For the second time this year, the Faculty has received visitors from the southern Italian town of Lecce. In the framework of the Erasmus+ exchange programme, the teachers of the international fashion school “Istituto Cordella Fashion School” visited the school from November 15th to 17 th : the manager Indrė Matutytė-Cordella and the designer-modeler Manuel Federico Cordella, who were warmly received by the administration representatives, Dean Birutė Žygaitienė and Vice-dean Andrius Guoba. The Italian lecturers shared their professional expertise with the students and lecturers of the Fashion Design Department and the Cultural Activities Management Study Programme.
Indrė Matutytė-Cordella introduced the students and teachers of the Fashion Technology and Business, Fashion and Visual Design study programmes to the international fashion school, which has been nurturing the traditions of the family fashion business for more than 200 years, told us about the fashion museums established at the school, the models of dresses and accessories of famous designers collected by Manuel’s grandparents and parents, and the school’s present. The lecturer also demonstrated the creative works of the students of the School of Fashion, who are candidates for the high fashion collections, whose presentations take place on the podiums of Milan and Rome. Students in the Cultural Activities Management study programme were publicly introduced to the Lecce Fashion School’s business model, management challenges, and success stories. All the students had a great opportunity to learn the news about the trends and changes in Italian fashion.
During the creative workshops, the designer-modeler Manuel Cordella focused on the design and modelling of individual products, details and prototypes of the experimental creative projects of the second and third year students of the Fashion Design study programme. The students were impressed by the innovative clothing modelling techniques, the teacher’s professionalism, the infinite love of his subject and fashion in the broadest sense.
In addition, the participants of the creative workshops were particularly pleased with the professionalism and attention of the Italian guests, everything was carefully thought out, all the work was planned to be done with great pleasure, without tension and fear of failure. The students worked in a very creative way and were ready to listen to professional comments or praise, while the teachers enjoyed the unique atmosphere of the workshops. The students and teachers said it was great! We are very pleased to have established and successfully continued a meaningful cooperation and look forward to many creative visits in the future.
