Everybody can conjure great images in their mind, but not all of us can make them come to life. Every month, a new tool or strategy to visualise ideas used by students at Istituto Marangoni Firenze is selected and commented on by the editorial staff of I’M Firenze Digest.This month we are presenting the designing […]

What does femininity mean to you? This question was our starting point for this series of interviews with female fashion designers worldwide in honour of International Women’s day. Celebrating our multicultural student community at Istituto Marangoni Firenze, these articles focus on new international brands headed by creative women. In this article, we interviewed the three […]

Will digital fashion revolutionise the system? Istituto Marangoni Firenze held a crypto fashion contest for its Fashion Design students in partnership with digital fashion companies Customix and DRESSX.I’M Firenze Digest had the opportunity to talk to executives from both companies. In this article, we asked Marco Bisato, CEO and Co-founder of Customix, about his views […]

Is digital fashion the future of fashion?Istituto Marangoni Firenze held a crypto fashion contest for its Fashion Design students in partnership with digital fashion companies Customix and DRESSXI’M Firenze Digest had the opportunity to talk to executives from both companies. In this article, we read the comments from Natalia Modenova and Daria Shapovalova, cofounders of […]

How are fashion design students approaching the rapidly evolving concept of digital fashion?In partnership with Customix and DRESSX, Istituto Marangoni Firenze recently hosted a digital contest for its fashion design students, allowing them to hone their skills in this new state of fashion.I’M Firenze Digest had the opportunity to talk to them and get their […]

Looking at recent fashion collections, the fascination for the 70s is palpable in the clubbing allure, music references and genderless garments. Starting from disco-inspired elements taken from the recent Fendi show at Milano Fashion Week and the latest menswear collection displayed at Pitti Uomo by Martine Rose, this article covers a series of style references under […]

On the second day of the Milan Fashion Week, FENDI invited around thirty students from Istituto Marangoni Firenze to attend their menswear fashion show. For many, the event’s first in-person runway was the direct confirmation that fashion is where they see themselves in the future.  By Giulia Piceni. Cover image: Michael Ward, Luca Guadagnino and Nicholas […]

Exciting upcoming projects for Istituto Marangoni Firenze Alumna Montserrat Salvat. After attending a short course in Fashion Illustration at Istituto Marangoni Firenze, many doors opened for her, including the opportunity to realise her dream of becoming an illustrator. After her recent collaboration with established fashion brands, she talked to us about her techniques, her experience at […]

On October 16th, two students graduating in Fashion Design from Istituto Marangoni schools in Milan and Florence got the chance to physically showcase their final collections during the Lakmé Fashion Week in Mumbai. A great success for both the two Alumni and for Istituto Marangoni, the fashion show was supported by GFWi and FDCI. A commentary by […]

I’M Firenze Digest and Istituto Marangoni Firenze are thrilled to announce that the Echoes collection by Alumnus Nicola De Piano was displayed during the Milano Moda Graduate fashion show at ADI Museum on September 20th. The young talent, who spent three years studying at Istituto Marangoni Firenze following the educational path of Fashion Design, crowned […]

Salvatore Ferragamo, like many of us, was a great dreamer. His ambition and ability to think big helped him build an entire fashion empire.Ferragamo’s life and achievements were recently portrayed in Luca Guadagnino’s Salvatore: Shoemaker Of Dreams (2021). While the Italian director just presented to the world his latest movie, Bones and all (2022) at […]

Four days of intensive experimentation at school, a visual artist from New York supporting the students, and luxury materials supplied by one of the world’s most renowned Italian fashion brands.These are the three ingredients to the success of the project DIS-CYCLING • The seductive allure of creativity in sustainability, which brings together the mentorship of […]