Young designers in Milan are quick to learn that feeling like you own the keys to the city is as simple as slipping a Metro Card in your back pocket. Riding the metro from your neighborhood in Navigli to jumping the line and getting out at Via Montenapoleone is all you need to open the eyes to the world of fashion. A young designer can explore the city without feeling any boundaries, giving a real sense that they can do anything they wanted to do. With daily activity including hanging out at a gallery opening in Brera to eating pizza at that place behind the corner from Duomo, to partying at the famous Plastic – a club where the door policy encouraged a wildly eclectic turn out often dancing to the favourite tracks of Stefano Gabbana having a DJ moment. But what happens when you finish your studies at a well known design school such as IED (Istituto Europeo di Design) or even better the prestige and notoriously expensive Istituto Marangoni, will that key open all the doors for you? (Image above: Coat Wanda Catucci, Bomber Angelos Frentzos, Dress Duyan)
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The young designers are by default ready to take internships, often unpaid but promising of a brighter future at a fashion house. By the rule of thumb many of those internships last for a year, unless you are to exhibit extraordinary abilities. Next step is going to the next internship, and most of the designers are doing whatever possible to remain in Milan, another job a loan from your family. That is the moment a prestige school might not bring you all the skills you need without a hefty savings account, and most likely the most needed one to endure this waiting game – perseverance. It is easy to blame the rather dim situation the young creatives face going out of their schools on their education, but core of this troublesome time for fashion design lies in the economy. If anything, traditional houses which are a signature of Milan, are now more than ever endangered by the frightening pace of fast fashion. Thus maintaining the importance of fashion week is more pivotal than ever before.(...)
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