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New York, Seoul, Los Angeles, Florence. Storefront Window Workshops by Syracuse Architecture in partnership with Polimoda closed in Florence, opening the way to a summer session at Polimoda.

Palmowski takes F1 Academy. Antonelli takes the world title. Two young talents, and a sport that keeps changing. Polimoda alumna Alvia Merchant on the role of fashion and beauty in it, on the Polimoda Journal. tinyurl.com/yc27jvyk

Strength and fragility, worn as one. Master in Collection Design graduate Mara Popa reimagines armor as a second skin. Images: Erika Diana

Can steaming dresses teach you art direction? Fashion School Diaries, chapter two: alumna Mobina Mirzaei on her internship at Emilio Pucci Heritage and the lessons no syllabus covers. Read it now: tinyurl.com/bdzzun33

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Diplomas in hand, families in the front row. Today our Design Department celebrates its Master graduates. Congratulations!

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.

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

The lineup is set. Discover Polimoda's leading teachers for the 2026-2027 academic year: tinyurl.com/ycxmsspu

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

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

“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”

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

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