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LEVEL MASTER'S - 60 ECTS 60 - MASTER'S LEVEL ST 1 Rome November THE ART AND CRAFT OF THE COSTUME DESIGNER 2 ABOUT US 3 GOOD REASONS 3 ACCREDITATION In 53 years of activity Accademia Costume & Moda has developed 1 The 1st Level Master's programme is a strong relationship with the fashion and entertainment industry accredited by the Italian Ministry of in order to design academic programmes aimed at providing an Education, University and Research all-round educational experience with the final objective of career (MIUR) and is worth 60 ECTS. placement and development. Today some of the most important professionals in the world, Creative Directors, Illustrators, Head Designers, Academy Award and David di Donatello winners, are alumni of our academy and continue to collaborate with us in order to keep CAREERS & PLACEMENT a contemporary approach while defending and maximising our “cultural experience”, DNA of Accademia Costume & Moda, and of The two-way flow of information any job linked to creativity. between our Careers & Placement office and Accademia's fashion and entertainment industry contacts, allows a virtuous feedback mechanism that feeds into the planning process of our 2 academic programmes. This allows Accademia and its students to maintain a contemporary and updated positioning both academically as well as from an MASTER'S DEGREE PROGRAMMES industry need perspective. 1 YEAR DEGREES, FULL TIME - 60 ECTS - Alta Moda, Fashion Design - Accessories Design: Leather goods, shoes, eyewear - Creative Knitwear Design - The Art and Craft of the Costume Designer MASTER'S - COSTUME DESIGN COSTUME - MASTER'S - Fashion Jewellery ROME The experience of studying in Rome can be truly unique and very personal. The inspiration that an individual can draw from Rome's culture, history and beauty are unquestionable. In this sense, it can not be a coincidence that important companies such as BVLGARI, GUCCI, FENDI and VALENTINO as well as important Costume Makers are born in Rome or have chosen the Eternal City as their creative 3 hub. Our students, after having absorbed Rome's 1964 84% heritage, work and travel globally enriched with Foundation Among the placement ratio this unique atmosphere. Year best global AY 2015/2016 fashion schools 4 DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION 5 Adrien Yakimov Roberts Coming from North Wales, UK, Adrien moved to London in the early 1980s to study at the prestigious St. Martin’s School of Art (now known as Central St. Martin’s). The illustrative element of designing was natural to Adrien therefore was delighted to take up the opportunity to study Fashion Illustration at Parson’s School of Design in New York. Working for Paul Smith in one of his first stores, he decided to continue his studies in menswear area of fashion at the Royal College of Art of London. Adrien worked for many menswear brands, principally in Italy, before setting up his own business under his own name. After gaining experience at teaching at different levels at some of the top fashion schools Adrien eventually took the role of Head of Design at London College of Fashion, participating in a teaching learning project with University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka. Moving up to the role of Programme Leader – Fashion Design, Enterprise & Innovation at University of the Creative Arts, UK, gave Adrien the first experience in curriculum development and validation processes. During this time Adrien was elected to the Executive Committee of Graduate Fashion Week London, still a MASTER'S - COSTUME DESIGN COSTUME - MASTER'S member of the committee today Adrien has worked with alongside many UK fashion university leaders in creating an internationally renowned event. When offered the opportunity to move back to Italy for Istituto Marangoni, in Milan as Group Director of Education to develop and validate courses with Manchester Metropolitan University, Adrien saw this as the chance to develop his skills further whilst returning back to Italy which he had always considered his home. Adrien is the Director of Education of Accademia Costume & Moda in Rome since 2014, in order to implement the internationalization of the academy and support the Italian fashion industry through education. 