Corso Estivo in Fashion Events and PR - IED Firenze

Language

English

Start date

June 2026

Frequency

Full time

Fruition

On campus

Duration

3 Weeks

Course Coordination

Claudia Gelosa

Price

2.800 €

This course allows you to develop the essential skills and techniques in order to organize successful fashion events and develop communication plans.

This program focuses on the basic skills and methodologies employed in developing and producing successful events specifically for the fashion industry. 

The education path teaches you how to merge the use of public relation strategies, fashion communication and event planning in order to stage an actual fashion event as your Final Project for a partner company. By the end of the course you will have acquired the knowledge of all the steps necessary to plan, organize, and communicate a fashion event, using traditional and new media. 

Together with your fellows you are expected to work outside of class in small groups and individually both for regular assignments as well as the final project.

Information to decide

This course allows you to develop the essential skills and techniques in order to organize successful fashion events and develop communication plans. Together with your classmates you will be divided in groups and will be required to develop three communication projects based on real company briefings. 

Projects focus on the concept design of an original event, on the definition of a communication plan, including the branding strategy, and the use of different PR and communication techniques.

Projects are developed through the different learning modules, which combine theoretical and guided tours at Italian fashion retailers and museums. Projects are presented to the clients halfway through and at the end of the program. 

Site visits are an integral part of the learning experience and are designed to complement what is acquired in the classroom as well as serve as an on-going orientation to the field. Lectures will be held by professionals working in the fashion industry.

This course is intended for creative, flexible, open-minded students from other fields who want to learn and take on challenges.  The course is intended for  people who are interested in the world of fashion communication, in particular in fashion events and PR for fashion business, Skills such as fashion trends setting or sketching can be useful even if not mandatory. Applicants need to show strong motivation and the ability to work in groups.

Syllabus

Fashion events
Fashion communication and pr
Fashion writing
Branding

Faculty

Course Coordinator

Claudia Gelosa

Professor

Claudia Di Manzano

Professor

Giulia Massarenti

Marketing for the Creative Industries

Projects

Fashion Communication and Management

Florence

Final projects / thesis projects
DiversifIED

Fashion Communication and Management

Florence

Final projects / thesis projects
Fake Illusion

Fashion Communication and Management

Florence

Final projects / thesis projects
The Fashion Garden

What people say

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