W: Harry J Knight I: Daniele Venturelli
While most graduate showcases chase fast-concept spectacle for short-form video feeds, Accademia Costume & Moda (ACM) remains fashion’s most lethal finishing school. Taking over BASE Milano for Fashion Graduate Italia 2026, ACM’s Master in Alta Moda, Fashion Design presented The Art of Making—a fierce eleven-designer showcase celebrating raw physical craft, obsessive technical labor, and tactile garment architecture.
Across eleven sharp collections, students exposed internal canvasing, hand-stitching, and structural boning, bridging Rome’s haute couture roots with Milan’s industrial grit. Rather than relying on digital renders or cheap synthetics, the Class of 2026 demonstrated total authority over pattern drafting and material transformation. ACM doesn't just teach designers to generate ideas—it teaches them to construct reality. Keep these eleven names on your radar.
Attilio De Angelis tore up the runway at Fashion Graduate Italia 2026, delivering a cold, unfiltered statement with his collection, Blue Neighbourhood. Presented as part of the Master in Alta Moda, Fashion Design showcase, De Angelis channelled a fierce, atmospheric energy that seamlessly crashed precision tailoring into subverted street realism.
The collection hit with an immediate tension—rigorous structural craftsmanship colliding with a non-chalant, razor-sharp attitude. It felt rooted in the concrete, yet pushed into heavily conceptual territory. By fusing deep technical discipline with a raw, uncompromising urban edge, Blue Neighbourhood cemented De Angelis as one of the most compelling names to emerge from this year’s line-up.
Davide Scipione delivered an absolutely stunning showcase at Fashion Graduate Italia 2026, presenting a brilliant collection through Accademia Costume and Moda that left spectators spellbound. His runway presentation expertly combined traditional craftsmanship with avant-garde experimentation, demonstrating extraordinary technical precision alongside a deeply sophisticated aesthetic vision.
Each carefully crafted garment reflected profound conceptual research, successfully transforming heritage tailoring into a striking contemporary narrative concerning identity and form. The meticulous attention to detail, innovative fabric choices, and dynamic silhouettes highlighted his rare creative maturity.
Scipione’s remarkable ability to harmonise theatrical flair with wearable elegance proved profoundly captivating, firmly establishing his exceptionally bright future within the highly competitive global fashion industry today.
Giovanna Bifulco’s presentation at the Accademia Costume & Moda (ACM) Graduate Runway Show 2026 provided a captivating study in modern Alta Moda. As part of the Master in Fashion Design showcase, her collection brilliantly bridged traditional Italian tailoring and contemporary aesthetic sensibilities. Every silhouette displayed impeccable structural craftsmanship, featuring hand-finished detailing, nuanced textures, and meticulously engineered volume. Bifulco’s sophisticated colour palette enhanced the dramatic draping, while innovative fabric manipulation brought a refined sense of movement to the runway. The line effortlessly balanced theatrical elegance with artistic discipline, marking Bifulco as a standout graduate talent whose creative vision honours rich couture heritage while boldly defining the future of high fashion.
