Fashion Design & Accessories
These undergraduate programmes are designed for participants looking to enter the fashion world, and provide a complete education allowing participants to acquire the necessary knowledge and skills to pursue a career in the chosen field.
LONDON
Accessories are the new fashion objects of desire and make the difference to a winning collection and brand name. This three year full time course forms multi-skilled designers, fully qualified in the latest fashion and accessories design techniques and approaches. Covering shoes, bags, and fashion collection design, the course nurtures creativity and individual style, while also responding to new demands and trends in the fashion and luxury market.
The enrollment fee is due every year
Validations
Validated by Regent’s University London
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BA (Hons) Degree London · Fashion Design & Accessories
By studying the main contemporary artistic movements, and the latest styles and trends which influence accessories design, participants develop an aesthetic sensitivity, appreciating the intrinsic values and characteristics of an accessories product, namely the emotions and perceptions customers take from a fashion item to produce products that create desire. They learn how to research and contextualise ideas and are encouraged to experiment with new approaches in the industry that are evolving today, including renewable and sustainable resources, innovative materials and new technologies, building individual style and creative and professional abilities. Participants also explore how Italian manufacturing is exemplary in its identification and use of materials and manufacturing techniques, giving a focus on the excellence that is “Italianness”: craftsmanship, design and style. The use of traditional techniques and new technologies are well balanced to ensure participants gain comprehensive skills in all areas: from hand illustration, to the latest software packages, progressing through 2D into 3D design, and also 3D printing techniques. They understand the viability of accessory production and development, working and evaluating material requirements via full shape analysis. This dynamic course provides a solid base in the fashion system; a model that embraces many different aspects of todays fast changing and competitive fashion industry. The evolution of fashion, and fashion accessory design is also studied from its humble beginnings as a functional add-on, to the elevated status it has today as the signature piece in a fashion collection. A final graduation showcase event gives participants the opportunity to exhibit their work and achieve recognition through networking. Guided by an experienced faculty team of industry experts, the final year concludes with the creation of a professional portfolio and accessories design collection. This course is part of the fashion design study pathways. With fashion design as the core subject, participants specialise in the chosen area of interest (accessories), completing the course with a distinct professional profile. This course is also available as a BA (Hons) four-year course (including Sandwich Year Placement).
- Fashion drawing & illustration (2D, 3D)
- Prototyping (lab & workshop) pattern cutting, maquette
- Visual communication & professional presentation skills
- Digital design & 3d printing
- The study of fabrics and materials
- Professional design portfolio & collection
- Marketing & fashion business
- Analysis and strategies of contemporary fashion
- History of luxury accessories & brand heritage
- Creative research methods
- Accessories designer
- Accessories pattern maker
- Handbag designer
- Fashion illustrator
- Product manager
DUBAI
Become fully qualified in the latest fashion and accessories design techniques and expand your career options. Covering clothing and accessories design, these three-year full-time courses encourage individual style and creativity, while also offering the chance to become multi-skilled fashion designers. Participants begin by studying the language of ready to wear, progressing through all stages of the design process including hand sketching, fashion illustration and digital design, as well as pattern making, pattern cutting and construction, right through to the finished garment or product – through a deep study of all the steps in collection development.
5% VAT must be added to all the fees
The enrollment fee is due every year
Validations
Students who successfully complete this program will be awarded with a Bachelor of Arts accredited by the Ministry of Education-Commission for Academic Accreditation (CAA).
Programme Specification
Focusing on the contemporary fashion scenario, the course provides students the opportunity to investigate the intrinsic added values and characteristics of accessories, garments or fashion products, understanding how to design items that create desire. During the course participants are encouraged to experiment with new materials and technologies, learning at the same time the use of a flamboyant pairing of fabrics, renewable and sustainable resources, 3D printing or experimental cutting techniques, as well as evaluating fabric embellishment and details that make the ‘difference’ for a winning collection. Research into fashion history and culture and historic references in art and dress further enhance creative thinking, meanwhile communication skills provide a professional approach in the negotiation and presentation of final design ideas to companies and new clients.
