Milan has long been a city that speaks fluently in silhouette, craftsmanship, and ambition—and this January, that language finds a new format. Inside Marangoni. Dove nascono i talenti (Where Talents Are Born) is the documentary film produced by Sky that opens the doors of Istituto Marangoni Milano, offering an intimate look at how the next generation of designers turns raw talent into fashion with purpose, precision, and point of view.
Premiering on Sky Arte on January 17 and also available on NOW and on demand, the film captures the creative intensity behind one of fashion education’s most competitive and emotionally charged journeys: the transformation of a student’s idea into a runway-ready collection. In a world where fashion moves at the speed of culture, Inside Marangoni pauses the spotlight just long enough to reveal what truly happens before the final look steps into the light.
At the heart of the documentary are ten top Fashion Design students, selected through a high-level evaluation led by an exceptional panel of industry figures including Alessandro Sartori, Francesca Ragazzi, Marco Rambaldi, Sara Sozzani Maino, and Stefania Valenti. The result is a narrative that feels visceral and immediate, shaped by the pressures, expectations, and adrenaline that define real-world fashion creation.
The camera follows their process from the inside: research that becomes concept, concept that becomes fabric exploration, fabric that becomes construction. It’s a portrait of creative discipline as much as inspiration—where experimentation meets technical decisions, and where vision must survive deadlines, fittings, and constant refinement. From studio work to behind-the-scenes tension, the film conveys how fashion is built through resilience, instincts, and an almost obsessive attention to detail.
The documentary reaches its emotional peak with the students’ defining moment: the Fashion Show held during Milan Fashion Week in September 2025, where their collections are presented to an audience of journalists, influencers, celebrities, stylists, and industry professionals. It’s a collective runway presentation with a striking sense of occasion—one that mirrors the intensity of the path that leads to it.
Each collection reflects a personal universe. Themes explored throughout the show range from identity and social critique to art, dreams, and self-expression, proving that emerging designers are often the sharpest interpreters of the present. In Inside Marangoni, fashion is never treated as surface. It emerges as language—deeply individual, culturally aware, and charged with meaning.
The runway event itself, titled XC | 90, carries symbolic weight beyond the garments. It marks Istituto Marangoni’s 90th anniversary, anchoring the documentary in a moment of celebration for the school while keeping the focus firmly on those shaping what comes next. The fashion show becomes a visual culmination of everything the students have fought to master: imagination, construction, storytelling, and the courage to be seen.
As Paolo Meroni, School Director of Istituto Marangoni Milano, emphasizes in the film’s message, the documentary reflects what unfolds daily inside the institution—an ongoing commitment to research, vision, and meticulous work, designed to prepare new talent for a conscious and professional relationship with the fashion industry.
Inside Marangoni. Dove nascono i talenti ultimately delivers a rare kind of fashion viewing experience: one rooted in process rather than fantasy, intensity rather than spectacle alone. It reminds us that before fashion becomes an image, it begins as a question. And for these ten young designers, the answers are unfolding in real time—stitched, sculpted, and sent down the runway with everything at stake.
