Graduate Show 2026

The Polimoda Graduate Show 2026 marks the school's 40th year with a graduating class that uses fashion as a tool to explore and make sense of the world they have inherited. Under the mentorship of Luke and Lucie Meier, who studied at Polimoda 25 years ago, 20 final-year Fashion Design students present collections that are fearless, intimate, and urgently human. Their work draws from memory, cultural heritage, and lived experience, treating garments not merely as clothing but as emotional and conceptual statements. Identity runs through every collection, explored through femininity, queerness, immigration, and the performance of social roles. Many designers honor traditions from their home countries while recontextualising them through a contemporary lens. Others interrogate the tension between the body and the systems that seek to control it, from technology and industry to political power. This is fashion free from commercial constraint, where every challenge becomes part of the learning. The 20 student designers participating in the show are: Vincenzo Junior Marrazzo | @vimarrazzo | Italy Evelina Kryvopust | @evikrv | Ukraine Isabel Antonia Richter | @isabelantonia____ | Germany Jing Jirat Jitdee | @jing.jitd | Thailand Victor Brial | @vicbrial | Réunion, France Anson Lorence Lin | @ansonlorencelin | Taiwan / Sri Lanka Aaron Dillworth | @aarondillworth | USA / Jamaica Matilde Terranova | @_mati_tt_ | Italy Francesca Valivano | @_fraangente | Italy Idan David Segal | @idandavidsegal | Israel Lucia Romagnoli | @romagnoli.lc | Italy Isabella "Zaz" Alvarino | @zalvarino | USA Lusine Mkrtchyan | @moonehlol | Armenia Jakob Nittmann | @jakobnittmann | Austria Emily Horton | @emilyyalta | USA Lisa Criaco | @lisacriaco | Belgium Diana Avetisian | @dianavetisian | Armenia / Russia Matteo Bardi | @matteo_bardi | Italy Emilie Wenckstern | @emilie.wenckstern | Germany An elite cross-industry jury, bringing together designers, critics, and cultural figures from fashion, film, and the arts, gathered to select the Best Collection 2026 at the Polimoda Graduate Show. This year's jury: Eva Cavalli — Fashion designer and model Tuomas A. Laitinen — Fashion Director, SSAW Magazine Danae Mercer — Journalist and body-positivity content creator Eugene Rabkin — Founder and Editor of StyleZeitgeist, author of Torn: Fashion and Postmodernism Simona Tabasco — Actress CREDITS Creative Direction Massimiliano Giornetti Mentorship Luke & Lucie Meier Styling Serge Girardi Music Frédéric Sanchez Hair & Makeup New Line Academy Technical sponsors Graziano Ricami, Gruppocinque, Shima Seiki Italia, Lineapiù, Preciosa, Ostinelli Seta, Leo France, Lanecardate, Tollegno, Landi Confezioni, Mazzanti Piume, Russo di Casandrino Media partner 1 Granary Livestream partner Vogue Italia Special thanks Alessio Dai, Beatriz Segura, Eileen Salai, Fabrizio Torrini, Katia Gilles, Kseniia Kim, Paula Ruiz Lorenzo, Richie Ye, Tauras Žemaitis, Zichen Wang ___________________________ Follow us on: Facebook -   / polimoda   Instagram -   / polimodafirenze   LinkedIn -   / polimoda   TikTok -   / polimoda   X -   / polimoda