The three-year Course in Fashion Design & Accessories is based on various learning and teaching methods including: seminars, tutorials, workshops, classroom lessons, ITC workshops, group projects and individual research.
Participants will learn about the techniques of design and, by the end of the first year, they will be capable of illustrating their ideas in a way that meets the standards of the contemporary style.
They can carry out a specific research project on a fashion theme, creating Research Books with photographs, drawings, collages, fabric samples and other elements needed to design their first creative ideas.
The students will also learn to use the most widely-used graphic software, digital design tools and visual communication techniques.
- Fashion drawing & illustration (2D, 3D)
- Prototyping (lab & workshop) pattern cutting, maquette
- Visual communication & professional presentation skills
- Digital design & 3d printing
- The study of fabrics and materials
- Professional design portfolio & collection
- Marketing & fashion business
- Analysis and strategies of contemporary fashion
- History of luxury & brand heritage
- Fashion designer
- Accessories designer
- Fashion illustrator
- Product manager
- Trend forecaster/Trend Analysis expert
RIYADH
ADVANCED TRAINING DIPLOMA
The Fashion Design & Accessories Advanced Training Programme enables trainees to learn the fundamental concepts of design techniques and, by the end of the first year, be capable of illustrating their ideas in a way that meets the standards of the contemporary illustrative style.
Trainees carry out specific research projects with photographs, drawings, collages, fabric samples and other elements needed to design their first creative ideas. Pattern-making lessons provide them with the skills required to make patterns for the simplest garments. Trainees will also learn to use the most widely used graphic software and visual communication techniques.
Trainees will explore the relationship between the artistic movements and the evolution of clothing in a social, cultural and historical contexts and the way in which these are interpreted in the most recent fashion collections. From the second year, trainees move closer to design, developing their personal style and creating collections.
They work on patterns and prototypes and gain experience in the use of fabrics by creating trial patterns and canvases, defining the production processes. In the last semesters, lessons will provide trainees with the opportunity to perform critical research and acquire in-depth knowledge of a specialist area within their field of study.
They are encouraged to experiment, to create a highly professional design in which to illustrate their personal vision of fashion.
The Economics and Marketing lessons will help trainees research and analyze the market, understand customer demographics, competitors, sale prices, marketing methods, promotion and how to prepare a business plan.
PORTOFOLIO PROJECT
A portfolio of works will be presented to support the final project, which for trainees is a point of arrival enabling them to communicate their ideas effectively and preparing them to deal with the main players in the fashion industry: customers, employers and sponsors.
All Fees are inclusive of VAT.
Istituto Marangoni Riyadh offers 3-year Advanced Training Diploma programs that cater to the specific demands of the local job market for the chosen specialization.
As part of the didactical experience provided to its trainees, the Diploma include an internship period (“Cooperative Training”) which is embedded in the Study Plan of each programme at the third year. This working experience allows trainees to take advantage of skills and topics learned during lessons, putting them into concrete practice within a real professional environment. The internship consists of a period of an experience in professional practice through the realization of individual or group project in collaboration with institutions or companies on their premises, or on the institute’s premises (internship on campus).
Trainees of the Training Diploma at Istituto Marangoni in Riyadh can have the opportunity to either complete their study path in Saudi Arabia with a 3-year Advanced Diploma, which includes a 6-month internship (Cooperative Training), or take advantage from Study Abroad mobility towards Istituto Marangoni campuses in Italy, France, UK and UAE, through the “Istituto Marangoni Cross-School” program.
Situated in the King Abdullah Financial District (KAFD), one of Riyadh’s most dynamic areas offering visitors and residents a high standard of living, the Higher Training Institute will offer training diploma programmes and professional courses in fashion, business, and luxury management.
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