Polimoda – International Institute of Fashion Design & Marketing
via Curtatone, 1, 50123, Florence
Tel.+39 055 275061 - Fax +39 055 2750720
Description
Polimoda International Institute of Fashion Design & Marketing is an Italian centre of excellence, recognized worldwide for its high quality, fashion-oriented, didactic offer ranging from Design & Marketing to Management and Communication, in line with industry and fashion company needs. Polimoda relies on a team of professors with a solid background and experience in the fashion industry, a team focused on providing students with an updated education, always in-line with the fast changing fashion business. Our faculty is expert in the different fields of fashion design, marketing, management, branding, communication, trends, footwear and pattern design as well as research in fashion.
A CENTER FOR ITALIAN EXCELLENCE
Polimoda is, so to speak, an institute with the gene for Italian excellence, as well as an international vocation. Polimoda is recognized around the globe for its high quality fashion and marketing teaching programs. Founded in 1986 as part of an initiative conceived and financed by the Cities of Florence and Prato and fashion-sector trade associations, and the collaboration of the Fashion Institute of Technology from the State University of New York, Polimoda offers students impeccable professional training through highly-specialized working and research methodology. Polimoda is also a member of IFFTI (International Foundation of Fashion Technology Institutes).
POLIMODA OPINION LEADER
Much more than a training center: a creative campus, the meeting place of “visionaries” and opinion leaders from the worlds of fashion, culture, and professional training, in which Polimoda is an authoritative, internationally-recognized voice. In 2015, Polimoda will be hosting the “IFFTI – International Foundation of Fashion Technology Institutes” conference, promoting a global network comprising the world’s most advanced centers for Fashion Design, Technology and Business training. Following in the footsteps of many Renaissance spirits, Florence and Polimoda are preparing for a new challenge, and for a Renai[chance].
QUALITY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
From 2002 Polimoda has been developing a quality management system certified by TŰV Italia, aimed at reinforcing its role of leading institute and center of excellence in fashion education, thanks to a steady organizational improvement.
The quality system is the main instrument through which Polimoda confirms its commitment to all those standards granting efficiency, reliability and improvement through the years.
PROFESSIONALS TAILORED TO INDUSTRY NEEDS
Networking and ongoing interaction with fashion companies are just some of the added values offered by Polimoda through its courses and masters programs, training professionals for today’s fashion system demands. Polimoda training nurtures managerial professionals such as Brand and Communication Managers and Buyers, as well as a professional team on the creative side of the business including Art/Creative Directors, Fashion Designers, Fashion Illustrators, Fashion Stylists, Footwear & Accessories Designers etc. Experts are also formed in the new web-based professions (Digital Strategy Planners, Web Content Curators, and Social Media Managers) as well as those who work closest to production (Product Development Managers, Patternmakers, Samplemakers).
All Master Courses
Master in Fashion Buying & Product Management
The Fashion Buyer is an enthusiast and a fashion expert, with distinctive personality, taste and sensitivity and a profound expertise about the product, the distribution methods and the taste of the clientele. His or her constant aim is the innovation of procurements times, to obtain better quality at lower prices and liaise with the different sectors of the company.
Master in Fashion Marketing & Communication
Taught by teachers with direct experience in the fashion industry, this course perfectly integrates the three words contained in its title: Fashion, Marketing and Communication. Students gain experience of the typical working environment of a creative agency when completing two team projects that will form part of their portfolio.
Master in International Fashion Business
The Master in International Fashion Business provides all the instruments required for the management of the fashion enterprise in an international dimension: from production systems through to international marketing, distribution, strategic planning and communication.