Press Releases

Istituto Marangoni Miami (IMM) is pleased to announce its latest design challenge with world-renowned fashion house, Halston. ‘With Love Halston’, a nonprofit organization led by Lesley Frowick, (Halston’s niece), will partner with the prestigious school to launch the Halston Challenge, a competition offering fashion design students the opportunity to design clothing inspired by Halston, by using sustainable Ultrasuede, the fabric popularized in the 1970s by founder and designer Roy Halston himself.

MIAMI (May 10^th, 2019) – Istituto Marangoni Miami, the fashion, art and design School is granting up to $3M in scholarships for all Undergraduate and Graduate Courses in Fashion Design, Fashion Styling and Fashion Business, in an effort to support talented students to achieve their dreams of pursuing a fashion career. The School is looking for a vision of what fashion will look like in 2020. A fashion future that empowers and emboldens the viewer and the wearer.

Istituto Marangoni Miami announced today Johanna Ortiz as the next speaker to appear at “In Conversation With” to take place on November 20th. The Colombian born designer will talk about women in leadership and embracing your roots while running a successful company.

Istituto Marangoni Miami (IMM) is pleased to announce a partnership with The Latin American Fashion Summit as an official sponsor for the initiative committed to developing the most important fashion platform in Latin America and sharing the region’s greatness with the rest of the world.

The 2018 edition of Fashion Evolved: “A World of Plastics” invites established and emerging fashion designers to become agents of change by creating one-of-a-kind pieces made of upcycled plastic, in an effort to raise awareness of the impact of single use plastics on our environment.

ISTITUTO MARANGONI MIAMI –  Istituto Marangoni Miami, the School of Fashion, has joined forces with Fashion Houses such as Prada, Tom Brown, Cecconello Shoes and Miami Design District, of which the School has a strong and ongoing relationship with.

Istituto Marangoni Miami’s President, Hakan Baykam, announced today the launch of the U.S. edition of “In Conversation With” on July 23rd, 2018 with CFDA’s President and CEO, Steven Kolb.

Istituto Marangoni, the leading Italian fashion, art and design school, announces the Group expansion into the Americas with the opening of the first US School in Miami’s Design District, the 10th in the world.

Colombian-born designer Johanna Ortiz, known for her signature ruffles and off-the-shoulder silhouettes worn by Amal Clooney and Sandra Bullock, among many other celebrities, spoke before a full house at Istituto Marangoni Miami about the importance of embracing your roots, staying true to yourself and the role social media played in her career.

Istituto Marangoni Miami’s President, Hakan Baykam, announced today that designer Bibhu Mohapatra will be the second guest of the “In Conversation With” series of talks hosted at the Miami Campus of Istituto Marangoni.

ISTITUTO MARANGONI MIAMI –  Istituto Marangoni Miami, the School of Fashion, has joined forces with the Italian Consulate to host a series of events starting in February 2020. The first event includes a visit from the Ambassador of Italy. This community effort is aimed at recruiting, developing, and retaining entrepreneurs and students to influence the Italian culture in Miami. 

Exhibit will showcase eight contemporary Italian artists plus one U.S.-based artist, to be held at the esteemed fashion and design school in Miami Design District. Premier Italian fashion and design school lstituto Marangoni Miami will host "Ml+ Ml= MILAN+MIAMI," a contemporary art exhibition, during Miami Art Week. 

In a partnership between SohoMuse, the professional networking website for the global creative community, and Runway 7, the New York Fashion Week vertical fashion platform, SohoMuse & Runway 7 are proud to present Runway Muse, an inaugural fashion student runway competition, on Thursday, February 10th, 2022, at 1:00PM at Runway 7, held at Sony Hall, 235 W 46th Street.

Istituto Marangoni, to celebrate the 85^th Anniversary as a leader in the higher education field, launches  ‘House of Istituto Marangoni’, an innovative digital platform designed to give visibility to graduates’ projects of fashion, art and design from all the international schools of the network.

MIAMI, Florida (Tuesday, November 27^th) - “CHINA POP” World Tour Exhibition is an exhibition by the renowned Chinese artist Simon Ma that will arrive at Istituto Marangoni Miami during Art Basel, from December 5^th until December 20^th, 2019.