
  • Design portfolio presentation
  • Fashion designer
  • Textile designer
  • Fashion illustrator
  • Fashion colourist
  • Pattern maker
  • Fashion consultant

Module 1 · Research & Creative Tools

In this module, students are introduced to the fundamental skills and tools to work in the fields of fashion design. They become familiar with some of the most important notions of sketching, image sourcing and moodboard design, with a view to style analysis and collection development. Trend research will be leveraged as a methodology to ignite creativity and understand the evolution of the market. They will then acquire digital design skills for visual communication and representation, knowledge in fabrics and materials, getting inspiration from fashion history and the latest trends.

Module 2 · Fashion Collection Development

This module will enable students to understand and apply skills involved in garment construction and pattern cutting aimed at developing a fashion collection, complete with fabrics manipulation, technical drawings, illustrations with a personal style. Contemporary design and construction techniques are looked at and analyzed. The students will also approach the contemporary fashion panorama and the principles of brand communication to understand the market opportunities that fashion brands have nowadays.  Students will then finalize their professional design portfolio, including the trend research book and the collection designed during the year.

Access to each module is given upon successful completion of the previous one.

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