History of the School:

From 1997, together with the Lombardy Region and other experts in the sector and Associations in the same category, such as Assomoda, Associazione Design Italiano, Federabbigliamento, the Camera Nazionale della Moda Italiana entered the world of training with the project, Italian Fashion School - Department of Training and Research of the Camera Nazionale della Moda Italiana. This school is for training young people who are ready to respond to the different requirements of the fashion-clothing companies, which need professionals who have increasingly specific expertise.

Where to find the School:

The Italian Fashion School is based in Milan, care of the S.I.A.M., Società di Incoraggiamento di Arti e Mestieri, in Via Santa Marta 18. The courses held at this School are free, thanks to finance from the European Social Fund. The Institution which organises these courses has helped about 80/85% of those taking its courses, to find work, as well as actively participating in the development of research and fashion projects for companies, associations and international research institutions.

Teachers at the School:

The teachers are professionals and managers in this sector and were chosen on the basis of their expertise and professional approach and their ability to transfer an operative vision of the profession to the boys and girls, besides the basic knowledge of each subject. The courses are co-ordinated by a Multi-disciplinary Team: tutor, co-ordinators, planners, visiting professor. They are all professionals with a considerable vocation for research that is typical of Italian fashion.

Training Course:

The course includes a series of projects and work based on the internet, participation in the different fashion shows and in the most important fairs and displays in this sector, one-to-one meetings with "prime speakers" and experts in the Italian fashion system and in the sectors connected with it, as well as guided tours to the companies and the organisation of study trips.

The course offers participants the possibility of establishing a direct contact with the world of work and puts into practice the tools studied during the course. Some companies in the sector really make themselves available in order to involve the boys and girls in their activities, in a period of stages (from 300 to 400 hours). Amongst these companies, we should like to mention the following: Alma, Biagiotti, Chicco, Coin, Corneliani, Lella Curiel, Diesel, Erreuno, Itierre, Les Copains, Marzotto, Max Mara, Mila Schon, Moschillo, Piacenza, Promotion Italia, Trussardi and Versace.