6 DIRECTOR OF ACADEMIC PROGRAMMES 7 Barbara Trebitsch Barbara Trebitsch worked as Senior Head of Academic Projects at Domus Academy and NABA, and Dean of Global Art and Design Academy (GADA) at East China Normal University of Shanghai, from 2016 to March 2018. She was head of the Fashion School of Domus Academy for 16 years, managing and planning the programmes for the Master’s in Fashion Design, Accessories Design-Shoes, Leather goods and Jewellery, Fashion Styling and Visual Merchandising, Fashion Management, Luxury Brand Management. As Head of the Fashion School and Director of the Fashion Programmes at Domus Academy, she worked together with brands such as: Antonio Berardi, Costume National, Alessandro Dell’Acqua, Damir Doma, Napapijri, Nike, 7 For All Mankind, Swarovski, Moncler, Salvatore Ferragamo, Versace, Vogue Italy, Timberland, Tod’s Group, Stone Island, Swarovski. She is also member of the Academic Council of Ixel Moda (Latin-American academic association), of the Educational Board of Arts Thread and she is also in the Commission of experts who select candidates for the medal given by MAM Maestro d’Arte e Mestiere (Fondazione Cologni dei Maestri d’Arte). MASTER'S - COSTUME DESIGN COSTUME - MASTER'S She took part to the selecting committee of Project Runway Italy. Together with London College of Fashion, Parsons School of Design and IFM Paris, she is among the founders of the Fashion Colloquia, an international academic network which promotes talks and conferences on Fashion and Education. 8 MASTER'S DIRECTOR 9 Andrea Viotti Andrea begins his career as a costume designer first for costume maker Sartoria Tirelli, where he acquires his first competences and subsequently for Annamode Costumes. For eight years, working with both Tirelli and Annamode, Andrea is assistant to the most famous costume designers of the period such as Academy Award winner Piero Tosi, Gabriella Pascucci, Eugenio Guglielminetti, Pier Luigi Pizzi, Maurizio Monteverde, Piero Cigoletti, Marilù Alianello, Sylvano Bussotti. In 1973, is the year of his first TV movie: Lenin (directed by P.Nelli). Various other films for both state TV-broadcaster RAI and cinema followed. In 1979, Andrea met theatre director Gabriele Lavia, with whom he collaborates for over 30 years and who draws Andrea to the world of theatre. In the field of theatre, Andrea collaborates also with other great figures like Luigi Squarzina, Luca Barbareschi, Matteo Tarasco Franco Però among others. From 1990, he accepts to develop and design the permanent stages of Gardaland and of the Teatro Sala Tripcovich (the Verdi Theatre) in Trieste. In 1979, Andrea is nominated for the David di Donatello Prize (the MASTER'S - COSTUME DESIGN COSTUME - MASTER'S Italian Academy Awards) for best costumes for the film El Alamein, directed by Enzo Monteleone. Another of Andrea's passions was the study of civil and military costume, publishing various books and research material. The opera was also an area of great expression for Andrea, with collaborations for Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, the Scala Theatre in Milan, Petruzzelli Theatre in Bari, San Carlo Theatre in Naples, Suntory Hall in Tokyo and the San Francisco Opera. Costume has been Andrea's long-life passion and beginning in 2007 he has also become part of Accademia Costume & Moda's costume department which is he is now heading. Andrea is a member of the Academic Committee and of the board of directors of Accademia Costume & Moda Moral Entity. 10 THE MASTER'S PROGRAMME 11 START November DURATION 1 Year, full-time LANGUAGE Italian English, with simultaneous translation TITLE 1st level Master's Diploma MIUR, Ministry of Italian Education, University and Research CREDITS 60 ECTS ADMISSION Portfolio and interview THE MASTER'S PROGRAMME MASTER'S - COSTUME DESIGN COSTUME - MASTER'S HAS A LIMITED NUMBER OF PLACES Rehearsals - Master's in Costume Design A.Y. 2015/2016 12 THE MASTER'S PROGRAMME 13 In collaboration with some of the most important costume-making companies and costume accessories makers (hats, shoes, bags), make-up and headgear crafters for national and international cinema and theatre productions, known worldwide for their excellence, creativity, craftsmanship and interpretative capacity. The role of the costume designer is fundamental in the opera house: an artist who knows costume history and tradition, its roots, anthropological and psychological interpretations, emotional suggestions, that through his creations dictates the measure of time in which the story takes place, the psychology of the characters, faithfully reflecting what is expressed in music. It could not have been anywhere else, other than Italy, that a Master's programme in costume design, focused on these two MASTER'S - COSTUME DESIGN COSTUME - MASTER'S extraordinary forms of entertainment, opera, could be developed. Italy, the country of Leonardo, Michelangelo and Caravaggio Furthermore, the Master's programme, allows our students, thanks to a three-year agreement signed between Accademia Costume & Moda and theatre production company GITIESSE Artisti Riuniti, directed by Geppy Gleijeses and the Quirino Theatre in Rome, a hands-on experience in the preparation of their final project, signing as costume designers their first real-life play, which for A.Y. 2015/2016 was "the Materassi Sisters" Example of a production book - Costume