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The Fashion School in Florence.

Firenze, Italy
Joined May 2009
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Polimoda Library’s new home in B11, at Manifattura Tabacchi, will be designed by (AB)NORMAL, the studio heading to the 2027 Venice Biennale. Work begins early next year. Read more: tinyurl.com/msnsuyjd
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Second stop, Bucharest: Diana Grigorescu wins the Next Generation – Fashion Talent Award and a place on a Polimoda master’s program for her collection “I’ll Be Your Mirror.” More stops to come. [link] Images: tinyurl.com/5543v8hr
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Polimoda’s talent search begins in Yerevan: Hasmik Hayrapetyan wins the Polimoda Special Award at Yerevan Fashion Week and a full scholarship to our Summer Course in Fashion Business Management. More stops to come. tinyurl.com/5543v8hr
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The Back to School Party turned Manifattura Campus into a runway for personal style. A new academic year at Polimoda starts here. Relive the night on the Polimoda Journal: tinyurl.com/2sh98fx9
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A new academic year, forty years after our first. Tonight our students celebrate 80s style, and we have created a reading list on the decade Polimoda was founded in. Find it on the Journal: tinyurl.com/rn85n73k
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Fashion School Diaries, a new Journal column by students for students. Aleksandra Popova on finding a home in Florence: “Unlike fashion, Florence is slow-paced and wiser than you.” Find out why she kept a broom by her bed for three months: tinyurl.com/36msnu2w
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Why does a skirt still cause controversy? The Polimoda Journal traces the history of the garment, from symbol of power to propaganda tool to the miniskirt revolution. tinyurl.com/mwnphwru
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Diplomas in hand, families in the front row. Today our Design Department celebrates its Master graduates. Congratulations!
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50 stories, one choice. Our Master in Costume Design students, mentored by Massimo Cantini Parrini, bring Basile's "The Tale of Tales" to life on live models. Which tale would you choose? The next edition starts in February.
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Congratulations to this year's Business Master graduates, our Future Fashion Leaders. A celebration of a year of work, and the start of something new. All the best. Images by Sara Apostoli
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The lineup is set. Discover Polimoda's leading teachers for the 2026-2027 academic year: tinyurl.com/ycxmsspu
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Structure, softened. The corset has always been central to Elias Matso's work, and in his final collection, Melt with Me, the Fashion Design graduate lets the wearer seem to flow into the clothes, exploring time and the changing body through texture. Images: Anne Marie Halovanic
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Robots on the runway, La Scala dancers in the Galleria, and a fashion student's honest take. Fashion Business undergraduate Riccardo Rinaldi, who helped in the preparation of Vogue World Milano, reflects on the show: tinyurl.com/yc6j5jxd Images: Getty Images for Vogue
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“ARC: Forma Eterna reflects my own experience of feeling disconnected from my body at times, like a shell." Nishmie Shehara, Fashion Styling graduate, on her final thesis “Forma Eterna”
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Glad to announce a new partnership between Polimoda and Texas Christian University. An immersive experience in the Italian fashion system for TCU fashion merchandising students, and the start of a broader collaboration between the two schools. Read more: tinyurl.com/ycyvs8s4
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Laura Milani named Polimoda's new General Director The appointment opens the second phase of President Niccolò Ricci's mandate, with more milestones ahead in the School's 40th anniversary year. tinyurl.com/mshfzmym
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Craft is quiet until someone gives it a point of view. Twelve of our third-years just found theirs, at Giardino Scotto in Pisa, as part of the Stelle in Giardino event. Good luck to everyone starting year four. See the full gallery: tinyurl.com/yn3mj9ve
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Strategy calls, race engineering, championship wins: women are running F1 now, not just watching it. Monza GP weekend closing in. Our Master student Alvia Merchant speaks on who is steering that shift. Read on the Polimoda Journal. tinyurl.com/yc27jvyk
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A new academic year always begins with a question: what will this next generation bring to fashion? Our answer starts with the 2026 graduate collections styled by Fashion Styling students under Mentor Serge Girardi. Discover the full concept: tinyurl.com/4cy3n8xk
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