Summer Course in Fashion Brand Management - IED Firenze

Language

English

Start date

June 2026

Frequency

Full time

Duration

3 Weeks

Course Coordination

Claudia Gelosa

Price

€ 2.600

The course examines the relationship between art, culture, marketing and branding, target and communication to gain a deeper understanding of the concept of strategy and the importance of a product.

The Summer course in Fashion Brand Management examines the relationship between art, culture, marketing and branding, target and communication to gain a deeper understanding of the concept of strategy and the importance of a product that is not only of high quality, but also authentic and perceived well. The purpose of this course is to provide students with an understanding of the relationship between the concept of brand, its identity, and communication tools through a combination of fashion culture and an economic analysis of the fashion system.

The students will deeply understand the fashion processes, culture, style, and digital knowledge in order to read and interpret the system, to evaluate its strengths, to comprehend the complex and delicate mechanisms that govern the international market, their differences and the constant need to balance brand identity with innovation and sustainability.

Information to decide

A study plan divided into five modules alternates cultural, historical, and theoretical subjects with research activities and practical exercises.

As part of the course, classroom lectures and practical exercises are used to deepen the theoretical parts of the course by putting them into practice in the field, as well as lectures and visits.

In this course, students will learn about real fashion case studies in order to understand branding strategies that take into account current needs of companies and the identity of a brand. By providing students with the opportunity to study and work directly in the field with their professors as part of their academic experience, the IED approach provides them with the unique opportunity to develop their professional link with the reference system by using tools and concepts related to culture, product definition and market dynamics.

The course is intended for students who have competence or basic professional expertise in the area of study and are interested in developing their professional skills. Participants must be familiar with the main Fashion Brands and should be motivated to work independently or in team.

Faculty

Course Coordinator

Claudia Gelosa

Professor

Claudia Di Manzano

Professor

Andrea Nardi

Senior Fashion Buyer for CBI - Camera Buyer Italia

Gabriele Moschin

Creative Director

What people say

Fashion Brand Management

Sergio, student from Ecuador, talks about his experience during the Summer Course in Florence.

Sergio Miraglia

Alumnus IED

News

14 November 2025

From all over the world to Turin: IED welcomes its new international students

Two days between campus spaces and the city center, where new international students, guided by a treasure hunt, started to find their way, meet each other, and grow as a group

06 November 2025

Casa IED opens in New York: a new space for design culture and creative exchange

In Williamsburg, the creative heart of New York, Casa IED has opened as the first of the spaces that IED will dedicate to cultural exchange and collaborative design.

03 November 2025

2 IED Barcelona alumni bring their brands to the Barcelona Fashion Forward pop-up

Until 22 November, Guillermo Justicia and Laia Canales's firm, Alaire, two of the four winners of the 6th edition of this fashion entrepreneurship program, are presenting their collections in a pop-up shop at the Trent space.

28 October 2025

Elna Solans, IED Barcelona alumnus, triumphs in the 13th edition of the Rec.0 and 080 Barcelona Fashion emerging brands competition

With her brand D’Ars, she has won this award recognizing her as the best emerging fashion proposal in the region.

28 October 2025

IED opens Fashion Graduate Italia 2025 with the best of its Fashion Designers

Eight creatives from the Italian campuses of the IED network take to the runway at BASE with their graduation collections

23 October 2025

Danilo Venturi, Director of IED Milan, took part in Miami Fashion Week.

On the occasion of Miami Fashion Week, Danilo Venturi, Director of IED Milan, took part as moderator of the panel titled “The Digital Stitch: Empowering the Next Generation with CLO3D.” The discussion featured Saul Kapilivsky (Assistant Professor, MFI) and Marz Klimaszewska (Business Development, CLO Virtual Fashion) in a conversation dedicated to the role of technology in educating the next generation of fashion professionals.

Close-up of a man in a shirt and with light hair looking at the camera. Black and white photo.

21 October 2025

Edward Cuming wins the Vogue Fashion Fund 2025

The designer, an alumnus of IED Barcelona, has won the most prestigious award in the Spanish fashion industry, promoted by Vogue España and Inditex.

20 October 2025

IED Barcelona, the only Spanish fashion school in The Circularity Master Class by Zalando

A circular fashion project led by the Graduate Fashion Foundation that brings together the best European fashion design universities.

20 October 2025

IED alumni brands shine at 080 Barcelona Fashion

EIKŌ AI (IED Barcelona), Moisés Nieto, Carlota Barrera, and REPARTO (IED Madrid) showcased their collections with great success at one of the most essential events on the international fashion calendar.