Fashion design courses on footwear, knitwear and textiles

Textiles, Knitwear and Footwear design school in Florence, Italy

Fabric design, pattern making and knitwear courses

Polimoda, a highly specialized fashion design school located in Florence, Italy, offers undergraduate and graduate design courses in textile, knitwear and footwear. The design courses also analyze the production, sales and marketing aspects of these specialized industries.

The Polimoda Fashion Institute of Design maintains close ties and collaboration with the fashion industry which provides a constant, up-to-date view of the international fashion scene to current students. The fashion design school prepares students for careers in the textile and knitwear design fields and those wishing to specialize in the footwear and accessories markets as well as in general fashion design.

Polimoda is particularly well-known for its specialized design courses in fabric design and clothing pattern making.

DESIGN FOOTWEAR AND ACCESSORIES

Footwear and other fashion accessories are taking on a role of increasing importance in the current fashion system, both image- and money-wise. Firms are looking for professionals who are able to unite style and technical skills in footwear design and marketing. This program prepares students to be autonomous in research, ideation, design and creation of models of footwear, bags and leather objects; Polimoda's long collaboration with the area's rich local production of footwear and leather accessories offer a study experience that is closely tied to the world of work.

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MASTER IN FASHION FOOTWEAR DESIGN

This program provides specialized technical knowledge of the footwear product and industry to create excellent contemporary fashion accessories in a highly experiential format.

The high visibility and sales in this sector make this professional profile in high demand. The objective of the course is to provide students with working knowledge of the fashion footwear industry and prepare them to enter into the sector with a superior understanding of the product and creative marketing skills.

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WOMENSWEAR PATTERNMAKING - TWO YEARS

Our two-year course was created in response to the growing demand by companies within the sector, for clothes pattern-makers capable of working in a completely autonomous way, and who possess a high level of technical knowledge, and thus are able to face the ever-growing competitiveness of the fashion industry. During their first year, students will learn the methods and basic technical skills needed to create skirts, vests, shirts, and trousers. They will also be introduced to the techniques necessary for transforming these basic designs, in order to achieve a finished product.

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FASHION DESIGN

The fashion design course provides students with the necessary technical and theoretical knowledge to be able to work as a fashion designer for knitwear, menswear and womenswear. There are dynamic links with the local fashion, textiles and knitting industries. Professionals from the field, in the form of both instructors and guest speakers, will put students into direct contact with the needs of the modern-day industrial world.

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ADDITIONAL FASHION DESIGN COURSES:

• Foundation in Fashion Design - in English with Italian Language Lessons
• Fashion Design Master - Advanced
• Summer Fashion Design Courses