, the educational program established by Richemont Group’s Milan-based corporate school, Creative Academy, in partnership with Rome’s Accademia Costume & Moda fashion school, has revealed the 19 finalists of itsThey were selected for their “distinctive visions and their potential to influence the future of the fashion industry,” AZ Academy said in a statement, singling out the international bent of the program, which includes talents hailing from Mexico, China, Finland, South Korea, Italy...
The post-graduate educational initiative kicks off in January with the first yearlong academic courses across management, innovation, sustainability, production, finance and marketing held at Accademia Costume & Moda’s Milan campus.
All finalists are recent graduate designers from international fashion schools or independent designers already working in fashion, leather goods and accessories. The roster includes Spanish menswear designer Brais Albor Rodriguez; London-based Clementine Baldo, a womenswear designer who boasts stints at Jean-Paul Gaultier and was already among the winners of the 2024 edition of the ITS Contest in Trieste, Italy; German designer Merle Breuker, who showcased her collection at this year’s Berlin Fashion Week; British sustainable fashion designer Rose Brown; Filipino designer Sandra Jao, a graduate from Tokyo’s Bunka Fashion College; Lei Jiang, a London...
At the end of their academic year, designers will be offered a chance to pitch their business case proposal to potential investors. that evolved into a hub for serial collaborations following his death in April 2021 from COVID-19, the start-up morphed from fashion brand into the current educational platform last May, ceasing retail and design operations.