Polimoda

Polimoda, the International Institute of Fashion, Design and Marketing, is a center of excellence that is internationally recognized for its high quality of instruction and the entry it gives to students looking to break into the world of fashion. In 1986, the cities of Florence and Prato joined forces to found and fund Polimoda, in collaboration with the Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT) of the State University of New York. Housed in Florence’s own Villa Strozzi, Polimoda is now under the direction of President Ferruccio Ferragamo, the administrator delegated by the eponymous multinational in March 2006.
As of January 2007, Director Linda Loppa has been in charge of the Institute’s continued growth and expansion. Internationally renowned as both an instructor and administrator in the world of fashion education, and with a professional pedigree and creative and management skills that are unmatched, Linda Loppa has transformed the Institute, revamping its image and its mission to offer a better learning experience with a focus on better quality, research and creativity.
With over 950 students—40% foreign and 90% that find employment within the first six months after graduation—it’s the numbers that speak best to the success of the Institute’s rigorous curriculum, which gives students entrance into every sector of fashion, thanks in no small part to the prestigious internships available in some of Florence’s best fashion houses and agencies.
Along with its degrees in the creative and design side of fashion, entrepreneurial students can also study communications, marketing and fashion administration, making Polimoda the most qualified institute to get a 360° fashion education.
In fact, it’s the continuous contact with fashion companies that truly makes a Polimoda education unique, giving its administrators and instructors the opportunity to design curriculums that give Polimoda students such a well-rounded and complete education. Thanks to this constant and energized collaboration between the education and business sides of fashion, students seamlessly make the transition from studying at the Institute to working in fashion or any related field. In fact, upon finishing their studies, students often find work in many of Italy’s greatest multinational fashion houses: Conte of Florence, Ferragamo, Gucci, La Perla, La Rinascente, Patrizia Pepe, Tod’s, etc.
At the beginning of the new millennium, the heads of Polimoda decided that they wanted to broaden the Institute’s scope even further. So in 2002 they opened Polimoda Srl—helmed by Santo Versace—a consulting company that works with and for fashion companies large and small, providing an international focus and the continued education of and training of fashion professionals through ad hoc projects completed in collaboration with various companies.

Contact Information:
Polimoda
 via Pisana 77 - I
50143 Firenze
Tel: 055.739961
www.polimoda.it