Marangoni Fashion Design School (Istituto Marangoni)

The Marangoni School of Fashion Design (Marangoni Institute - istitutomarangoni.com) is in the Top 10 of the world's best fashion design schools. The leader of this rating remains the Central College of Art and Design named after St. Martin in London.

The top ten world design schools also include:

• PARSONS Design School (New York),
• BUNKA FASHION COLLEGE - Bunka Fashion College (Tokyo, Japan),
• ANTWERP ROYAL ACADEMY OF FINE ARTS - Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Antwerp (Belgium),
• FASHION INSTITIUTE OF TECHNOLOGY - Fashion Institute of Technology (New York),
• ECOLE DE LA CHAMBRE SYNDICALE (Paris),
• ESMOD (Paris),
• UNIVERSITY OF WESTMINSTER - University of Westminster (London),
• ROYAL COLLEGE OF ART - Royal College of Art (London).

The Marangoni School of Design was founded by Giulio Marangoni back in 1935. Today, the departments of the Marangoni school are located in Milan, London (since 2003) and Paris (since 2006), they are united by the presence of a common curriculum. However, the representatives of the Marangoni school themselves say this: if you are interested in Italian fashion (Milan is the capital of "Pret-a-Porter") - study in Milan, if you want to create like the masters from France (Paris and high fashion are inseparable from each other) - choose Paris, or if you like British style - London (and its street style).

The Marangoni School trains both design professionals and fashion business professionals. It also offers curricula for courses in interior design, graphic design. Students of Marangoni's fashion design programs get the opportunity to intern at companies such as D&G, Versace, Prada, Gucci, Fendi. The teachers at the Marangoni school are also the best, only professionals in their field - the best stylists, designers, photographers, buyers in the world of fashion, they can teach both full courses and individual seminars. Education itself is practice-oriented.

And so, let's take a closer look at the courses themselves that are studied in Marangoni, by the way, training in Marangoni can be both bachelor's and master's, there are both summer courses and courses designed for one year of study.

Undergraduate - training period is three years: fashion design, styling, fashion business. If we talk about fashion design, then in the first year of study, students learn to make sketches and patterns, work with computer graphics, study the history of world art and fashion. In the second year of study, students study professionally oriented subjects, for example, a course in compiling collections or the sociology of fashion. Third course - items are added here that will allow future designers to successfully sell their collections: brand development and creation, organization of shows. Much attention is paid to the work of students on their own projects. After all, the result of the training will be a show of its own collection, and at the graduation ceremony - Marangoni Fashion Show, not only representatives of the press writing about fashion gather, but also representatives of fashion houses, heads of textile companies looking for new talented employees.

Master's degree - training period is 8 months, programs: design of women's or men's clothing, accessories, fashion photography, brand management, fashion purchases, online fashion.

Summer courses - fashion design, fashion business, fashion image development, advertising design. The term of study is three weeks.

The languages ​​of instruction at the Marangoni Institute are Italian, French and English.

Bachelor's programs are suitable for school graduates - for admission you will need a certificate of secondary education and knowledge of one of the languages.In London, it is more difficult - you will need to go through a post-secondary preparation program - Foundation (it can also be called preparatory for a university / institute - duration one year, is held at the educational institution in which you are going to enter).

Students and those who already have incomplete higher education, that is, people who have certain knowledge in the field of fashion, are admitted to one-year courses (in fact, they take 9 months).

Applicants to master's programs in London and Milan will require professional education and a portfolio of work (mainly for design programs). Of course, knowledge of languages ​​- Italian or English. In Paris, the requirements will be excellent, since there such training gives a university degree.

For admission to summer courses - age is not less than 16, in London 18 years old and knowledge of languages.

Education at the Marangoni Institute is paid - its cost ranges from 12,000 to 25,000 euros per year. Summer courses - from 2,000 to 10,000 euros.