Indian fashion institutes are increasing seeking foreign collaborations
to upgrade the standard of fashion education onto a higher level. The
latest entrant in this category is the School of Fashion Technology (SOFT), Pune, which signed an MOU in Pune on 17th February, 2017 with Accademia de Costume e di Moda Rome(ACM).
With this agreement, SOFT, Pune and ACM, Rome will jointly run at
Undergraduate and Post Graduate level courses that will contribute in
the area of fashion buying, merchandising, brand design and high fashion
design.
The celebration to commemorate this landmark moment saw the presence of eminent personalities like Rahul Mehta, President, Clothing Manufacturers
Association of India, Andrea Lupo Lanzara, Managing Director, Accademia
de Costume di Moda Rome, Adrien Roberts, Director of Education,
Accademia de Costume e di Moda Rome and Dr Manju Hundekar, Principal,
School of Fashion Technology Pune.
The Accademia Costume & Moda was founded in 1964 by Rosana Pistolese
(1925-2008), who previously inaugurated the Chair of Fashion Design at
the California State University (Davis Campus) and was visiting Lecturer
at the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York. Costume and Fashion
Historian, journalist and designer she dedicated a lifetime to
education. ACM established in 1964 is ranked by Business of Fashion as
no.1 in Italy, No.5 in Master’s Program in the World and No.11 in
Undergraduate Programs in the World.
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