Description

The objective of the course of Fashion Stylist is to professionally prepare students for the fashion sector who will then be capable of effectively contributing to the communication process, the promotion and therefore the total enhancement of the fashion product and the imaginary aesthetic/style which it characterizes.

Highlights

Professional Profile: Fashion Stylist

The Fashion Stylist, a rapidly increasing professional category, must develop the capacities and character of a project designer. His abilities must cover the complete range of the methods of research, a deep understanding of the fashion system and the components of its historical and cultural background, social and technical, as well as the capacity to interpret trends, making him one of the principle creators of styles and one of the most critical observers of the transformation of fashion in the world.

The course is directed to those responsible for merchandising activities and in-store marketing, key accounts, visual merchandisers, those coordinating the company image of distributors and franchising operations.

The first year of the Fashion Stylist course is dedicated to understanding the basics of the technical tools of the trade, the organization and methods used in project design and a solid cultural background regarding the world of fashion. The course concentrates on the design of a fashion photography project: from observing the real world and understanding the various inputs, to the development of an idea and its translation into a style, imagining how this could be presented in the creation of an editorial project. An essential objective is to help the student to understand various styles, to analyze and synthesize reality and one's own ideas, and gain the ability to translate this creativity into a consistent image, which is capable of transmitting the essence of an esthetic idea.

The second year is designed to help the student through concrete experimentation of the methods, the tools which have been studied and the cultural aspects, which are all more profoundly investigated: the projects (photo shoots of women, men and still life) are undertaken by studying the various phases of research/development/and realization and represent the basic building blocks of the course of study. Each subject is thought about as it relates to the project: the technical and creative tools (software, digital corrections of the images, creating video); the cultural signals (contemporary fashion, photography, semiotics and in general being able to interpret images). The fundamental objective is to form a Fashion Stylist capable of managing the creative process, the time frame and the mechanisms of project design, and to gain a full understanding of the diverse styles that fashion has historically followed, the contemporary trends, and to gain the ability to critically analyze and synthesize new forms of fashion.

The third year is dedicated to advanced project design in a professional simulated context and in a culturally complex situation. The process by which the final project is completed leaves room for personal intuitions and critical reflections on the part of the student. The thesis project for the course of Fashion Stylist favors the development of a personal style, original and coherent, where the student must demonstrate his knowledge of all technical, qualitative and economic aspects related to the final production.

The course is recognized by MIUR as an Academic Diploma Level I.

Minimum Education

High School

Subject Areas

• Art/fine Arts
• Communications
• Marketing, Ad., & Pr

Cost in US$:

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This Program is open to

Worldwide Participants.

Typical Living Arrangements

• Apartment/Flat
• Independent living

Participants Travel

Independently

Typically Participants Work

Independently or in Groups of 5

Scholarships are Available

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Application Process Involves

• Other
• Resume
• Written Application

IED - Istituto Europeo di Design's Mission Statement

For over thirty years, the Istituto Europeo di Design has been operating in the fields of Education and Research in the disciplines of Design, Fashion and Visual Communication. Today it is an international network with Seats in Milan, Rome, Turin, Venice, Florence, Cagliari, Madrid, Barcelona and Sao Paolo and organizes three year courses that are alternative study pathways to those offered by traditional universities, together with refresher and permanent training courses, advanced courses and post-graduate Masters degree courses. The scope of the Istituto Europeo di Design is in fact, to offer young professionals working in the fields of Fashion, Design and Communication, the most efficacious tools necessary to answer the demands of the production world: a project and communication culture that will accompany them throughout their careers.

Year Founded

1966