This course aims to train professional figures capable of managing the multidisciplinary complexities of the Fashion System, connecting the ideation and development phase of the product to marketing, communication, and distribution strategies. The course provides cultural, design, and management skills related to fashion supply chain and marketing management. Students will develop brand vision and identity projects, digital communication, and distribution starting from the knowledge of the product system and designing strategic processes related to the new demands of the digital marketing market and new models of creative entrepreneurship related to the supply chain and sustainable design.
Over the BA students will have the opportunity to:
Department: Design and Applied Arts
Area: Fashion Design
Title Awarded: First Level Academic Degree
Credits: 180 CFA
Starting: October 2024 - February 2025
Duration: 3 years
Languages: Italian and English
Campus: Milan and Rome*
*Starting from October 2025
NABA provides students with the opportunity to study abroad as part of their academic experience.
NABA Academic Coordination Office, in charge for the management of the exchange programmes, supports students in taking advantage of the international study opportunities through exchange programmes and promoting educational experiences thanks to a network including numerous prestigious international partner universities.
NABA counts more than 70 cooperation agreements with academies and universities through the Erasmus+ Programme in Europe and others international cooperation agreements with several universities outside Europe.
NABA has developed strong relationships with leading companies which provide internships for NABA students, including: Chanel, Gabs, Staff International, Hugo Boss, Valentino Fashion Group, Ratti, Bembercell, Missoni, Tirelli Costumi, Guccio Gucci, Luisa Beccaria, Gianni Versace, Carrera's, E. C. (Costume National), Corneliani, Lorenzo Riva, Trussardi, Moschino, Federico Sangalli, Jil Sander Italia, Kenzo, ETRO, Gentucca Bini & Father, Gruppo Miroglio, Furla, Ermenegildo Zegna, Mantero, AEFFE, Ports1961.
COMPANIES
The BA in Fashion Design cooperates or has cooperated with: A Shaded View on Fashion, Benny and Javier, Carrera, Comon, Corneliani, Cosmopolitan, DeN store, Diane Pernet, E.C. (Costume National), ETRO, Valentino Fashion Group. Filoscozia, Fiorucci, Gianni Versace, Gruppo Miroglio, Gucci, Herbal Essences, Jil Sander Italia, Kenzo, Lane Cardate, Lorenzo Riva, Max Mara, Missoni, Moschino, Museo Palazzo, Pandora, Pitti Filati, Valentina Premiere Vision, Ratti, Triumph, Trussardi, Voyeurs of the Ninja House, Woolmark, Elle, Tosca Blu, Gabs, Lectra, Biblioteca della Moda, Museo Palazzo Morando
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Faculty
After a number of collaborations with many top fashion designers, including Nanni Strada, Colomba Leddi joined Frammenti in 1992, a group experimenting with artisanal techniques to be applied to the clothing sector. In 1996, she opened her own atelier of tailor-made, unique pieces, and her label can be found in some of the best Italian and foreign boutiques, including Biffi in Milan, Philippe Model Maison in Paris, HP Deco in Japan, Thimbloom in Korea and Bird Boutique in New Zealand. She has participated in several fashion fairs and group exhibitions in Italy and abroad, including Passeggiata evanescente, with Melina Mulas, at Galleria Le 5 Venice, in Venice (2010), W. Women in Italian Design at Triennale Milano (2016-2017), Documenta 2020 – Windows in pandemic, Tsinghua University Art Museum Beijing (2020). She also works as a theatre and cinema costume designer and has taught at many different universities and academies.
Alessandro Manzi is Chief Creative Director and Partner of the K-448 and Accident agencies. Alumnus of Politecnico di Milano, in his experience he has developed creative strategies and products for international companies i.e. Marella, Kiton, Aspesi, Prada, Gucci, Msgm, Duvetica, Poltrona Frau, Spotti, Le Sirenuse, Mantero, and Silversea. He is Senior Lecturer and Subject Leader at NABA, Nuova Accademia Belle Arti and he teaches at several Italian and international schools such as Politecnico di Milano, Poli.Design Master, MFI, DOMUS Academy, IED and many others. As a researcher, he is part of the “FIP-Fashion in process” collective of Politecnico di Milano. He is also author of articles and Ted Talks about Theories on Sustainability in the Fashion System and on copying in the fashion industry.
Member of the Superior Council for the Italian Ministry of Cultural Heritage and Activities and Tourism, her professional activity spreads across fashion, art and design, through industrial and handcrafted knitwear collections, international fashion and design exhibitions, books publishing and collaboration with magazines, as well as the creation of textile artworks. Several projects started from her work in NABA: Do-knit-yourself, with the exhibitions Do-it-jibun-de at Muji Atelier in Tokyo, and Dritto-Rovescio at Triennale Milano, where the project Family Dress, a collective knitting artwork, was first presented, becoming a reference point for the new knitting world; Milano-Cina, a design experience, a project involving the Milan Chinatown community. She has held lectures and keynote speeches in Canada, China, Germany, India, Japan, Sweden, South Africa.