Social history, the birth and the development of fashion in twentieth century
A 360° course; we’ll start with understanding the social trend of fashion; we’ll talk about make -up decade for decade, famous stylists and the modern century. We’ll move to style’s details of the runways and the collections, keeping an eye on both the past and the present in order to anticipate the future. In addition to the course, 4 in-depth capsules are available for purchase. Scroll to find out all the info.
Location
Modena
Language
Italian
Certificates
Certificate of attendance
Duration and Frequency
10 hours of attendance – 5 meetings of 2 hours each
1 day per week, Monday 6pm – 8pm
Remote only (min. 5 participants)
Goals
Understanding digital trends through history
Getting closer to the social phenomenon of fashion
STARTING DATE: date to be determined
Cost:
- Full price: € 50,00 with capsules n.3 and n.4 included. Discover more about the program and the capsules below.
the target
For newly high school graduated, newly university graduated, designers and specialists.
Educational goals
To give knowledge: to improve your own personal expertise; to manage new market demands and to better understand the cultural context, the development of dress up in the world and the current meaning of fashion.
To implement the knowledge of stylistic-aesthetic evolution for the purpose of recognize the continuity and changes made in different eras until today.
To refine the skills to make basic research in the field of fashion study.
program
Fashion, birth of a social phenomenon that changed our lives. Study of its influence on and from history.
We discuss fashion and make-up, decade by decade. The great designers, their birth and rise.
NEW!
In-depth study of the birth and development of Made in Italy.
Extensive chapter on the current two decades: understanding the cyclical nature of fashion in practice. How details and great classics from the decades of the 1900s return in the study of today’s trends and how they are reworked in a current key.
Style details from the runways.
The importance of knowing history in order to create new collections with one eye on the past and one on the present.
New
4 MICRO – CAPSULES lasting about 2 hours each.
Each capsule covers a separate topic that can be enrolled in individually, available on demand.
Individual capsules may be purchased, although attendance at the main course is recommended.
Individual capsules cost: €10.00
• CAPSULE 1 From Lagerfeld and Saint Laurent – Haute Couture and Prêt-à-porter in transit between the 1960s and 1970s in the Paris of high fashion.
• CAPSULE 2 Cristobal Balenciaga: the greatest of couturiers – The difficult development of Haute Couture during and after World War II. Relationships with the greats of the mid-20th century, Chanel and Dior, and the emergence of new talents under Cristobal’s wing: Huber de Givenchy, Oscar de la Renta, Emanuel Ungaro, Mila Schon.
• CAPSULE 3 – included in the basic course. The forerunners of Made in Italy – Rosa Genoni, Futurism, the new inventors of Italian fashion: from Elsa Schiapparelli and Ferragamo, through Germana Maruccelli and the Fontana sisters, where it all began.
• CAPSULE 4 – included in the basic course. The golden years of Made in Italy and the arrival of the 1980s, luxury and the designers of the new fashion marketing: from Krizia and Missoni to Armani, Versace, Ferrè, Moschino and Romeo Gigli.
the teacher
Carolina Scalise
Graduated in Culture and Technique of Costume and Fashion. High school graduated in Knitwear‘s expert sample in the institution “Carpi Formazione” and in Industrial dress designer in the institute “Carlo Secoli”. During the past 15 years she has managed to supervise the entire development sample’s processes as expert coordinator in both fabric and sample’s field.
She worked for single-brand and for third-party industries, which gave her the skills to evaluate every aspect of the product, from different points of view.
Since the beginning she has co-worked with all figures of the knitted product: sample’s specialist, fashion designer, model maker, manufacturer, and programmers.
She has organisational and communication skills, relevant to: the managing of different customers; the personalisation of products according to different requests and the communication with providers and students.
She likes her job as a teacher and giving her knowledge in a unique and technical field such as fashion. This forementioned world is constantly changing, but in its evolution, it always needs specialist figures who know the product to help people tell their story through dresses.