Maurizio Pecoraro appointed International Fashion Chair

Istituto Marangoni announces the appointment of its new International Fashion Chair , Maurizio Pecoraro. His role will involves providing professional advice towards the achievement of excellence standards in the production of fashion collections and managing the assessment process of the students participating in the School’s end-year Fashion Shows.

Commenting on his appointment, officially started on March 1, 2017, Istituto Marangoni Group Managing Director Roberto Riccio said: “Maurizio will ensure high quality, excellence and a strong professional approach in each part of the creation process the fashion collections, supporting with his professional advice all those students that will take part to their last year fashion show. It is therefore an honour to collaborate with such a professional as well as Istituto Marangoni’s Alumnus”.

Maurizio Pecoraro has been running his own namesake label since 1998. Pecoraro’s career is marked for his prestigious collaborations with international fashion companies, including Versace, from which he took over the ‘Art of Alma’ collection, and Valentino, with which he directed the launch of the Valentino Roma line in 2001.

On April 13 the participation of the School’s new Fashion Chair as a guest designer in the next Shanghai Fashion Week along with 15 talented students from Istituto Marangoni Shanghai Training Centre will be the first formal expression of this new collaboration.

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