Istituto Marangoni
Italian fashion and design school From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Istituto Marangoni is a private Italian school of fashion and design. It is based in Milan, in Lombardy in northern Italy, and has branches in Florence, London and Paris, Shanghai and Shenzhen in China, Mumbai in India, and Miami in the United States.
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| Type | Private fashion school |
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| Established | 1935 |
| Location | , , Italy 45.4672°N 9.194°E |
| Website | istitutomarangoni |
It is now part of Europe's largest higher education provider Galileo Global Education, along with the Regent's University London, the Paris School of Business, the European University Cyprus, the Universidad de Ciencias Médicas or the PFH Private University of Applied Sciences.[1]
History
The school was founded in Milan in 1935 by the tailor Giulio Marangoni, and became a Scuola Professionale Artistica or "professional art school" in 1942.[2] At first the school trained mainly pattern makers and seamstresses; in the 1970s and 1980s it turned towards fashion design, product development and marketing.[3]: 185
A London branch was opened in a former textile factory at 30 Fashion Street, Spitalfields, in 2003,[4][5][6] and a Paris branch opened in 2006.[7] A branch in Via de' Tornabuoni in central Florence opened in 2016.[8] In China, branches were opened in Shanghai in 2013, and in Shenzhen in 2016.[9] In India, a Mumbai campus opened in July 2017.[10] The first school in the United States opened in the Miami Design District in January 2018.[11]
In 2010, there were about 2200 students of 70 nationalities in three campuses.[12]
In 2011, Career Education Corporation sold the Istituto Marangoni to Providence Equity Partners for a price estimated between 17 and 20 million dollars.[13]
Accreditation
Since June 2016 the Istituto Marangoni has been listed by the Ministero dell'Istruzione, dell'Università e della Ricerca, the Italian ministry of education, among the institutions authorised to award diplomas in music, dance and arts.[14]
In the UK, its BA and MA programmes are validated by the Manchester Metropolitan University,[15][16][17] which also awards master's degrees at the Paris branch.[18] A three-year fashion stylist course in Paris is approved by the Commission nationale de la certification professionnelle.[19]
Alumni
Alumni of the school include Franco Moschino,[20] Domenico Dolce (who left after four months, believing that the school had nothing to teach him),[21][20] Alessandra Facchinetti,[20] Anna Barroso,[22] Paula Cademartori,[23] Sandra Mansour,[24] Julie de Libran,[25] Rahul Mishra,[26] Rafael Lopez,[20] Alessandro Sartori,[27], Princess Maria Carolina of Bourbon-Two Sicilies,[28] and Princess Maria Chiara of Bourbon-Two Sicilies.[28]
References
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