IED Avant Défilé, the end-of-year event of IED Milano School of Fashion, takes place on June 28 and 29 at the Dazio di Levante di Porta Sempione. A two-day event open to the public invited to discover and vote on the best IED graduate collections alongside students, professionals, lecturers, fashion experts and journalists.

13 rooms inside the 19th-century structure feature the 13 creations of 17 graduates in Fashion Design and Shoes as well as Accessories Design from IED Milano, presented in different settings, forming a highly personal yet collective story, enriched by live moments in which the garments will come to life.

The public's contribution will lead to the selection of the three most-voted projects, winning the participation in national and international shows in which IED will participate in the coming months.

“Occupying the Dazio (an important and majestic building in the history of Milan), means making it live and vibrate with stories that have their rhythm and identity”, comments Olivia Spinelli, Coordinator and Creative Director of the IED Milano fashion area, as well as curator of the event. “For the first Avant Défilé open to the city, we were inspired by the concept of the beating heart as a vital organ that unites all individuals. We also thought of the projects on display as the heartbeats of living beings. As Fritz Lang expressed in his masterpiece Metropolis, The mediator between the hands and the head must be the heart”.

IED Avant Défilé 2023
June 28 - 29, 2023
Dazio di Levante
Arco della Pace, piazza Sempione 1
20154 Milano
Free entrance
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