Summer Course in Fashion Design: Design your Capsule Collection - IED Firenze

Language

English

Start date

June 2026

Frequency

Full time

Fruition

On campus

Duration

3 Weeks

Course Coordination

Claudia Gelosa

Price

2.800 €

The Fashion Design: Design your Capsule Collection enables you to experiment the basic tools of design. 

Theoretical lessons are enhanced by creative workshops, visits to companies and trade fairs, and possible seminars with industry professionals.

Florence, with a centuries-old tradition in the world of fashion and its manufacturing excellence, has an enviable international reputation in fields ranging from fashion and artistic craftsmanship to design and technological innovation. In such incomparable place together with your fellows you will observe and analyze current creative realities and trends.

Information to decide

This course introduces the multifaceted industry that is fashion design. During the three weeks you will cover a wide range of subjects such as fashion history, trend research and techniques while developing skills such as drawing, patternmaking and tailoring techniques in order to complete a capsule collection as your Final Project. 

Also you will learn how to identify and discuss current trends and leaders in the Italian fashion industry and will acquire organisation skills and experience working as part of an international student team. Furthermore, you will employ the standard research methods, key concepts and tools necessary to develop a “collection project” based on the chosen “concept” and “target”.

Throughout the course, you will meet with diverse professionals in the field as part of traditional lecture or showroom visit. Active participation in discussions with guest lecturers and site visit attendance is fundamental.
 

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 features of Fashion Design and keen to understand the main tools to design.

Syllabus

Study Plan

HISTORY OF FASHION
THE CONCEPT OF TREND AND FLORENCE GROUND RESEARCH
INTRO TO COLLECTION PROJECT
FASHION DRAWING
PATTERN MAKING AND TAILORING TECHNIQUES
TECHNOLOGY OF MATERIALS

Faculty

Course Coordinator

Claudia Gelosa

Professor

Eva Di Franco

Fashion Designer    

Alberto Caselli Manzini

Art e Fashion director

Rodolfo Bargelli

Professor

Projects

Fashion Design and Styling

Florence

Final projects / thesis projects
Waxmore

Fashion Design and Styling

Florence

Final projects / thesis projects
Twins Florence

What people say

Fashion Design: Design your Capsule Collection

Cicely, student from London, talks about her experience during the Summer Course in Florence.

Cicely Rose Rutnam

Alumna IED

News

15 April 2026

More than 9,800 students took part in the AQU Catalunya and Catalan universities' mass survey on recent graduate satisfaction

Responses will be used to identify areas for improvement in the higher education studies currently offered in the Catalan university system and in higher artistic education centres.

31 March 2026

IED Firenze and Kingston University present "Together, We are Fashion!"

IED Firenze, in collaboration with Kingston University, presents an international educational project exploring themes of second hand, fashion archives, the influence of art, and brand identity construction within a contemporary context.

25 March 2026

IED ranked among the world's top 100 academic institutions in the QS World University Rankings® by Subject 2026

Europe's largest Art and Design school network secures 78th place worldwide in the Art & Design discipline, marking its 60th anniversary year.

25 March 2026

Inditex Talent Session at IED Barcelona

The Zara Talent programme brought together students from Fashion Design, Interior Design, Styling, Fashion Marketing and Communication, and Footwear Design for a day of one-to-one meetings with the group’s human resources teams.

Jaime Álvarez, alumni del IED Madrid, gana el Premio Mercedes‑Benz a Mejor Colección con su firma Mans

25 March 2026

Jaime Álvarez, IED Madrid Alumni, wins Mercedes‑Benz Award for Best Collection with his brand Mans

Designer Jaime Álvarez, creator of the Mans label, receives the award at Mercedes‑Benz Fashion Week Madrid, reaffirming the talent of the IED alumni community.

24 March 2026

Antesch Live Printing Event, a night in Turin of streetwear, music and creativity created by two IED alumni

Antesch, a brand founded by IED Torino Fashion Design alumni Eugenio Cauteruccio and Andrea Torresan, is organising a Live Printing Night together with Dart Production, bringing together live customisation, streetwear, food and music.

23 March 2026

MBFW honours designers Juan Vidal, a lecturer at IED Barcelona, and Jaime Álvarez (MANS), IED Madrid Alumni

Juan Vidal has been awarded the National Designer Award, whilst Jaime Álvarez has received the NARS Icon Award

Models walking down a dark, smoky fashion runway

20 March 2026

Three alumni brands to present their collections at 080 Barcelona Fashion

Eñaut, Guillermo Justicia (IED Barcelona) and REPARTO (IED Madrid) will showcase their collections on the most international fashion runway in Spain which, from 14 to 17 April, will bring creative and designer fashion to its new location at Port Vell, Marina Vela, for the first time.

19 March 2026

Plural Intelligences: IED Announces the Theme of Its 60th Anniversary

IED reveals Plural Intelligences, the theme dedicated to the 60th anniversary of its foundation, which will take place in 2026.

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