Fabric Design School
Become a Fabric Stylist
Fabric design, pattern making and knitwear courses
Polimoda, a highly specialized fashion design school located in Florence, Italy, offers undergraduate and graduate courses in textile, knitwear and footwear design. 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.
Polimoda is considered one of the best Italian fashion schools.
An example of some of our courses:
FASHION DESIGN
This course will offer students the fundamental instruments required to create and present a fashion collection, including basic illustration, fashion trends, fabric choice and graphic presentation.
WOMENS AND MENS PATTERN DESIGN
This course is the answer to the growing need of pattern makers on the part of the firms of the sector. They need professionals able to work in complete autonomy and with exceptional technical knowledge to face the most unexpected demands of the fashion designer.
The course treats women clothing and the first year is dedicated to learning of the basic patterns, such as skirts, bodices, shirts, pants, and to the introduction of the techniques of the transformation of these bases to reach the desired model. The technique of the wrapping, the history of fashion, the technique of the patterns and the study of the English language complete the program of the first year.
Men's and Women's Patternmaking Course »
For a complete list of our courses, View our course catalog »
Introductory courses at Polimoda
- Foundation in Fashion Design
- Orientation in Fashion Design
- Orientation in Shoe Techniques
- Orientation in Fashion Technology
- Orientation in Fashion Marketing
Undergraduate courses
- MARKETING
- Marketing Communication
- Marketing Management
Polimoda's MASTERS programs
Masters held in Italian
Masters held in English
- DESIGN
- Advanced Fashion Design
- Advanced Fashion Footwear & Bags Design
- Fashion Technology
- Fashion Stylist
- Fashion Trand Forecasting
- MARKETING
- Fashion Brand Management
- Fashion Merchandising & Buying
- Luxury Management
- Visual Merchandising Trends
- Digital Communication for Fashion 2.0
Summer Courses
- DESIGN
- Fashion Design
- Footwear Design
- Bag & Accessories Design
- Creative Pattern Design
- Fashion Trends
- Professional Portfolio
- MARKETING
- Fashion Marketing
- Job Profiles for Fashion
- Gold Summer Course
- Chinese for Fashion
- Russian for Fashion
- LANGUAGE
- Italian4Fashion
- Italian4Beginners
Summer Executive Courses
- Creative Brand Management
- Emotional Marketing
- Fashion, Internet & New Media
- Luxury Buyology
- Shopping Behaviour
- Trend Forecasting
Specialization courses
Visual Merchandising & Concept Store
Private courses
Private Classes
Polimoda private classes represent an ideal solution for both students and professionals in need of a customized course.
Seminars for institute
Throughout the academic year, Polimoda hosts short seminars or specialized workshops attended by fashion, design and marketing institutes from all over the world