Annalisa
Ciaramella

Annalisa Ciaramella, a Neapolitan ‘creative’ – or, as she likes to describe herself, a ‘creative’ – works primarily as a costume designer, but also as an artist, director, set designer, producer and lecturer. She is currently a tenured lecturer at the Academy of Fine Arts in Rome.
She trained at the Academy of Fine Arts in Naples and has been working in the world of show business for over twenty years, spanning various fields: cinema, theatre, art and teaching. She has worked with many of Italy’s most famous actors and directors, received awards, and is an active and prominent figure on the national cultural scene. In recent years, she has worked primarily on film projects (including her own) and on creative, training and organisational initiatives. She is also a co-founder, along with a group of other directors, of the C4C Association, which focuses on training, production and distribution in the film and arts sectors. For several years, she has been running the Factory Costume Lab, a small costume and art workshop located in the historic centre of Naples.

THREE-YEAR COURSE

FASHION THAT BECOMES ICONIC

The design work will start from a ‘vintage’ garment from a period of the student’s choice, or from one of those garments considered ‘cult’ that have become part of popular culture over the decades, particularly due to their connotations of rupture, protest, exhibitionism, transgression, etc.

TWO-YEAR COURSE

THE NEW FRONTIERS OF FASHION

What does the future hold for the world of fashion? Given the rapid, transformative changes we are experiencing and will continue to experience in the coming years, how can fashion still serve as a key reference point within our ‘new’ and diverse society, moving beyond status symbols and taking into account issues such as climate change and political upheaval?