Art Thou: Polimoda’s Final Graduation Show is back for Pitti 100 with a runway showcasing fashion, music and art in Piazza Santa Maria Novella
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William Morgan
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Polimoda opened the 100th edition of Pitti Uomo with a bang, marking the beginning of live fashion shows with an event showcasing the collections of its top talents. For two days, an unforgettable Rob Mulholland installation will offer a secret garden to the city of Florence.
Florence’s Piazza Santa Maria Novella hosted a fashion show that effortlessly interweaves art, nature and architecture. Highlighting the sculptures of British artist Rob Mulholland, the catwalk wraped around a secret garden, immersed in a bed of blossoming flowers, plants and trees.
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Domenico Orefice
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Art Thou, Polimoda's Final Graduation Show, is an ode to talent and diversity. In an event-installation dedicated to the top creative talents of the school, this "Best of Polimoda" marks the return of in-person fashion shows, celebrating Pitti Uomo #100.
“Polimoda is known for its independent vision,” says Massimiliano Giornetti, Director of Polimoda. “Discovering and promoting talent and diversity has always been our aspiration. It's about amplifying inclusivity and diversity. Art Thou (be yourself) summarizes all of this. With the creations of our best talents, we want to respect and encourage individuality. The claim of the ego to show itself for what it is. A post-modern reflection about the authenticity of the one. The choice of the self to determine its autonomy of judgment and its very personal freedom of expression.”
The designers
Over 100 looks on a runway featuring 27 mini collections. For the first time in the school's 35-year history, the best students from all of the design area programs—not only the top final-year Undergraduate in Fashion Design students—will be part of the show. Fashion Design, Fashion Design Management, Collection Design and Knitwear Design students were selected by the school's faculty together with Giornetti and Caroline Issa, CEO and Fashion Director of Tank magazine and Mentor of Fashion Design, to participate in the Final Graduation Show.
There are thirteen Italian designers: Allegra Aglietti, Lucrezia Bargellini, Chiara Cafissi, Camilla Conti, Marina Coppola, Maria Vittoria Del Rosso, Domenico Orefice, Alessia Dovero, Martina Giammillari, Annagiulia Giannetti, Lorenzo Guarnieri, Ugo Federico Ianaro and Pietro Moretti. There are also fourteen international students from all over the world: Valerie Armas Plasencia from Venezuela, Machalen Rebollo Prieto from Spain, Bokyung Jo from South Korea, Oluwafieyitimi Chukwueneka Majekodunmi from the United Kingdom, Paulo Guilherme Mileu Soares from Portugal, William Morgan from Canada, Glenn Charles Murphy from Ireland, Yuliia Rudenko from Ukraine, Daria Shkundina from Russia, Claire Tilroe from Austria, Yu Ning Hung from Taiwan and Yun Xie, Yulian Zhong and Jianqing Zhao from China. Tommaso Bertini from Italy and Pari Shah from India created some of the accessories for the show. These young creatives will present their collections, marking their transformation from student to designer with their first true entry into the fashion world.
“This is my first show as Director of Polimoda,” says Massimiliano Giornetti. “However, I have been working with our students for two years now. I've had the honor of witnessing their fierce creative energy as well as their moments of fragility during this uncertain time. The personal and professional road they've been on has led to great maturity, and although the past few years have been tough, they are ready to take flight with their own creative identity and uniqueness of thought.”
“Each of us is a universe, different from the others. An identity of equally different shapes and colors. True equality is the natural affirmation of the self and Polimoda is a plural (poli) identity. Being different is the greatest risk of contemporaneity.”
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HIGHLIGHTS OF THE PRESENTED LOOKS
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