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Polimoda Graduate Show 2026 highlights global perspectives and personal narratives in fashion education

Fashion students from around the world will present collections exploring identity, culture, memory, and social change at the Polimoda Graduate Show 2026, showcasing the diverse creative approaches emerging from contemporary fashion education. The graduating designers represent countries including Italy, the United States, Armenia, Ukraine,...

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Lucie and Luke Meier to mentor students of Polimoda's undergraduate fashion course

Lucie and Luke Meier, the designer couple who studied at Polimoda in Florence and led Jil Sander from 2017 to 2025, have decided to return to the Florentine school. Twenty-five years after meeting in Florence, the two creative directors will mentor students of the undergraduate course in Fashion Design as they develop their graduate collections....

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Video: How vintage and archives influence contemporary costume design

Costume Design is a powerful tool for storytelling, a journey that extends from initial historical research and archival deep dives to the final execution on set. A recent conversation featured renowned Costume Designer Massimo Cantini Parrini, Polimoda Director Massimiliano Giornetti, and Design Department Supervisor Silvia Tolaro, who came...

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Polimoda Talent also awards a digital runway casting solution platform

Luigi Simonetti and Syncroni by Hatem Ben Hassine are the winners of Polimoda's Talent 2025. This is the programme that transforms the innovative ideas of the school's students and alumni, guiding them through a journey of entrepreneurial growth and experimentation in the fashion sector. After six months of development, mentorship and design...

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Massimo Cantini Parrini, mentor for Polimoda's master's in costume design, on the role of the costume designer today

Polimoda's new master's in Costume design will launch in February. The course frames costume design as a narrative art form. It adopts a research-based methodological approach, aimed at providing students with a comprehensive and integrated understanding of the essential elements of costume design. Students will develop skills in historical...

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Video: Polimoda's Master in Fashion Art Direction program partners with Vogue Italia

The Master in Fashion Art Direction offers a year of immersive exploration, creativity, and teamwork, taking students from Florence into the editorial world of Vogue Italia. Guided by industry professionals, students developed editorial projects, gaining first-hand experience in the collaborative process of building stories through image and...

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Video: Polimoda's 2025 graduate shows

Polimoda's Graduate Show offers an exclusive look into the creative process of emerging designers from one of the world's top fashion schools. This documentary-style vlog appeals to students, industry insiders, and style enthusiasts, showcasing cutting-edge collections and intimate moments with bright young fashion minds. The annual show is a...

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Video: Polimoda graduate show 2025 explored identity through fashion

The Polimoda Graduate Show 2025 will showcase the exceptional work of final-year Fashion Design students, revealing the visionary talents of tomorrow. This event marks the culmination of their intense developmental journey at Polimoda. The graduate collections this year are a testament to this generation's constant connection and symbiosis with...

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‘Manifattura’: Polimoda opens second fashion campus in Florence

Italian fashion school Polimoda unveils Manifattura, a new campus located in Florence at the former Manifattura Tabacchi cigar factory. Manifattura was presented on October 15, 2024 by Ferruccio Ferragamo, chairman of Polimoda, and Massimiliano Giornetti, director of the fashion school, in the presence of the mayor of Florence, Sara Funaro....

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A Q&A with Jimena Guzman, Polimoda’s top graduate 2024

Yesterday, Polimoda named Jimena Guzman the winner of its fashion graduation show 2024, which took place on June 12. The young designer who hails from Santiago in the Dominican Republic presented a collection inspired by her cultural roots that was lauded by Polimoda’s professional jury for its originality and technical details. FashionUnited...

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Polimoda Class of 2024: Jimena Guzman wins Best Collection

Italian fashion school Polimoda has announced this year’s winner of the Best Collection honours from its fashion design Class of 2024. Final-year student Jimena Guzman can call herself Polimoda’s best designer of 2024. Guzman, a designer from the Dominican Republic presented her graduation collection, entitled ‘Bajo Mundo’ at the Polimoda...

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Unveiling the Graduates 2024 collection: Polimoda

As the class of 2024 completes their academic journey in becoming fashion professionals, Polimoda recently showcased the graduates' final collections with huge success. Stepping into the fashion industry, those collections play a crucial role for graduates to expand their network and share their work. As the international B2B network,...