accademia costume & moda - an overview

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“Fashion and Costume can be considered two expressions of the same art. We like to think of them as also part of Human’s Culture and Nature. This is probably why society has always communicated its style through this Art as its meaningful and symbolic character. Custom and costume become the combination of the ever changing world of Fashion and the endless evolution of human life, marking the level of sensitivity of each era and culture.” Rosana Pistolese, Founder of Accademia di Costume e Moda, 1964

“We consider Costume and Fashion two essential pillars of our culture. That’s why we chose to focus on both issues combining them with the surrounding worlds of design, culture, research, tradition, innovation, craftsmanship, product making shaping future professionals geared for the ever demanding industry. Favoured by a one and only opportunity offered by our exceptional location that has hosted us for the last 50 years: Rome.”Fiamma Lanzara, President of Accademia di Costume e Moda since 1990

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4ACCADEMIA COSTUME & MODA

The Accademia Costume & Moda was founded in 1964 by Rosana Pistolese (1925-2008), who previously inaugurated the Chair of

Fashion Design at the California State University (Davis Campus) and was visiting Lecturer at the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York. Costume and Fashion Historian, journalist and designer she dedicated a lifetime to education. For the past 50 years, the School has been a cultu-ral centre of excellence in the areas of Fashion and Costume, providing the Fashion System and Entertainment Industry with professionals who have pursued great careers nationally and internationally.

5ALUMNI NETWORK

In its 50 years, Accademia has developed many talents in all its fields

of reference. We cannot possibly list them all but we can give you a slight taste of some of their most outstanding achievements.Among our ex-students we can find famous Creative Directors of some of the most important fashion houses, such as Alessandro Michele for Gucci, Frida Giannini, Aldo Maria Camillo for Cerruti, Raffaele Borriello for Maison Leonard.Others instead, have decided to run an independent career creating their own brands - Maurizio Galante (Maurizio Galante Haute Couture), Tommaso Aquilano (AQUILANO RIMONDI and Creative Director together with

Marella Ferrera (MARELLA FERRERA), Bruno Simeone (Rossorame).While some have become Head Designers or Line Managers for fashion companies like Valentino, Armani, Gucci, Louis Vuitton, Plein Sud. And to make the list even more complete we must not forget our many Senior Designers working for the fashion industry both in Italy and abroad for companies like Max Mara, Givenchy, Dolce e Gabbana etc. As for the show business, among alumni Isabella Rossellini, we are the proud starting point for Academy Award winners like Manlio Rocchetti (“Driving Miss Daisy”) also nominated for the BAFTA Awards for “Gangs of New York”, and top level costume tailors like Francesca Sartori and Gianna Gissi, both winners of several David di Donatello, Stefano Canulli illustrator and costume designer (e.g. Cirque du Soleil), Vrettos Vrettakos celebrity designer for Bejoncè and Jennifer Lopez.

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The library and the archive of the Accademia di Costume e di Moda

have been inserted in the Project “1900 Fashion Archives” promoted by the Italian Ministry of Cultural Heritage and Activities.

Our library property counts around 3.000 units and it grows year after year thanks to continous purchases and donations.

We also have a magazine library that preserves original copies dating back to 1876. Among the subscriptions with high historical and bibliographic value there are “Bellezza” and ”Harper’s Bazaar” (donated by fashion journalist Irene Brin), “Vogue”, “Crapouillot”,

“Draper’s organiser”, “Sipario”, “Il dramma”, “Boehn von Max - Die mode”, “Fashion”, “l’Officiel 1000 modeles 2006”, “Textile vie”, etc.

The archive has been affirmed by the regional board of the ministry of cultural heritage and environmental conservation, as of “important historical attention”. The core of this documentation is constituted by the papers of Rosana Pistolese, founder of the Accademia.

Over the years the library and its archives have been further enriched by works donated by distinguished costume and fashion personalities: Elio Costanzi (scriptwriter and professor); Ottavio Spadaro (director); Bruno Piattelli (designer); Maurizio Monteverde (costume designer and professor).

