Polimoda Fashion School

The language around bodies is changing and stringent beauty standards are making a comeback, evident through the popularity of current cultural phenomena like the Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show and looksmaxxing. Far from the body positivity movement of the 2010s, mainstream visual culture’s fixation with perfection has spread into the fashion world; Journal correspondent Ricc...

An internship can surprise you, and teach you far more than you expected. At the end of her course, Fashion Art Direction alumna Mobina Mirzaei found herself at Emilio Pucci Heritage. She spent her days cataloguing, steaming and exploring the archive, until she came across a 1963 newspaper column written by Carole, an intern who […]

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Last night, Polimoda students and faculty gathered at B11 on the Manifattura Campus for Back to School, the night that opens the academic year. This edition carried extra meaning: 2026 marks Polimoda’s 40th anniversary, and the evening took its cue from the year it all began. Photo by Riccardo Bartalucci Polimoda was born in Florence […]

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Time passes, but some things never go out of style. Founded in 1986, Polimoda was born in a decade that redefined fashion, creativity and self-expression. Let’s take a step back and look at a selection of influential books and films that captured the spirit of that time. These titles, available from the school’s Library, portray […]

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Welcome to Fashion School Diaries, a new Journal column written by students, for students. From finding a home and starting an internship, to working showrooms, making friends, and navigating relationships, these stories are insightful, funny and sometimes touching, and until now, have remained untold. From a locked kitchen to a cigar-smoking landlord with a runaway […]