75573 - Made in Italy

Learning outcomes

At the end of the course the students are expected to acquire the instruments and methodology to understand the phenomenon of "Made in Italy" from an aesthetic perspective; through the participation of famous representatives of the fashion field, design and communication the student will be able to seize the basic elements to analyze creative process dynamics relevant both to garment production and to editorial contents.

Course contents

The course is divided into two platforms, strictly interwoven though not necessarily in succession. From one side, it explores the main steps of the history of fashion, starting from an overall view on designers like Chanel, Balenciaga, then up the Sixties and nowadays aesthetics. The analysis will continue to the last stylistic trends in fashion and will therefore focus on Prada, Boris Bidjan Saberi, Fausto Puglisi, Lumen et Umbra and many other "new generation" designers. The second part of the course aims to enrich the knowledge of the fashion world through its protagonists. During the development of the lessons, special guests such as designers and managers will be invited for lectures and workshops, in order to get in touch with the creative and producing processes in fashion making.

Readings/Bibliography

F. Fabbri, L'orizzonte degli eventi / The event horizon, Atlante, Bologna 2013
F. Fabbri, Angelo Marani, Atlante, Bologna 2015
F. Fabbri, Boris Bidjan Saberi, Atlante, Bologna 2013

Not-attenders will have to integrate the bibliography adding the following text:

V. Mendes, A. de la Haye, Fashion since 1900, Thames & Hudson 2010

Teaching methods

Projection of images and runway collections to be analyzed during the class

Assessment methods

Written test. The exam will be held in the IT laboratories of the Rimini Campus on e-learning platform and will consist of different typologies of questions: 1) questions matched with 3/4 alternative answers, with just a correct one; 2) "true" of "false" questions; 3) pictures of designers and styles to be properly recognized.

The aim of the test is to verify the ability of the students to recognize the styles of fashion and their hystorical-critical value.

Teaching tools

E-learnig platform, workshops with fashion designers, workshops in fashion companies.

Office hours

See the website of Fabriano Fabbri