Master in Alta Moda, Fashion Design

The tuition fee is 24,000 EUR for the 12-month program.

What does it mean to design Haute Couture today? It means understanding the history of Couture, mastering its techniques and materials while, at the same time, knowing how to look beyond tradition.

The Master in Haute Couture, Fashion Design takes you into this balance, transforming culture, research and experimentation into your own vision of contemporary Couture.

Throughout the programme, you will develop the cultural and technical tools needed to design and develop a Haute Couture collection: from the history of fashion and the great protagonists of Couture to the study of textiles, from tailoring and embellishment techniques to new technologies applied to design. You will learn to read a brand’s codes, understand its DNA and interpret them in light of social, cultural and market changes.

Design lies at the heart of the Master’s programme. Through workshops, Industry Projects and practical activities, you will work on real briefs and engage with companies, ateliers and professionals across the fashion supply chain, putting your skills into practice and learning how to manage the creative process in relation to different professional contexts and stakeholders.

Your connection with the industry also develops through collaborations with fashion houses, institutions and specialist organisations within the Couture supply chain. Recent editions have included collaborations with Museo Cristóbal Balenciaga, Valentino, Tessitura Stamperia Luigi Verga and Swarovski.

The programme also includes a curricular internship and concludes with the creation of a personal collection: a project that reflects your research, your method and the direction you want to give to your professional identity within the world of Haute Couture.

ACM is not built around a single discipline. Design, making, communication and business coexist within an ecosystem that includes a faculty of active professionals, partner companies and institutions, specialist manufacturers, international alumni, campuses in Rome and Milan, and an educational presence in the knitwear district of San Martino in Rio.

A wealth of knowledge, reputation and trust built over time, difficult to replicate and continually open to evolution.

Founded in Rome in 1964 by the academic, designer of costume and fashion Rosana Pistolese, Accademia Costume & Moda (ACM), is an Italian leading fashion school, among the best 3 schools in the world for Fashion Design Graduate and Post-Graduate programmes by the prestigious Business of Fashion (BoF) “The Best Fashion Schools in the World 2019”.

Accredited by the Italian Ministry of University and Research (MUR), ACM offers in its campuses in Rome and Milan highly specialised BA and Master programmes across Fashion Design, Costume, Fashion Business, Fashion Communication, Media, combining academic education with an exceptionally strong connection to the fashion industry.

With a network of more than 160 partner companies across fashion, costume, communication and business, ACM brings the Industry in its programmes with exclusive Industry Projects, talks and internships assuring a 93% placement ratio few months after the graduation.

During the last few years ACM has participated with its students in the most prestigious global competions such as LVMH Graduate Prize, Louis Vuitton Accessories Design Graduates Initiative, Milano Moda Graduate, Mittelmoda, Loro Piana Knit Design Award, ITS Contest, Arts Thread, Real Leather. Real Impact., Lineapelle, BIAAF and Roger Hatchuel Student Academy.

Our community of alumni today include Alessandro Michele Creative Director of Gucci (2015-2022) and currently of Valentino, Frida Giannini Creative Director of Gucci (2005-2015),, Albino D’Amato, Maurizio Galante, Marco Mastroianni, Responsable Création Matières Chez Louis Vuitton, Dior, Aldo Maria Camillo and many among the most important professionals of the Global Fashion Industry. For Fashion Communication, Antonio Mancinelli (La Repubblica, Il Corriere della Sera, Marie Claire Italia, Amica, D). With regards to the entertainment industry, ACM is the proud starting point for Academy Award winners like Manlio Rocchetti (“Driving Miss Daisy”) also nominated for the BAFTA Awards for “Gangs of New York”, Isabella Rossellini, and top level costume tailors like Francesca Sartori and Gianna Gissi, both winners of several David di Donatello (Italian Oscar Awards), Stefano Canulli (Costume Designer for Cirque du Soleil, Illustrator and close collaborator of Thierry Mugler on various projets) or professionals who have styled global celebrities.