How to become a fashion designer

How to Become a Fashion Designer in Italy

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A fashion designer draws and creates clothes for a show or a film, takes part to fairs, exhibitions, as well as fashion shows. When a fashion designer has to create clothing for a film or a play, his or her aim is to read the screenplay and decide actors’ and actresses’ clothes together with the director. In fashion firms a fashion designer has to consider time and target of a collection: his or her clothes have to be both creative and fruitful in an economic sense. A continuous curiosity for vintage clothing, both local and foreign, refresher courses on fashion, a large view on the international market, new trends and customs allow a fashion designer to sharpen his/her tools and skills and to be intellectually prone to create original items.

How to become a fashion designer:  Where does a fashion designer work?
A fashion designer works in the fashion industry, and on theatre or cinema sets. He or she usually uses graphic, drawing, and painting instruments, paper models, sewing machines, needles, spun yarns, scissors and irons. Sportswear, elegant, casual, avant-garde clothing are his or her final creations.

How to become a fashion designer: Required skills
If you want to become a fashion designer you should graduate at a fashion design school or attend a fashion course. A fashion designer should be creative, precise and have an impeccable aestethic sense. It is also necessary to have the necessary competences in tailoring techniques, knowledge of textile technology, CAD (Computer aided design),  and solid marketing and business notions.

How to become a fashion designer: Some courses
In Rome you could attend a fashion design course at the Romeur Academy where lessons are combined with workshops and seminars about fashion, photography, make-up , and cinema. At the Istituto Europeo Design you may chose among course in fashion accessories and shoes, fashion design and jewellery (in Italian) or fashion communication (in English).  In Milan fashion design courses (one year) are organized at the Istituto Marangoni which reinforces relations between the school and companies, while at Domus Academy there are courses and masters in accessories, shoes and fashion design. In Florence there is Accademia Italiana with an interesting offer of academic fashion courses and masters programs. Subjects included in the curriculum are fashion illustration, history of costume, experimental laboratory, and tailoring techiques.  Now that you know what is out their, all you have to do now is choose your course and go!

More to come on Rome-Explorer.com's page dedicated to becoming a fashion designer in Italy.

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