DCC Moda

A small wooden and black fabric dress form dominates the foreground, with a piece of dark cloth elegantly draped over its shoulders. In the blurred background, several students are focused on manual work around large wooden tables in a bright fashion laboratory. The workspace is dotted with tools of the trade, including white paper patterns, rollers, and blue folders, creating an atmosphere of intense creative activity and craftsmanship.

The DCC Moda is dedicated to design, experimentation, and prototyping in the fields of fashion and knitwear. It comprises specialised spaces for tailoring, garment construction, and knitwear, equipped with industrial sewing machines, manual and electronic knitting machines, embroidery machines, linking machines, dress forms, cutting tables, and other professional equipment.

Thanks to the support of specialised technical staff and close collaboration with faculty, the DCC Moda enables students, researchers, and external partners to work with fabrics, yarns, leather, and innovative materials, experimenting with manufacturing techniques, pattern making, and prototyping. The laboratory provides a dynamic environment for learning and research, where craftsmanship and industrial technologies come together to support the development of new products, processes, and solutions for the fashion system.

Equipment and workstations

The DCC Moda provides the necessary equipment to make tailoring and knitting products.

Workstations, basic pattern blocks and corresponding muslin samples, dress forms
Standard linear sewing machines and overlock machines (single- and double-needle), heat-press, ironing stations, and fasteners attaching press
Heavy fabrics sewing machines, zigzag machines, three-step zigzag machines, chainstitch machines, RAM tape tensioner, double coverstitch machines, coverstitch machines, binding machines, buttonholer machine, embroidery machines, and digitizing systems
Manual flat bled knitting machines, waxing machine, linking machines, and ironing stations with vacuum and steam boards
Shima Seiki electronicknitting machines and PC workstations with dedicated programming software

Teaching and business services

Teaching support for students and professors
Supporting researchers, research fellows and PhD students in experimental research projects
Online resources
Product development consultancy
Design and development of models and prototypes
Specialised workshops and training courses

Services to be reserved

It is possibile to book an appointment with a specialized technician for an advisory service about customized embroidery: Book
It is possibile to book an appointment with a specialized technician for an advisory service: Book

View the weekly lab schedule.