About Accademia Costume & Moda
Founded in 1964 by the academic, designer of costume and fashion Rosana Pistolese, who’s vision was to shape and support the cultural heritage of Italian Costume and Fashion industries in an innovative approach taking into consideration the interaction between these two fields. Located in Rome and Milan, for 60 years Accademia Costume & Moda has worked closely with the Fashion, Visual and Preforming Arts Industries to develop a study experience able to provide students with a complete understanding, both technical and creative, aimed at supporting them towards a career. A coherent balance across research and culture, design and product, communication and management, Italy, and the tight collaboration with the most relevant protagonists of both industries, have led Accademia Costume & Moda to be the nest of current and future designers and communicators within a variety of fields.
Accademia Costume & Moda today is ranked n.1 in Italy for credited courses, among the best 3 schools in the world for Fashion Design Graduate and Post-Graduate programmes by the prestigious Business of Fashion (BoF) “The Best Fashion Schools in the World 2019”.
All the academic programmes, both Undergraduate and Post-Graduate, involve “Industry-led Projects” to underpin the learning with concrete professional experiences in order to allow the students to be placed internationally and in Italy in well established companies with a placement ratio above 90%.
About Accademia Costume & Moda
Founded in 1964 by the academic, designer of costume and fashion Rosana Pistolese, who’s vision was to shape and support the cultural heritage of Italian Costume and Fashion industries in an innovative approach taking into consideration the interaction between these two fields. Located in Rome and Milan, for 60 years Accademia Costume & Moda has worked closely with the Fashion, Visual and Preforming Arts Industries to develop a study experience able to provide students with a complete understanding, both technical and creative, aimed at supporting them towards a career. A coherent balance across research and culture, design and product, communication and management, Italy, and the tight collaboration with the most relevant protagonists of both industries, have led Accademia Costume & Moda to be the nest of current and future designers and communicators within a variety of fields.
Accademia Costume & Moda today is ranked n.1 in Italy for credited courses, among the best 3 schools in the world for Fashion Design Graduate and Post-Graduate programmes by the prestigious Business of Fashion (BoF) “The Best Fashion Schools in the World 2019”.
All the academic programmes, both Undergraduate and Post-Graduate, involve “Industry-led Projects” to underpin the learning with concrete professional experiences in order to allow the students to be placed internationally and in Italy in well established companies with a placement ratio above 90%.
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