Fashion Design
Florence
ITA
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First Level Academic Diploma in Fashion Design - Specialization in Fashion Design
Language
Italian, English
Start date
October 2026
January 2027
Frequency
Full time
Fruition
On campus
Duration
3 Years
Credits
180 CFA/ECTS
Course Coordination
Vivetta Ponti
The Bachelor of Arts in Fashion Design at IED Firenze combines artisanal expertise with advanced technologies, fostering a dialogue between tailoring skills and digital tools - from garment construction to 3D design.
The course offers an immersive learning experience within contemporary fashion processes, with a particular focus on production systems, sustainability, and innovation. Situated in an area known for a well-structured and internationally recognized fashion supply chain, the program turns the local production environment into a real-world laboratory, providing comprehensive future-oriented training grounded in a solid design culture.
Course structure and contents:
The IED programme spans three years, during which design is integrated with cultural knowledge, dialogue with professionals, technical skill development, and the use of innovative tools.
Year One: Establishes a solid and transversal foundation, integrating technical, cultural, and design tools for an informed first approach to fashion design. Courses combine theoretical subjects such as fashion history and art semiotics with practical disciplines including pattern-making, graphic design, and textile culture, translating creative intuition into structured projects. Students begin to develop a personal design language, producing initial prototypes in denim and natural fibres. Sustainability is emphasised through upcycling practices and textile manipulation. At the end of the year, students may choose a specialisation in clothing or accessories, while maintaining an integrated approach to the total look.
Year Two: Dedicated to experimentation and the definition of individual style. Projects move closer to professional contexts through capsule collections inspired by international brands, with teaching guiding the entire creative process – from research to concept, through to product communication. Workshops, competitions, and interdisciplinary activities enrich the pathway, allowing students to personalise their training. Theoretical studies expand to include photography history, marketing, and communication. Design skills deepen according to the chosen specialisation: clothing or accessories and footwear. Students work on specific prototypes such as knitwear pieces and genderless looks, or, in the accessories minor, leather goods and footwear components.
Year Three: Focused on developing a personal collection that reflects the student’s stylistic identity, designed within a simulated professional context where new materials, tailoring techniques, and visual languages are explored. Theoretical subjects such as phenomenology of contemporary arts and film analysis broaden critical and cultural perspectives. The thesis project, developed with faculty support, includes a professional portfolio, complete outfits, physical prototypes, and visual materials for concept presentation.
Final outputs may range from ready-to-wear collections to experimental fashion product projects, from accessory and footwear lines developed in collaboration with local companies to sustainable capsules created with innovative fabrics and digital printing techniques.
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Faculty
Course Coordinator
Vivetta Ponti
Luca Parenti
Art Director
Guido Riccitelli
Fashion Professor
Simona Ciacchi
Creative Designer
Domenico Strecapede
Antonella Pilichi
Fashion Designer
Emanuele Poli
Designer
Leonardo Galeassi
Livia Ridondelli
Fashion Designer
Virginia Fani
University Lecturer
Marco Innocenti
Art Director
Giovanni Iozzi
Professor
Rita Quinto
Designer
Susanna Spoto
Professor
Stefania Pelliccia
Illustrator
Elisabetta Digiugno
Art Historian
Rodolfo Bargelli
Professor
Eva Di Franco
Fashion Designer
Laura Corvino
Fashion Designer
Jl Young Hur
Accessory Designer
Walter Bolognino
Graphic Designer and Art Director
Pier Fioraso
Art-Creative Director
Renato Stasi
Designer
Serena Signorini
Chiara Mosti
Fashion Professor
Giuseppe Moretti
Professor
Sara Piccolo Paci
Professor and Author
Inside the labs
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PATTERN-MAKING AND TAILORING WORKSHOP
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LEATHER WORKSHOP AND TEXTILE LAB
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WORKSHOPS PHOTO
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COMPUTER LABS
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SCANNER LASER 3D - G-SCAN
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