BOOK & MAGAZINE LIBRARY

For businesses and for the world of arts and culture, the college has always been a meeting place and a key destination in their search for high-level,

qualified professionals.Personalities as Irene Brin, Giulio Andreotti (Honorary Chairman), Susanna Agnelli (Honorary Chairman), Renè Gruau, Laura Biagiotti, Pierre Cardin, Gianni Bulgari, Egon Von Furstenberg, Isabella Rossellini, Roberto Rossellini, Giovanni Spadolini, Bruno Piattelli, Roberto Capucci, Lindsay Kemp, Indira Gandhi, Federico Zeri, Daniel Bovet, Marco Tullio Giordana or Achille Bonito Oliva have been lectures of unmemorable moments…

… continuing today with Sara Maino, Gitte Jonstadder, Matteo Marzotto, Tommaso Aquilano, Lapo Elkann, Maurizio Galante …

ISABELLA ROSSELLINI WITH HER WORKS

RENÈ GRUAU AND LAURA BIAGIOTTI

INDIRA GANDHI AND ROSANA PISTOLESEGIOVANNI SPADOLINI

GUEST LECTURERS

8SINCE 1964 . . .

PIERRE CARDIN SUSANNA AGNELLI DEANNA FERRETTI & EGON VON FURSTENBERG

NELLO PONENTE AND SERGIO CAPECE MINUTOLO FEDERICO SCHUBERT ROBERTO CAPUCCI WITH ROSANA PISTOLESE

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LUPO LANZARA, MANAGING DIRECTOR OF THE ACCADEMIA WITH SUZY MENKES AND SILVIA VENTURINI FENDI CINZIA MALVINI AND TOMMASO AQUILANO

PIERO VITALINI, CESARE CUNACCIA,KSENIA ROMANOVA

AND ANGELOS BRATIS

LUPO LANZARA WITH SILVIA VENTURINI FENDI

FRANCA SOZZANI WITH STUDENTS FROM THE THREE-YEARS PERIODLUPO LANZARA WITH SUZY MENKES, SIVLIA VENTURINI

FENDI AND THE JURY OF WHO IS ON NEXT

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STAIRS & COSTUMES AT THE ACCADEMIA CLASSROOM AT THE ACCADEMIA

SHOES PROTOTYPESACCESSORIES LABORATORIES


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12THE PROGRAMS

The Academic Offer of ACM includes:

Three-Year UNDERGRATUATE COURSES• (ITA) Academic Diploma in Costume and Fashion (180 ECTS)• (ENG) Undergraduate Course in Fashion Accessory Design - Made in Italy• (ENG) Undergraduate Course in Fashion Editor, Styling & Communication 1st Level MASTER’S DEGREE COURSES (60 ECTS) -1 Academic Year• (ENG) Alta Moda, Fashion Design• (ENG) The Art and Craft of the Costume Designer for Opera and Ballet• (ENG) Maglieria, Creative Knitwear Design• (ENG) Fashion Jewellery Design • (ENG) Accessory Design – Leather Goods, Shoes, Bags and Eyewear

VOCATIONAL COURSES - 6-9 months• (ITA) Fashion Communication • (ITA) Fashion Design• (ITA) Accessory Design

INTENSIVE COURSES (week-end formula) and SUMMER SCHOOLFashion; Costume; Accessories; 3D Pattern Making; Visual Merchandising; Marketing & Communication.

13THREE YEAR BACHELOR DEGREE IN FASHION & COSTUME DESIGNRECOGNISED BY THE ITALIAN MINISTRY OF EDUCATION

First Level Academic Diploma (M.D. 14 July 2011 n.94)Costume and Fashion - 180 Credits

The Diploma is the only one in Italy that proceeds equally in Fashion and Costume within the same educational path.

The Academic Diploma aims to train professional figures capable of meeting the needs of companies in both fashion and costume design: research, design, planning and product. The structure of the Diploma promotes continuous interaction between specific techniques and skills in the fields of Fashion and Costume, guaranteeing the student an adequate education in culture, style and design in the areas of costume, fashion and accessories.

The course provides students with a complete education programme which ables them a good standard of professional competence.

