Semester inFashion Styling & Visual Merchandising

Semester in Fashion Styling & Visual Merchandising

The Semester Course in Fashion Styling & Visual Merchandising provides the fundamentals to promote luxury brands in the retail industry through the strategic proficiency of the Fashion stylist.

Duration: 16 Weeks | Language: English | Start: February, September, November

Are you willing to deepen your design knowledge in few weeks with a high-standard programme?

This approx. 16-week journey will lead you to join selected theoretical courses with professionals, active learning sessions and workshops working in international and cross disciplinary teams and taking advantage of many networking occasions.

Get a taste of the unique Domus Academy experience.

THE COURSE

The Semester Course in Fashion Styling & Visual Merchandising that will lead you to join selected theoretical courses with professionals, active learning sessions and workshops working in international and cross disciplinary teams and taking advantage of many networking occasions.

After successfully completing the Semester Course, eligible students will be recognised 24 CFA/ECTS and will obtain a Certificate of Completion.

The 24 CFA/ECTS credits will be delivered upon successful completion of the course to students enrolled in the accredited path only; they will be used in case of progression to a Master’s Programme inside Domus Academy and might be validated at the option of the chosen University of reference in case of a transfer’s request to a postgraduate programme.

WHO SHOULD APPLY

Participants are expected to have a first level academic degree or a previous professional experience in the related field of study.

IELTS 5.0 certificate or equivalent is required.

All courses are taught in English. A high level of proficiency in the English language is required.

COURSE STRUCTURE

The Semester Course structure is organized in two modules.

Each module includes one theoretical course and one workshop in the specific area of interest.

Explore the Programme
Theoretical Courses

FASHION CULTURE
The Fashion Culture course offers the possibility to deeply analyse and understand the Fashion phenomenon, through an articulated and interdisciplinary approach that involves history, anthropology, sociology and psychology.

INTEGRATED COMMUNICATION STRATEGY
The course focuses on the promotion and communication strategies that fashion & luxury brands can create, plan and execute.

Workshops

RETAIL & VISUAL MERCHANDISING
The objective of the Retail & Visual Merchandising workshop is to create retail experiences that balance brand values and identity with the location, space and windows of the assigned store/showroom, and execution feasibility.

FASHION STYLING
The Fashion Styling workshop explores the cultural, social, aesthetic and practical aspects of fashion image-making. The workshop focuses on the strategic figure of the fashion stylist, as a professional who is able to build a visual narration through the development of an idiosyncratic vision.

TUITION FEES

The Semester’s programme involves the following costs:

Semester Course Tuition

€ 9.000

New Fee from Sept 2025 € 9.500

Meet your faculty
Gianfranco Olivotto
PROGRAMME LEADER
Gianfranco Olivotto

After earning his bachelor’s degree in modern languages and literatures at the University of Catania, Gianfranco Olivotto moved to London, where he worked as a visual merchandiser for the Benetton Group. Back in Italy, he worked on projects with Dolce & Gabbana, Mantero Seta, and Juicy Couture.

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Gianfranco Olivotto
PROGRAMME LEADER
Semester in Fashion Styling & Visual Merchandising

After earning his bachelor’s degree in modern languages and literatures at the University of Catania, Gianfranco Olivotto moved to London, where he worked as a visual merchandiser for the Benetton Group. Back in Italy, he worked on projects with Dolce & Gabbana, Mantero Seta, and Juicy Couture. In 2000, Olivotto worked on the launch of Neil Barrett’s first collection and then served as head of the company’s public relations and press department until 2004.
In 2005, Olivotto co-founded a visual merchandising and branding agency that worked with fashion brands such as La Perla, Ralph Lauren, Borsalino, John Varvatos, developing the projects related to retail and visual communication. In 2012, Olivotto joined Domus Academy as Programme Leader of the Master in Fashion Design and Master in Fashion Styling & Visual Merchandising.

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