Polimoda Fashion School

Sustainability is No Longer Optional

Phoebe Owston — Wed, 05 Feb 2025 10:15:15 +0000

The fashion industry has hit a turning point. With climate change disrupting supply chains and consumers demanding better, putting “sustainable” on a label just doesn’t cut it anymore. The industry has been forced to move beyond superficial green marketing into something much more meaningful, and it’s raising an important question: how must fashion education evolve […]

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Jeffrey Kurland Joins Polimoda

Phoebe Owston — Tue, 28 Jan 2025 10:17:36 +0000

Polimoda is thrilled to announce the addition of Jeffrey Kurland, an acclaimed Hollywood costume designer, as the new mentor for the winter edition of our Short Course in Costume Design. With an illustrious career spanning decades, Kurland brings unparalleled expertise from his collaborative work with legendary directors like Christopher Nolan, Woody Allen, and Steven Soderbergh. […]

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Research Tables: Beyond Blue

Phoebe Owston — Mon, 27 Jan 2025 10:32:39 +0000

The journey unfolds on AN/ARCHIVE’s Research Tables through various facets of blue: from the technical aspects of indigo dyeing to its social significance, denim’s evolution from workwear to fashion staple, to iconic moments like Charlie Chaplin’s overalls and James Dean’s legendary Lee 101Zs. Photo by Agnese Bedini and Melania Dalle Grave, DSL Studio. For blue […]

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Case of Wonders

Phoebe Owston — Wed, 22 Jan 2025 10:10:31 +0000

Through the lens of subversive innovation, Undergraduate in Fashion Styling students are reimagining the boundaries of identity. Working in collaborative groups, these emerging creatives harness their collective vision to challenge conventional narratives and craft new perspectives on perceived reality, one transformative workshop at a time. Photo by Marco Gualtieri. Photo by Marco Gualtieri. Photo by Marco […]

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Blue Revolutionaries

Phoebe Owston — Mon, 20 Jan 2025 09:03:16 +0000

Ephemeral, transgressive, contradictory, blue has had us enthralled since the dawn of civilization. A color unique in its significance and allure across cultures, AN/ARCHIVE EVENT TWO: blue r/evolution examines its production and application to workwear through Roy Roger’s archive, the work of artists Rowland and Chinami Ricketts, photographer Charles Fréger, and the library’s Research Tables. […]

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A year of creative courage

Phoebe Owston — Sat, 28 Dec 2024 14:18:21 +0000

2024 is a year that can be defined by tangible forward momentum, showcasing the creative courage that makes Polimoda’s students and staff unique. From the first edition of AN/ARCHIVE, to the opening of the new Manifattura campus, 2024’s graduation show and winning collection, a plethora of applied projects, new mentors, investigative editorials, and fantastic guest […]

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Fuorimoda!: Challenging the Fashion System

Phoebe Owston — Thu, 19 Dec 2024 08:42:47 +0000

Ward’s message was uncompromising but deeply inspiring. “Raise your voice,” he urged. “Call out what is Fuorimoda!, even if they don’t listen immediately, keep going. Change doesn’t come easy, but it starts with persistence.” The intimate setting of the Aula Magna at Manifattura Tabacchi buzzed with anticipation on the evening of November 26, as students, […]

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Melancholy’s Rebel

Phoebe Owston — Mon, 09 Dec 2024 12:35:22 +0000

Undergraduate Fashion Art Direction students fill one of Manifattura Campus’s photo studios, selecting looks and props, set designing, fitting and styling for the young Sanremo Giovani tipped star, Angelica Bove, while holding true to her innate intrepid nature and rock ‘n’ roll aesthetic. Her latest song La nostra malinconia, with its retro sounds and catchy […]

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Coloring Outside The Lines

Phoebe Owston — Fri, 06 Dec 2024 15:12:43 +0000

A heaving Aula Magna. 8 minutes of silence. Collective storytelling on a shared piece of paper, folded 100 times and passed through the crowd. This is creativity, Francesco Risso style. This was a guest lecture of different sorts, The Process as Manifesto. Francesco Risso, Creative Director of Marni and former Polimoda student, took on hundreds […]

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Subverting the Rules of Costume Design

Phoebe Owston — Fri, 29 Nov 2024 11:02:32 +0000

A custodian of sartorial memory, Massimo Cantini Parrini is more than a costume designer. He’s a fashion archaeologist with a collection of over 4.500 historical dresses preserved between Rome and Florence. While his latest work in the film “Maria”, the biopic of Maria Callas starring Angelina Jolie and directed by Pablo Larraín, is being released […]

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