MILAN — “The human factor is fundamental, and people are a critical pillar for success in the fashion sector as it increasingly faces new challenges and where tradition and innovation coexist,” said Carlo Capasa, president of Italy’s Camera della Moda.
The main five strategic objectives were identified as: professional exchange, to understand trends in human resources; the power of communication; lobbying with associations and the government; innovation, ranging from digitalization to engagement, and diversity and inclusion, which is “one of the most important issues today,” Capasa said.
“Prada in itself is a school. Our factories are the cradle of our industrial and artisanal knowledge. Our Academy project stemmed from this a few years ago, because I strongly wanted to pass on this knowledge to our young generations,” said Prada Group chief executive officer Patrizio Bertelli.
“The heritage of Gucci is made up of people and their knowledge,” said Marco Bizzarri, president and ceo of Gucci. “Training is the most powerful method and tool we have to enhance our people and our products.
Fendi has also long committed to the education and training of young talent through the Massoli Academy in Rome, which trains new tailors, and the participation in the LVMH Institute des Métiers d’Excellence training program. Fendi has an internal school in Bagno a Ripoli where the students train in an area equipped with modern machinery and work tools that are used in the practical activities that make up 80 percent of the program, while there’s a meeting room for the remaining 20 percent, dedicated to theoretical training. The new planned Fendi Factory in Bagno a Ripoli will have even bigger spaces dedicated to this.