Alumni Study Abroad in Italy

Dates

  • 06/07/2024 to 06/17/2024

Price

  • $3,415

Trip ID

211803

Inclusions

  • Ground transportation
  • Intra-city train
  • 9 nights hotel
  • Admission Fees
  • Embedded Medical Insurance
  • 24/7 Emergency Support
  • 9 Breakfasts
  • 3 Dinners
  • Public Transportation passes in Milan
  • Milan: 4 nights – UNAHOTELS Scandinavia Milano
  • Florence: 5 nights – Hotel Baglioni

Italy

Milan - 3 days, 4 nights

Milan Walking Tour (Guided)

Get acquainted with Milan by participating in a guided walking tour of the city. Begin the tour at Duomo Cathedral to appreciate its detail in design and architecture. Walk along Milan’s world-renowned Galleria and explore the Castello Sforzesco. Stroll through the arcades streets and palazzos while learning about Milanese industrial class and the city's revolution to a fashion mecca and tourist destination.

Armani Silos Museum (Guided)

The Armani Museum also known as the Armani Silos; it’s a collection of the original works of the famous designer that were designed and produced for Movie stars, Famous artists, Politicians and VIPs in general for special occasions. The works include dresses, suits, accessories, and objects and each one of them is a one-of-a-kind product.

Florence - 4 days, 5 nights

Ferre Archives (Guided)

Enjoy a guided tour of the Ferré archive spaces in Tortona 37 with the possibility of seeing a selection of the designer's original drawings, a selection of archive garments and jewelry, some advertising campaigns with photographs by famous photographers and the publications of exhibitions and on Gianfranco Ferré edited by the former Foundation. The duration of the visit is about 30/45 min.

Cooking Class

Italian cuisine is as ancient as Italy itself, and many popular dishes can be traced back to the pre-Christian era. High quality, fresh ingredients, and time-honored techniques for ease of preparation make Italian food and always-popular option throughout the world. For this interactive and experiential activity, lessons take place in a professional kitchen and allow students to put their hands on the ingredients to create their own meal under expert local guidance. The menu may slightly vary depending on the season and the fresh ingredients available, but will usually be made of bruschetta, different kinds of fresh home-made pasta from scratch (i.e. tagliatelle and ravioli), sauces for the pasta, and a dessert. And best of all, the lesson ends with a multi-course feast!

Bargello Museum (Guided)

The Bargello National Museum (Italian: Museo Nazionale del Bargello or simply Il Bargello) is a museum of fine and applied arts, most renowned for its large collection of Italian Renaissance sculpture. The permanent exhibition of the museum is divided into both thematic and chronological galleries and displays a number of sculptural masterpieces such as the Bacchus, the Pitti Tondo, the Apollo, and the Brutus, all by Michelangelo; the Saint George, and the bronze David by Donatello; the David by Andrea del Verrocchio; and the Perseus by Benvenuto Cellini, among many others

Meet the Faculty

Dr. Deirdre Sato

Main Head Faculty
Dr. Deirdre Sato, whose degrees include an Associate in Applied Science in Fashion Design from the Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT), is Dean for International Education at FIT. She is responsible for comprehensive internationalization that supports the college strategic goals for a stronger global presence. An academic administrator with 32 years of experience in international education, she currently serves on the steering committee of the SUNY Council on International Education and the executive committee of the International Foundation for Fashion Technology Institutes (IFFTI), and has held leadership positions with NAFSA: Association of International Educators. Dr. Sato has accompanied many educational groups abroad and has facilitated countless international students' adjustment to the United States. She looks forward to introducing the FIT alumni group to our campuses in Milan and Florence.

Dr Susan Marshall

Dr Susan Marshall is adjunct professor of Twentieth Century Fashion at FIT in MILAN, Politecnico di Milano and lecturer on costume design and history of fashion at AFOL Moda Milan and the Fondazione Arte Della Seta Lisio in Florence as well as internationally. She works as a costume designer for Teater Asterions Hus, Copenhagen, La Dual Band, Milan, and the prison theatre company PuntoZero in Milan. In 2021 she completed a practice-based Ph.D. at Goldsmiths University of London, in the Theatre and Performance department, with a thesis on ‘Insubordinate Costume’, exploring the pivotal role of scenographic costume in performance and the fundamental importance of play in the performers’ creative approach to the costumes. She is currently writing a book on ‘Insubordinate Costume’ for Routledge to be published in 2024.

Lecture

Made in Italy – From Florence to Milan
The lecture will look at Italian fashion from Giovanni Battista Giorgini’s “First Italian High Fashion Show” in 1951 to the rise of Milan as the capital of Italian fashion in the 1970s. We will learn about the first Italian designers that broke away from the influence of Paris haute couture to create the chic relaxed italian style still recognized today and about iconic designers such as Armani, Ferré e Versace. 

Professor Barbara Mugnai

Adjunct professor since 2007 for FIT in MILAN, the Fashion Institute of Technology study abroad program at Politecnico di Milano, where she run courses related to several areas of expertise: from draping to pattern-making, from tailoring techniques to active sportswear constructions. She is currently in charge as adjunct professor to teach first year fundamentals courses within the bachelor degree of the School of Design. Graduated in Fashion Design at Polimoda, in 1996 she started her collaboration with Champion Europe, athletic apparel brand as Fashion Designer of core sportswear collections consolidating her role for more than 10 years.  In 2019 Politecnico di Milano’s Fashion in Process (FiP) Research Laboratory, invited her to lead the Modern Artisan project in partnership between Yoox- Net A Porter Group and The Prince’s Foundation, in Scotland for a luxury collection inspired by Leonardo da Vinci’s, designed by Polimi students in July 2020. In 2020 she started her collaboration for the Project of Didactic Innovation within the Department of Excellence in Fashion Design for Politecnico di Milano with the aim of studying, developing and applying a new method of teaching and new didactic tools to facilitate the learning process and currently employed for bachelor's degree Fashion courses. As an expert of draping, pattern-making & sewing techniques, she’s always been amazed by the garment details, the construction and the process of making.

Lecture

The Ferré Lexicon on the White Shirt
The lecture will illustrate the results emerging from the identification and application of the Gianfranco Ferrè lexicon of one of his iconic garments: the white shirt. The analysis of 10 iconic shirts, made available by the Gianfranco Ferrè Research Center archive and created by the Maestro himself between 1986 and 1998, helped to identify the aesthetic "signs" to define a stylistic vocabulary of his poetics. Students in Fashion Design of the Politecnico di Milano (total 170 students) will work in groups on one of the selected shirts and will have to develop a white – Polishirt - shirt (as part of the didactic innovation project of the Departments of Excellence) "contaminated" and enriched by the signs of the Ferrè lexicon. This lecture will highlight the methodological and didactic approach showing the results of this project with the support of photographic documentation and prototype garments.

Ashley Choi

Harnoor Grewal

Emily Neff

Malcolm Williams

Christa Camp

Mia Grassie-Clarke

Eva Zhou

Funding Your Program

  • Scholarship Options: WorldStrides offers a variety of scholarships to help make study abroad possible for all students. There are three scholarship opportunities available: Higher Ed Traveler, Diversity & Inclusion, and the Natalie Shea Memorial Scholarships. You can learn more and apply here.
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