Fashion Sustainability & Eco-Design - Executive Course, Executive Programme, Milano Fashion Institute

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The award	How you will study	Study duration	Course start	Domestic course fees	International course fees
Executive Programme	Part-time	8 weeks	May, June	EUR 5000	EUR 5000 total

About Fashion Sustainability & Eco-Design - Executive Course, Executive Programme - at Milano Fashion Institute

Discover our short courses portfolio: courses specifically designed for young university students and young graduates on specific relevant issues that characterize the contemporaneity of the fashion and luxury industry: from sustainability, to fashion law, in order to understand new dynamics, best practices and successful strategies thanks to the innovative experiential approach of the MFI short courses: balancing lectures with field trips and company visits. 3 weeks and 1 city. Living Milan, the fashion capital, as fashion insiders!

Sustainability is reshaping the rules of the game of the fashion industry. Starting the long and complex journey of integrating ethics and aesthetics into the value chain, working on responsible innovation is nowadays not just desirable but necessary. Nowadays the companies need to make a “sustainable” business model also “contemporary”, answering the needs of the Millennials and the future generations. A careful use of technology could catalyze this shift.

The short course “New Sustainable Fashion”, supported by Vogue Talents is aiming at preparing graduate and graduating students, young managers, professionals and young entrepreneurs to deal with the complexity of responsibility in the fashion industry by providing concrete tools and sharing inspiring business practices.

Course Description

The short course “New Sustainable Fashion” aims at sharing with the participants the most updated information and interesting examples on innovative business models in fashion & luxury. The course focuses on the driver of sustainability for the creation of shared value. Creating shared value in fashion means being able to answer the needs of many stakeholders: the environment, society, institutions, art, culture, territory and the consumers. A responsible fashion company has already started the long and complex journey of integrating ethics and aesthetics into the value chain, in constant balance with all the stakeholders.

Here are some of the keywords that will lead the way in fashion responsible innovation and that will be explored during the lectures, class discussions and company visits: circular economy, recycling, upcycling, prosumer-creation, open-source, crowdfunding, wearable-technologies, online-offline integration, transmedia-storytelling, B-corporations and open-innovation among others.

Support & Scholarships

A full scholarship offered by Vogue Talents gives a unique opportunity to attend to the course: in order to participate to the selection the candidates need to send a 20 slides business plan on a new product/service in sustainable fashion. The scholarship winner will be awarded by the Vogue Talents team after a careful evaluation of all the business plans received. The winner will be awarded with the free participation to the course and will receive media coverage.

In order to participate to the selection process, please send your business plan to the following email address: [email protected]

Deadline for sending the 20 slides business plan is 4 June, 2019. Communication of the awarded scholarship will be few days after the deadline.

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.

End of registration: 29th April, 2025
Duration: 96 hours (8 weekends - Friday and Saturdays, from May to June 2025)

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Entry 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.

Fees, Funding and Scholarships at Milano Fashion Institute

FOR WHICH MASTERS IS IT POSSIBLE TO APPLY FOR A SCHOLARSHIP?

Scholarships are available equal to € 8,400 (exemption from paying of the third and fourth installment), equal to 50% of the value of the Masters, are available for the Masters in Fashion Direction 2024: Brand & Product Management; Brand & Business Management; Brand & Communication Management; Brand & Luxury Management.

HOW DOES IT WORK?

The attribution of scholarships takes place before the beginning of the course, considering both income and merit criteria, by the Academic Commission. The admission to the Master is independent from the grant of any scholarship.

HOW TO APPLY?

The application form for scholarships is included in the "Application Form", and it is fillable from this site, under the page "Apply". Once you have submitted the Application Form, the Academic Commission will decide, during periodic evaluation sessions, the possible attribution, with notification of the result by the beginning of the course. For any further information, please read the rules inside the module.To whom are the scholarships aimed?

The scholarships are aimed at both Italian citizens and foreigners who wish to attend the Masters of the Milan Fashion Institute.

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Corinne Biasizzo, Alumna (Brand & Business Management) - Marketing & Communication Assistant, Moncler

Milano Fashion Institute has contributed to my personal training giving me the opportunity to stay in an international environment and learning how to relate with people from all over the world.

I understand how this international context is essential in order to learn how to relate with people with different thoughts and cultures, in fact the teaching method is very practical and focused on what we will find into the working world. This method allowed me to get prepared for the new and complex environment of the world of fashion: thanks to the valuable advices of the teachers, stress and difficulties are faced with a mature and correct approach.

Moreover, I was lucky to start my internship very soon, before the end of the lectures’ period: my role is to follow the Marketing and Communication Director, coordinate the various departments (Press, Events, Digital, Corporate Image) and collaborate in various projects of different areas. At the beginning was six-months internship, subsequently they have interrupted the internship in order to hire me. Now my role is more defined and with more responsibilities that allow me to learn and grow both professionally and personally especially because I am still at the beginning of my career

Viviana Sofia Duque, Alumna (Brand & Communication Management) - Press & Pr Assistant, Sergio Rossi

Getting to know people from all over the world and working with them towards a common goal, was definitely the best part of MFI’S master. I think that sharing and brain storming with people that you’ve just met and that have different backgrounds not only cultural but professional is a challenge. Definitely is the most difficult part, but was also the one that taught me the most.

About the internship experience, it was very different from what I expected,I had the opportunity and if I may say the privilege to make part of the PR office at Sergio Rossi, an Italian Company that produces first quality handmade shoes. It was a full immersion experience right from the beginning. I am working with 5 fantastic tutors that had taught me a lot and help me anytime with any question I have. Team work here flows with lots of harmony thanks to a great organization.

So far so good, right now I am really looking forward to Milan’s fashion week and every experience that comes with it!

Flavia Calisti, Alumna (Brand & Product Management) - Accessories Product Assistant, Jil Sander

My experience at the MFI absolutely has helped the growth of my professional role. I could deepen known topics such as: Brand Management, Licensing, Fashion Marketing, Brand Communication, Brand Design, Merchandising & Pricing that I haven’t studied during my undergraduate.

I think it is important to have an overview of the fashion system: from the collection structure and product development up to the brand communication and product itself. In fact, to acquire the global knowledge of the dynamics and processes within a fashion company makes easier the dialogue between the various departments.

My work experience was definitely the perfect end of my MFI course. I was lucky to find a challenging environment, where I was able to apply the knowledge gained during the months of lessons and acquire other competences. Generally speaking,

I am very satisfied about my MFI Master Program.