Launch Your Own Shoe Brand
Milan, Italy • 2026 intakesLearn shoe design, pattern making and shoemaking to build your own collection - from first sketch to first sample. Taught in Milan, built for the U.S. market.
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Everything You Need to Make Your Brand Real
Train with the same methods, tools and processes used by the footwear industry. Design your collection, understand how your shoes get made, and leave with a product you can actually produce.
Shoe Design and Collection Development
- 10 weeks
- € 10,000
- August 31st, 2026
- January 11, 2027
- April 26, 2027
Design your own collection by combining creativity and technique. From sketch to a full line - style, target, positioning - turning your idea into a market-ready product.
GET INFO- 4-week Shoe Hand Sketching, Digital Design and AI: hand drawing and digital tools (Photoshop, Illustrator) focused on proportions, function and aesthetics
- 6-week Shoe Collection Development: build a footwear collection, defining style, target and positioning, with a focus on trends, marketing, and moodboards
Shoe Making - Learn How Your Shoes Get Made
- 2/4 weeks
- € 3,000 - € 5,500
- July 6th, 2026
- November 16, 2026
- March 30, 2027
A hands-on course to understand how footwear is built, from materials and components to construction and sample making. If you want to launch a brand, this is where you learn what your factory will do - by doing it yourself. Includes 24-40 hours of online preparation.
GET INFO- 2-week for Traditional Shoemaking: ballerina, sandal, lace-up derby
- 2-week for Sneakers Shoemaking: leather sneaker (cemented, board-lasted, rubber sole), knitted upper sneaker, women's running sneaker, basketball-style sneaker
Shoe 1 Year Diploma - From Idea to Prototype
- 38 weeks
- € 24,000
- AUGUST 31st, 2026
- January 11, 2027
- April 26, 2027
The complete brand builder path: one collection, YOURS, developed across the entire program. Design it, engineer it, and build the prototype yourself in our sample room, in line with real industry workflows.
GET INFO- 15-week of design: sketching, digital tools (including AI and 3D), and collection development through market and trend analysis
- 15-week of technical training: pattern making (manual and CAD) and shoemaking for traditional and sneaker constructions
- 8-week of final project: develop a shoe prototype from your collection in our state-of-the-art sample room using industry-standard tools and materials
What are our former alumni up to?
Arsutoria alumni have launched 50+ footwear brands and others graduates have joined product teams at fashion houses and performance brands. The training is built to move you from classroom to sample room.
The professional success of our talents is our greatest satisfaction and the tangible evidence of the effectiveness of our training programs.
Tommaso Ostani
Shoe Pattern Making and Prototyping alumnus
Thomas Morra
Shoe 1-Year Program alumnus
Matteo Bellentani
Shoe Pattern Making and Prototyping, Shoe Design alumnus
Kelly Baillon
Shoe 1-year Diploma alumnus
Fausto Costa
Shoe Design alumnus
Ready to make your brand real?
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- Industry-driven training
- Hands-on, small classes
- Milan-based campus
- Lessons in English