Fashion Courses in Florence, Italy

Polimoda International Institute of Fashion Design and Marketing:
Founded in 1986, Polimoda International Institute of Fashion Design and Marketing, offers specialized courses of commercialisation, marketing, design and production, with the aim of creating a close collaboration between the production and academic worlds as well as providing a constant comparison with the international panorama. Polimoda provides our students with quality professional training - now internationally recognised - in accordance with real needs of the fashion industry and company demands. Polimoda is a member of the IFFTI (International Foundation of Fashion Technology Institutes). Polimoda maintains close ties to the fashion world through the organization of seminars, guided tours of companies, meetings with entrepreneurs and representatives from various sectors of industry, conferences with specialists and leading figures within the world of fashion.

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Undergraduate Programs taught in Italian:
- Fashion Design
- Footwear & Accessories Design
- Mens/Womenswear Patternmaking
- Marketing Management
- Marketing Communication

Master Degree Programs taught in English:
- Advanced Fashion Design
- Advanced Fashion Footwear Design
- Advanced Fashion Bag and Accessory Design
- Art & Fashion - Exhibition Design
- Fashion Coordinator
- Fashion Stylist
- Luxury Management
- Fashion Merchandising & Management
- Fashion Retail Management
- Fashion Buying Management
- Fashion Visual Merchandising
- Fashion Brand Management
- Event Management
- Fashion Photography

Master Degree Programs taught in Italian:
- Fashion Coordinator
- International Fashion Marketing
- Fashion Retail Management
- Fashion Buying Management
- Fashion Visual Merchandising
- Fashion Beauty & Cosmetics Management
- Fashion Marketing Communication
- Fashion Visual Communication
- Fashion Marketing & Organization of Events
- Fashion Photography

Collaborative Programs:
- ISIA (Istituto Superiore per le Industrie Artistiche) - Fashion design
- University of Florence - Master Architetture per Moda (AXM) - Experimental fashion architecture
- Facoltà di Architettura di Reggio Calabria - Fashion Design
- Fondazione CUOA - Vicenza - Fashion Management: Manage and Develop Business in Fashion

Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT)
- International Fashion Design - First and Second Year
- International Fashion Merchandising Management - Third Year
- FIT Summer courses: FIT Fabric Styling in Italy, FIT Fashion Illustration: lessons from the Masters, FIT: Italian in Florence

Private Courses:
- Private Courses for both students and professionals who cannot (or do not need to) attend the regular undergraduate and postgraduate courses on offer, Polimoda provides tailor-made training designed to meet clients' individual needs and to help them acquire the specific know-how or skills that they require
- Trade Fair Guided Tours
- Tailor-made Programs for Groups
- Seminars for Institutes

Summer and specialization courses: Polimoda offers a range of summer and specialization courses every year. The list is updated each year to reflect current market trends and to better prepare students for work in the fashion sector. The following list includes a sample of courses Polimoda has offered in the past. Please contact the school for a current and complete list.

Introductory Summer Courses:
- Fashion Design
- Fashion Marketing
- Footwear Design
- Bag and Accessories Design
- Creative Patternmaking
- Job Profiles for Fashion

Specialized Summer Courses:
- Visual Communication
- Art & Fashion - Curating Fashion
- Creative Writing for Fashion
- Fashion Trends
- Professional Portfolio

Summer Language Courses:
- Italian4Fashion
- Italian4Beginners
- Chinese for Fashion

Specialization Courses:
Vary from year to year but past courses have included:
- Visual Merchandising & Concept Store
- Fashion Trends
- Action Marketing & New Media
- Fashion Brand Design
- Menswear Patternmaking
- Womenswear Patternmaking

Contact us for complete and up-to-date course offerings.