14THREE YEAR BACHELOR DEGREE IN FASHION & COSTUME DESIGNRECOGNISED BY THE ITALIAN MINISTRY OF EDUCATION

First year Credits 58Style, Art and Costume History 1 (ABST47) 4History of Costume 1 (ABST47) 4History of Fashion 1 (ABST48) 4Typology of Materials (ABPR30) 6Fashion Design 1 (ABPR34) 10Textile Design 1 (ABPR34) 6Costume Design 1 (ABPR32) 10History of the Performing Arts 1 (ABST53) 4Iconography and Anatomy Design (ABLE69) 6Fundamentals of Information Technology (ABTEC39) 4

Second year Credits 64Style, Art and Costume History 2 (ABST47) 4History of Costume 2 (ABST47) 4History of Fashion 2 (ABST48) 4Computer Graphics (ABTEC38) 6Fashion Design 2 (ABPR34) 10Textile Design 2 (ABPR34) 6Accessories Design 1 (ABPR34) 6Costume Design 2 (ABPR32) 10History of the Performing Arts 2 (ABST53) 4English Language (ABLIN71) 4Cultural Marketing Fundamentals (ABLE69) 6

Third year Credits 62Style, Art and Costume History 3 (ABST47) 4History of Costume 3 (ABST47) 4History of Fashion 3 (ABST48) 4Fashion Design 3 (ABPR34) 10Accessories Design 2 (ABPR34) 6Layout and Visualization Techniques (ABPR19) 6Costume Design 3 (ABPR32) 10History of the Performing Arts 3 (ABPR32) 4Marketing e Management (ABPSC67) 6Final Thesis 8

A practical and theoretical approach Lectures Seminars with experts Labs Individual guided approach Visits to events and trade fairs Participation to international contests Visits to fashion companies Visits to theatre, cinema and television productions


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At the end of the Three Year Programme, after an accurate selection, final year’s students present their Final Work.

The Fashion Final Work “Talents” consists in a collection created by each student, chosen by a commission of experts from the fashion world.

These collections are presented during Rome’s Couture Fashion Week/ALTAMODALTAROMA

The Costume Final Work consists in preparation and presentation of a real Theatre Show thanks also to the collaboration of external important professionals and to the Lecturers of the Accademia.

The Costumes designed by our students are worn by the actors during the theatre show

OUR STUDENTS FINAL WORKS

17FASHION: TALENTS 2015JURY: SILVIA VENTURINI FENDI (PRESIDENT, ALTAROMA), AND IN ALPHABETIC ORDER, GIAMPIERO ARCESE (DESIGN COORDINATOR ARMANI COLLEZIONI DONNA) LIVIA CARIMINI (ASSISTANTE HAUTE COUTURE, MAISON VALENTINO), DAVIDE DALLOMO (FOUDER AND PRESIDENT, LAGENTE MILANO), MARCO FALCIONI (HEAD DESIGNER MENSWEAR HUGO BOSS ), DEANNA FERRETTI (MODATECA DEANNA), MAURIZIO GALANTE (DESIGNER COUTURIER), GIOVANNA GENTILE FERRAGAMO (VICE PRESIDENT, SALVATORE FERRAGAMO), SIMONETTA GIANFELICI (FASHION CONSULTANT AND TALENT SCOUT), STELLA JEAN (FASHION DESIGNER), LAURA LUSUARDI (FASHION COORDINATOR, MAX MARA), RAFFAELLO NAPOLEONE (CEO, PITTI IMMAGINE).

18COSTUME: TEATRO INDIA, “L’ILUSIÓN COMIQUE”DI PIERRE CORNEILLE 2012PHOTOS OF THE PLAY AND ACCADEMIA’S LABS

19COSTUME: TEATRO VASCELLO, “IN PIENO NEL MONDO. PALMA BUCARELLI”DI LORENZO CANTATORE, MARILÙ PRATI, EDOARDO SASSI 2014PHOTOS OF THE PLAY

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Only a few of the many contests our students participate in.

Every year the young designers position their collections as finalists and/or winners in many contests (RMI, Mittlemoda, REMIX, VOGUE TALENTS).

The Accademia has also been selected in July 2012 to participate among the best fashion schools of the world to International Competition of Graduate Fashion Week, London.

And from next year 2016 it has been selected to participate to the prestigious H&M Design Competition, among 40 international fashion schools of which only 4 Italian

21INTERNATIONAL CONTESTS

GEA ANTONINI WINNER, MITTELMODA 2011 GIULIA TESORIERE 2 PLACE REMIX 2012

CORRADO SCOLLO & ADRIANA CALZETTIWINNER, MITTELMODA 2012

GRADUATE FASHION WEEK LONDON 2014DESIGNER SABRINA PILKATI

NICOLAS MARTIN GARCIA - REMIX 2015

DEBORA FOSSACECA AND FEDERICO BUCARI AT 23TH ED. OF CALZEDONIA CONTEST 2015


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24GLIMPSES OF THE ACCADEMIA

2828GLIMPSES OF THE ACCADEMIA FACTORY

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