Master in Fabrics Innovation Design

For Master in Fabrics Innovation Design, applications are reviewed on a rolling basis.

Creativity, innovation and Italian craftsmanship: design the future of textiles alongside the Master’s industry partners.

The Master in Fabrics Innovation Design is designed for graduates and professionals looking to specialise in Textile Design through a programme that brings together culture, creativity, research and innovation.

At its heart is the textile, one of the most complex and strategic elements of the fashion system: a field where materials, technology, aesthetic sensitivity and design expertise come together.

The programme begins with an understanding of fashion history and textile culture and progresses towards the research and development of fabrics and materials for contemporary production.

Fibres, yarns, production techniques, prints, manipulations, finishing processes and new technologies become tools for transforming a creative intuition into a concrete project that can be realistically developed for production.

Innovation, with a particular focus on sustainability, runs throughout the Master. Alongside theoretical training, an intensive programme of workshops and project-based activities gives students the opportunity to experiment directly with materials, techniques and processes while engaging with the real requirements of the textile supply chain.

A distinctive feature of the programme is its direct connection with the excellence of the Italian textile and manufacturing industries. The Master gives students the opportunity to engage with a system of expertise, research, innovation and craftsmanship that represents one of the defining strengths of Made in Italy and of ACM’s own identity.

Through Industry Projects, visits, seminars and hands-on activities, creative research is tested against the materials, processes, technologies and real production constraints of the industry.

In recent editions, Industry Projects have involved, among others, Ratti, Clerici Tessuto, Lanificio di Sordevolo and ISA Seta, giving students the opportunity to work directly with representative companies from the Italian textile supply chain.

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.