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Triennale Milano X Kiton: "Tailoring School. A Journey Into Education" Exhibition
Luxferity, 24.01.2025
Triennale Milano and Kiton are presenting the second stage of the exhibition Tailoring school. A journey into education – curated by Luca Stoppini, Triennale’s fashion department advisor. The exhibition, staged with the support of the Fédération de la Haute Couture et de la Mode in Paris, is held at the Istituto Italiano di Cultura di Parigi from January 22 to 25, 2025.
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The relationship between Triennale and Kiton arose from the desire to represent the issue of training and skilled craftsmanship as a central theme in the cultural system in Italy and elsewhere. The school has become an exhibition project with the aim of fostering awareness among the general public and enhancing appreciation of the figure of the tailor as a present-day professional.
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The exhibition is coming to Paris, to the spaces of the Istituto Italiano di Cultura, after being staged at Triennale Milano on the occasion of Milan Fashion Week Menswear, and focuses on the integration of training and skilled craftsmanship, starting with the experience of the Tailoring School (Scuola di Alta Sartoria) founded by Kiton in 2000. Like the first exhibition, this one is accompanied by some visits and appointments dedicated to French schools, with the intention of introducing what is now acknowledged to be a highly effective and replicable model.
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Through a series of videos, and above all, thanks to the presence of the teacher and students from the training course, Tailoring school. A journey into education tells the public the twenty-five-year story of Kiton's Tailoring School, a pathway to excellence that has the dual advantage of preserving artisan traditions and promoting the art of tailoring around the world. The exhibition also offers an opportunity to explore the Neapolitan cultural heritage and tailoring tradition that is intrinsic to the school.
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In the words of Stefano Boeri, President of Triennale Milano: “Training is a topic that is very dear to our hearts at Triennale, where we have been working hard for many years to pass on knowledge, values and new opportunities to future generations. We are well aware that every project, if done well, can teach us something and inspire new visions: that is why Triennale emphasizes developing effective training courses, that provide an example that can also be followed in other countries. We are proud to continue this dialogue with the remarkable activity offered by the Kiton Tailoring School, which gives young people a voice and combines their dreams and aspirations with the concrete realities of a profession, and proud to do so through cooperation with a leading institution, the Fédération de la Haute Couture et de la Mode. It is a source of great satisfaction for us to be able to help spread awareness of Italian excellence abroad.”
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Carla Morogallo, Director General of Triennale Milano, adds: “One of the aspects that Triennale has been focusing on for some time is developing projects and suggesting ideas that may be useful for training young people, with particular attention to craftsmanship. In the fashion sector, there is a very strong demand for highly skilled craftworkers, and we consider this to be a particularly significant issue with plenty of room for development. The Paris staging of this exhibition, developed in collaboration with Kiton, is an example of what an institution can do for the training sector in concrete terms: it can encourage young people to develop the skills required by the sector and can suggest further training opportunities for brands. Moreover, to be able to bring such an essential element as Italian craftsmanship to one of the European fashion capitals is a source of pride for an institution that has for many years highlighted the importance of sharing ideas and expertise and collaborating with international institutions.”
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Antonio De Matteis, CEO at Kiton, comments: “Since 2000, Kiton has been promoting training for excellence through its Tailoring School, a project that was initiated by our founder Ciro Paone to pass on the art of tailoring to young people and to offer them concrete professional opportunities. Today the school is a beacon in the sector, opening up numerous opportunities for its graduates, from joining Kiton to working with other fashion brands or launching their own independent entrepreneurial career paths. For Kiton, promoting the Italian tailoring tradition is a mission that will be accomplished through prestigious partnerships. The exhibition Tailoring school. A journey into education, launched in collaboration with Triennale Milano and inaugurated last January in Milan, is to be presented in Paris, too, thanks to the support of the Fédération de la Haute Couture et de la Mode and the collaboration of the Istituto Italiano di Cultura di Parigi. Kiton is proud to join with these important institutions in bringing the exhibition to the French capital, achieving another objective that proves how it is possible to combine dreams and aspirations with concrete professional reality, while preserving a cultural heritage, contributing to the future of fashion, and showcasing Italian tailoring excellence on an international stage.”
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The exhibition Tailoring school. A journey into education immerses visitors in the world of the Kiton tailoring school, which is based in Arzano (Naples) and enables twenty-five young tailors to enter the world of work at the end of each course.
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The collaboration between Triennale and Kiton seeks to emphasize the importance of artisan expertise: this is a crucial tool that enables older generations to pass on knowledge to younger ones, driving forward a high level of professional skills that otherwise risks being lost, at a time when the use of new technologies is having an impact on our daily lives and artificial intelligence is beginning to play a concrete role in everyday life.
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The exhibition reconstructs a room of the Tailoring School, where visitors will be able to see students from the 2022-2025 three-year course, the 9th in the history of the school, at work alongside their teachers, just as in a normal day of professional training. The exhibition is accompanied by a brief account of the school's history and activities, told through the voices of Antonio De Matteis, the CEO at Kiton, and Silverio Paone, Production Manager at Kiton. Interviews with Stefano Boeri, President of Triennale Milano, and Carla Morogallo, Director General of Triennale Milano, are also featured, discussing the importance of training in the sector of skilled craftsmanship.
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Displayed on the walls are photographs of some of the professionals working in the Naples workshop, testifying to the “hand-made” production that is a crucial element in Kiton's DNA; the photos are part of the photographic project 1300 mani (1300 hands), created by Luca Stoppini in 2013 on the occasion of the inauguration of the Kiton store in Milan.
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During the period of the exhibition, visits are organized to some of the schools in the area, including the ESMOD Fashion Design & Business France, the Istituto Marangoni Paris, the Institut François de la mode, the Paris College of Art.
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This project forms part of the activities organized by the fashion department of Triennale Milano, with the involvement of Luca Stoppini as scientific advisor and Marco Sammicheli, Director of the Triennale Milano Design Museum. The department was set up with the aim of studying, exhibiting and optimizing archives and heritage linked to fashion, as well as promoting training courses in collaboration with schools and universities.
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