Istituto Marangoni
{{Short description|Italian fashion and design school}}
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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.
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.{{Cite web |last=Mitrofanoff |first=Kira |date=2023-06-03 |title=Enseignement supérieur privé : la ruée vers l'or du numéro un mondial Galileo |url=https://www.challenges.fr/grandes-ecoles/emlyon-psb-comment-galileo-est-devenu-le-leader-de-lenseignement-lucratif-prive_857191 |access-date=2024-11-14 |website=Challenges |language=fr}}
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.{{r|marangoni}} At first the school trained mainly pattern makers and seamstresses; in the 1970s and 1980s it turned towards fashion design, product development and marketing.{{r|altan|page=185}}
A London branch was opened in a former textile factory at 30 Fashion Street, Spitalfields, in 2003,{{r|guard|muir|ukrlp}} and a Paris branch opened in 2006.{{Cite web|url=https://www.fashionunited.com/education/news/new-paris-campus-for-istituto-marangoni-20131406492197|title=New Paris Campus for Istituto Marangoni - News - Education|website=www.fashionunited.com|access-date=12 April 2017}} A branch in Via de' Tornabuoni in central Florence opened in 2016.{{r|repub2}} In China, branches were opened in Shanghai in 2013, and in Shenzhen in 2016.{{r|cd}} In India, a Mumbai campus opened in July 2017.{{r|mumbai}} The first school in the United States opened in the Miami Design District in January 2018.Danielle Wightman-Stone
(8 January 2018) {{Cite web|url=https://fashionunited.com/education/news/istituto-marangoni-opens-first-us-school/2018010819019|title=Istituto Marangoni opens first US school}} Fashion United
In 2010, there were about 2200 students of 70 nationalities in three campuses.{{r|fash}}
In 2011, Career Education Corporation sold the Istituto Marangoni to Providence Equity Partners for a price estimated between 17 and 20 million dollars.{{r|sophie}}
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.{{r|miur}}
In the UK, its BA and MA programmes are validated by the Manchester Metropolitan University,{{r|qaa|guard2|hefce}} which also awards master's degrees at the Paris branch.{{r|mmu}} A three-year fashion stylist course in Paris is approved by the Commission nationale de la certification professionnelle.{{r|rncp}}
Alumni
Alumni of the school include Franco Moschino,{{r|repub}} Domenico Dolce (who left after four months, believing that the school had nothing to teach him),{{r|TNY|repub}} Alessandra Facchinetti,{{r|repub}} Anna Barroso,{{r|anna}} Paula Cademartori,{{r|paula}} Sandra Mansour,{{r|sandra}} Julie de Libran,{{r|delibran}} Rahul Mishra,{{r|RMish}} Rafael Lopez,{{r|repub}} Alessandro Sartori,{{r|cris}}, Princess Maria Carolina of Bourbon-Two Sicilies,{{Cite web |url= https://www.hellomagazine.com/royalty/725825/princess-maria-chiara-maria-carolina-bourbon-two-sicilies-interview/|title= Meet Princesses Maria Carolina and Maria Chiara as they share insight into their glamorous lives - exclusive|last= Powell|first= Rosalind|date= 23 October 2024|website= Hello!|publisher= |access-date= 3 December 2024}} and Princess Maria Chiara of Bourbon-Two Sicilies.
References
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[http://www.hefce.ac.uk/reg/register/search/Provider/10009527/ Istituto Marangoni Limited]. Higher Education Funding Council for England. Accessed August 2015.
[http://www.rahulmishra.in/about-us.php Rahul Mishra Story Weaver]. Rahul Mishra. Accessed July 2017.
[http://www.rncp.cncp.gouv.fr/grand-public/visualisationFiche?format=fr&fiche=26184 Code RNCP: 26184, Intitulé Styliste-créateur(trice)] (in French). Répertoire National des Certifications Professionnelles. Accessed April 2017.
John Seabrook (14 March 2005). [http://www.newyorker.com/archive/2005/03/14/050314fa_fact1?currentPage=all Hands and Eyes: When Dolce met Gabbana]. The New Yorker. Accessed May 2014.
[https://www.ukrlp.co.uk/ukrlp/ukrlp_provider.page_pls_provDetails?x=&pn_p_id=10009527&pv_status=VERIFIED&pv_vis_code=L UKPRN: 10009527: Istituto Marangoni Limited]. UK Register of Learning Providers. Accessed August 2015.
Anna Barroso (22 February 2024). [https://vogue.globo.com/lifestyle/noticia/2015/11/anna-barroso-fala-sua-experiencia-no-istituto-marangoni-escola-milanesa-de-moda.ghtml Anna Barroso talks about her experience at Istituto Marangoni, a Milanese fashion school]. Vogue. Accessed February 2024.
Paula Cademartori (22 February 2024). [https://www.istitutomarangoni.com/en/im-alumni/mentors/paula-cademartori Paula Cademartori is an alumni mentor]. Marangoni. Accessed February 2024.
Sandra Mansour (22 February 2024). [https://www.istitutomarangoni.com/en/alumni/stories/sandra-mansour Sandra Mansour is an alumna]. Marangoni. Accessed February 2024.
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