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Polimoda Podcast
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This is the Polimoda Podcast.
Discover conversations with some of the biggest fashion figures in the industry. Best Jobs in the World is a behind-the-scenes look at some of the most notable professions in fashion and Polimoda Duets features the voices and stories of leading creatives.
Polimoda is a Florentine fashion school founded in 1986.
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Research tables by Polimoda Library
Jan 13, 202500:00:34Tap to summarizeThe Polimoda Library presents a curated selection of books, publications, and research materials to explore the key themes of the exhibition: blue, denim, workwear, subcultures, textile art, and photography. This collection, designed to spark curiosity and deeper understanding, offers visitors the chance to uncover unexpected connections between aesthetics, history, and innovation. The selected texts are available for on-site consultation, providing a valuable resource for enthusiasts, students, and creatives seeking inspiration.
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Bleus de travail by Charles Fréger
Jan 13, 202500:01:39Tap to summarizeBleus de travail (2002–2003) explores vocational training environments as part of a broader collection of student portraits taken across several technical schools. The series is divided into subsets: student welders, boilermakers, industrial maintenance technicians, mechanics, agricultural mechanics, paper industry technicians, horticulturists, farmers, florists, roofers, carpenters, joiners, cabinetmakers, masons, plumbers, painters, stonemasons, bakers and pastry chefs, and finally butchers. It serves as a true catalog of workwear, photographed in training spaces. From attire to surroundings, everything is designed to protect inexperienced trainees as they learn their trade.
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Roy Roger’s Archive: 150 Years of Denim and Workwear
Jan 13, 202500:01:57Tap to summarizeFrom the private archive of Roy Roger’s comes a selection of work garments that trace 150 years of denim history. Shades of blue, rips, stains, and signs of wear tell the stories of those who wore them, preserving narratives embedded in these lived-in pieces. From American miners’ overalls to railway workers’ trousers, from prison jackets to military parkas, they all share one common element: the identity of the person who wore them.
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Zurashi / Slipped by Rowland and Chinami Ricketts
Jan 13, 202500:01:19Tap to summarizeLike any other creative process, the production of cloth, and ikat in particular, creates a framework of limitations for the artist to work with. The yarns must be organized and handled to prepare them for weaving. Before dyeing, certain sections of the yarns are bound to resist the dye, creating patterns by preventing color absorption in those areas. When interwoven, the dyed and resisted sections become whole in the patterns that are revealed. These patterns reflect a deep understanding of ikat’s limitations as well as their creator’s ability to trick them into doing what they want.
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blue r/evolution
Jan 13, 202500:01:40Tap to summarizeIn occasion of Pitti Uomo 107, Polimoda presents AN/ARCHIVE EVENT TWO: blue r/evolution, an unprecedented exhibition that transcends traditional fashion discourse and explores the evolution of blue, denim and its connection to work, identity, crisis, and revolution.
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AN/ARCHIVE
Jan 13, 202500:00:44Tap to summarizeAN/ARCHIVE is an innovative space for fashion research presented by Polimoda that hosts exhibitions, workshops, conferences and debates on some of the most relevant issues for today’s fashion industry, stimulating reflection on the future of the sector and helping a new generation of researchers to emerge. It is a space open to the city, designed to welcome researchers, curators, archivists, students, designers and businesses interested in studying fashion.
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Fashion: The New Establishment | Tessa Griffith
Feb 2, 202401:20:40Tap to summarizeIn the second episode of Fashion: The New Establishment, we delve deeper into the evolving landscape of the fashion industry by engaging with Tessa Griffith, the Managing Director of Molly Goddard. Curated by Mimma Viglezio, this episode continues the series’ mission to illuminate the journeys, strategies and insights of the new vanguards shaping fashion’s future.
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Fashion: The New Establishment | Thebe Magugu
Dec 20, 202301:11:18Tap to summarizeFashion: The New Establishment is a podcast series aimed at providing a broader perspective by featuring discussions with a new class of successful professionals in the fashion industry, including photographers, agents, art directors, influencers, editors and CEOs. We delve into their work and the past that lead them to success as we believe this young individuals are the one shaping the industry of tomorrow. This podcast series is produced and edited from a discussion which took place from the talent and Mimma Viglezio, conducted in front of hundreds Undergraduate and Master students inside Polimoda's Aula Magna in Florence. Our guest on October 12th, 2023 was South African designer and LVMH prize 2019 winner, Thebe Magugu.
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What Fashion Needs | Insights on the Master in Fashion Critique and Curation with Linda Loppa and Eva Zimmerman
Feb 11, 202200:25:06Tap to summarizeWhat does fashion need? Advisor of Strategy and Vision Linda Loppa and Business Coordinator Eva Zimmerman e-met future Master in Fashion Critique and Curation students in an exclusive online talk. From developing a critical point of view on contemporary fashion to the importance of the written experience in this moment of change, the program aims to shape independent thinkers under the mentorship Tim Blanks, Editor-at-large of The Business of Fashion.
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Master in Fashion Writing and Curation | In conversation with Tim Blanks
Dec 20, 202101:03:06Tap to summarizeIn November 2021, Massimiliano Giornetti and Linda Loppa headed to London and met up with Tim Blanks, the newest mentor of the Master in Fashion Writing and Curation. From fashion rebels to the weight of words, Blanks shared his thoughts on a variety of topics and talked about how he hopes to help students develop an independent voice. The Master in Fashion Writing and Curation aims to shape independent thinkers with an in-depth understanding of contemporary fashion culture who aren’t afraid of questioning the current fashion system and driving change. Fashion is a conversation.
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