Articles by Isabella Naef
ITS Contest 2023: Here are the names of the 16 finalists
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The 16 finalists of this year’s ITS Contest have been announced from an initial intake of over 750 projects from 65 countries, with the award ceremony scheduled to take place on March 22, in Trieste, Italy. Finalists were selected by a wide ranging jury, including co-founder of Fashion Revolution Orsola de Castro, curator and creative director...
Fashion Graduate Italia: young designers showcase collections in Milan
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Fashion Graduate Italia, a fashion week that showcases the designs of Italy's fashion talents, wraps up its 2023 edition today at Base Milan. The event, which began on 24 October, is organised by Piattaforma sistema formativo moda ente del terzo settore (Ets), a hub that brings together Italian post-diploma training institutions and academies in...
Valentino Vintage: Valentino donates designer clothes to seven schools
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Valentino Vintage has donated items from the brand to seven schools, marking the final phase of the project, which was launched in 2021. The project, now in its second edition, is aimed at breathing new life into creations from the fashion house. Thanks to a collaboration with 1 Granary, an internationally recognized platform for education,...
Polimoda appoints new industry mentors for academic year 2023/2024
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Polimoda has announced new partnerships with fashion professionals for the academic year 2023/2024. Matteo Ward, Ellen Mirojnick, Marc Ascoli, Stefano Filippelli and Angelo Caroli officially join the Polimoda faculty as mentors. Matteo Ward, CEO and co-founder of Wrad and a guiding voice in the field of sustainable fashion, will lead the master...
City of Milan and Ferragamo launch scholarship project to support local fashion talent
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The project entitled 'Milan and Ferragamo for the training of young talents', a synergy between the Milan City Council's Department of Labor Policies, the Salvatore Ferragamo Group and the ETS Fashion Training System Platform has been presented in Milan. The aim of the project is to provide support for a high-level training path for four...
10th edition of Ermenegildo Zegna Founder's Scholarship kicks off
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Launched in 2014, the Ermenegildo Zegna Founder's scholarship project is now in its tenth edition. The sponsorship will continue for a further 15 years of the project's total 25 years since its inception. The programme, with an annual contribution of up to 1 million euros, allows selected students from over 20 Italian universities and schools of...
Secoli Institute and Canali team up to train prototype makers in Italy
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Istituto Secoli, a Milan-based fashion school founded in 1934, opened a training hub in Novara last October dedicated to teaching prototyping. The new location, created in partnership with Alexander McQueen, Gucci, Herno, In.Co, Versace and Zamasport, aims to train a new generation of professionals and disseminate the craftsmanship of the 'made...
Polimoda: student Giorgia Giannotta receives 'best collection' award of 2023
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Polimoda awarded the title of 'Best collection of 2023' to designer Giorgia Giannotta, whose collection was voted the best of the show by a jury of industry experts. The young designer can therefore be said to be the winner of the school's Anthos Graduation Show 2023, which took place in Florence on June 15. The event featured the collections of...
Amazon presents 25 fashion sketches created by IED Roma students
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After the official presentation on May 10 in Florence, the fashion design project 'Dress your story' by Amazon, created in collaboration with the European Institute of Design (IED) in Rome and the small Tuscan textile company Dalle Piane Cashmere, has taken shape. The company unveiled the 25 fashion sketches inspired by the stories of the...
Italian companies launch free master course 'New skills for sustainability in the industrial sector'
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Tre Zeta Group, a company in Tuscany, Italy that is active in the production of luxury shoe soles, is collaborating with Italian consulting firm Masoni Consulting to launch a new master course entitled 'New skills for sustainability in the industrial sector'. The course is free and will start in October. Masoni Consulting provides technical and...