NEW SUSTAINABLE FASHION

The course is divided into three macro thematic areas: 

. Fashion Management. To know the Supply Chain, how sustainability is changing the value chain within the fashion industry, from the supply chain to CSR & Communication; 

. Fashion Design. The design of the life cycle phases of the clothing product and the design of sustainable clothing systems from a Product-Service System perspective, thanks to workshops and laboratories; 

. Fashion Practices: experimenting with sustainable fashion through a real individual project. 

The "New Sustainable Fashion" course aims to prepare graduates and undergraduates to learn about the new facets and the 360 ° implications of responsibility in the fashion sector, providing concrete tools and sharing stimulating Italian and international business practices.

Why to take this course
The course is well suited for graduate and graduating students, young managers, professionals and young entrepreneurs that are willing to deal with the challenges of responsibility in the fashion industry. More specifically the course is built around the professional figures of junior brand managers, product managers, retail managers, PR & communication managers that aim at understanding the potential of sustainability, future CSR managers and young entrepreneurs that wish to launch an entrepreneurial initiative with sustainability in its DNA.
 

Teaching model
The teaching model is composed as follows:
- In classroom lectures
- Case studies
- Company visits
- Project works
- Sessions of Career orientation and/or reviews on business ideas

Traditional in classroom lectures are alternated with case discussions, meetings with managers and other representatives of the business community, company visits, in class activities and project works.
Career orientation will be provided to the students that aim at working in the industry; feedbacks to the business ideas will be shared with participants that are willing to become entrepreneurs.

At the end of the course a MFI certificate is delivered to each student.

Courses
Sustainable Supply Chain, Process, Production and Distribution
The module that will have the objective of recovering a photograph of the most up-to-date production possible on the textile value chain and of how sustainability will introduce, modify, implement and innovate production processes.

Responsible fashion and communication
Sustainability is also storytelling and value creation through communication. From social communication to the value it has today internally within the company as well as externally for the consumer public and all stakeholders.

Clothing system life cycle design
The theoretical-practical activity that aims to help understand the design of a Product-Service System for the minimization of environmental impacts. The journey towards sustainability starts here.

Eco-Design: Fibers & Materials
Module entirely dedicated to materials, new materials and finishes that makes a sustainable product, with a lower environmental impact and avant-garde design.

Designing Sustainability
Idea generation workshop and aims to show how Design can intervene in the design of a fashion product.

Selection process
The selection process will be based on the evaluation of the CV and the application form.
The selection process takes place throughout the opening period of the inscriptions, in separate sessions of selection.
 
Application
To apply for admission, the candidate must:
1. Fill the online application form, available here
2. Attach the CV in European format in the online application form, available here
After receiving the documents, Milano Fashion Institute will inform the applicant on the selection final result (admission or non admission).

Admission Requirements
In order to apply for the admission to the course, the candidate must be currently enrolled at a Bachelor of Art/Science course or have a degree equal to or higher than a Bachelor.
Young entrepreneurs, recent graduates with three-year degree o specialist degree, and graduates from design schools and faculties, business and economics, marketing and communication,  engineering,  architecture, languages, law, humanities.

Financial commitment
The participants are required to have a significant commitment both personally and financially.
The total cost amounts to € 2.600, payable as follows:
1st installment > 1.300 € on the acceptance of the application;
2nd installment > 1.300 € by June 23, 2023;
Costs include a part of the study material and the use of facilities of the Institute.
Financial aid are provided for Masters students Milano Fashion Institute and Alumni Milano Fashion Institute. For information: info@milanofashioninstitute.it

Withdrawal
1. The first installment is non-refundable. The participant is allowed to withdraw, up to the eighth calendar day preceding the starting date of the course, by submitting a letter (priority mail service) to the registered address of the Milano Fashion Institute, anticipated in any case, by fax and / or e-mail; if so, the participant may request the return of fees paid, except for the first installment.

2. If the member, with methods described in the previous article, demonstrated an intention not to participate at a later date, that does not give notice and is not present in class, he/she will not be entitled to any refund and must pay the full fee bearing in mind that he/she could within a (calendar) year from the starting date of the Course, attend the next edition of the Course (if applicable) or another MFI Course, upon payment of price adjustment.