Fashion Design
Circular Practices for the Fashion System
Milan
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ITA
Second Level Academic Diploma in Fashion Design - Specialization in Responsible Fashion Design
Language
English, Italian
Start date
October 2026
Frequency
Full time
Fruition
On campus
Duration
2 Years
Credits
120 CFA / ECTS
Course Coordination
Marina Spadafora
How to develop sustainable garments and responsible fashion collections?
With the EU Strategy for Sustainable and Circular Textiles introduced by the European Parliament, the fashion industry will be required to take bold steps towards sustainable design, production, distribution and communication processes.
The Master of Arts in Fashion Design. Circular Practices for the Fashion System provides insight into the whole fashion system, from resources involved in production to the ways products are shared and used by communities, with a view to restricting overproduction and overconsumption patterns. This approach fits into the vision of DesignXCommons, where design is regarded to integrate the commons and regenerate the planet.
With the aim to promote responsible and sustainable fashion, this course explores project design skills involved in the creation of fashion collections, based on a critical approach to the concepts of design, production, distribution, communication and disposal methods. Special attention will also be given to understanding such factors as circularity, ecodesign, product longevity, with inclusion and innovation being a key part of all projects. Building on the study of the new EU regulations around the circular textile strategy, this course provides an interdisciplinary approach to develop sustainable projects that can address such regulations by creating zero-waste models and experimenting with new materials. All this will contribute to the transformation of the fashion industry towards new project practices based on full awareness of ethical and social implications.
Career roles that can be pursued with the degree programme in Fashion Design. Circular Practices for the Fashion System will have the opportunity to contribute to sustainable fashion development for a variety of companies in the fashion industry - but also to get involved in developing their own brands - taking on such roles as eco textile experts and consultants, CSR* consultants (*Corporate Social Responsibility), heads of innovation, and sustainability managers. Continuing in Ph.D. trajectories at Italian and foreign universities will also be an option.
Faculty
Course Leader
Marina Spadafora
Sustainability and style consultant
Francesco Ballestrazzi
Milliner
Nuala Goodman
Artist and Textile Designer
Fulvio Alvisi
Textile Designer
Renato Stasi
Designer
Cora Bellotto
Fashion Designer
Laura Lisi
Translator and Interpreter
Lika Kubaneishvili
Fashion designer
Marco Bagalini
Pattern Maker and Tailor
What people say
Fashion Design. Circular Practices for the Fashion System
Course Coordinator describes the goal, the methodology and the professional opportunities of the Master of Arts in Fashion Design.
DesignXCommons
The world could be otherwise: making by making strange
"The world has become so flattened by routine that we no longer fully see the objects around us; we merely recognize them."
The workshop took place at Rifugio Amprimo (Val di Susa- Italy) and has been inspired by the statement of Russian theorist Viktor Shklovsky.
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