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Fashion designer, visual artist, costume designer, and lecturer.
He grew up in a small town and devoted his artistic heart to the avant-garde and multicultural city of Łódź. In August 2021, American Vogue named him one of the 27 most interesting and independent young fashion designers in the world. Today, he runs his own brand, operates a brick-and-mortar showroom, and dresses Poland’s biggest celebrities.
The Stage, Theater, and Pop Culture
His designs come to life not only on the runway, but above all on stage. Tomasz collaborates with Poland’s leading cultural institutions. He has dressed leading figures of Polish pop culture—his designs have been worn by, among others, Young Leosia, Doda, Maryla Rodowicz, Sara James, Daria Zawiałow, Brodka, and Michał Szpak. He has created outfits for contestants on “Top Model,” ballroom dancers, and theater actors.
He has designed costumes for over a dozen high-profile productions throughout Poland (including the National Theater, the Contemporary Theater in Szczecin, and the Polish Royal Opera).
Tomasz Armada
Global Partnerships and Media
His vision attracts global brands. He has collaborated with Porsche, Off-White, Converse Polska, and UEG, among others. He was once a co-founder of the now-iconic Dom Mody Limanka collective.
Armada’s work has graced the pages of leading fashion and art magazines, including Vogue USA, Vogue Polska, Elle, Harper’s Bazaar, Glamour, I-D Vice, KMAG, Esquire, Contemporary Lynx, and Playboy. As a columnist, he shares his uncompromising views in the “Kreatura Mody” series in Poptown magazine.
Mentor and educator
He shares his experience with the next generation of creators. As a lecturer, he has worked, among other places, at the School of Form (SWPS University in Warsaw) and has led workshops at the Academy of Fine Arts in Łódź and the Academy of Art in Szczecin, where he teaches about responsible and creative fashion.
Osiągnięcia
Vistula Academy of Finance and Business, Major: Management, Master’s Degree, On-Campus Program, 2024–2026 Vistula Academy of Finance and Business in Warsaw—Management, Master’s Degree, Specialization: Business Management in an International Environment. Master’s Thesis: “Strategies for Sustainable Development and Brand Building in the International Fashion Sector—A Case Study of the TOMASZ ARMADA Brand.” Advisor: Dr. Krzysztof Nowakowski. 2014–2017. Władysław Strzemiński Academy of Fine Arts in Łódź, Faculty of Textiles and Clothing—Textiles and Clothing, specialization: fashion design, bachelor’s degree. Thesis presented at the 22nd Academy of Fine Arts Thesis Gala; Rector’s Honorable Mention.
2026: Recipient of the NCK “Young Poland” Scholarship.2025: Recipient of the City of Łódź Arts Scholarship.2023: Medal commemorating the 600th anniversary of Łódź.2022: Silver Unicorn Award at the Freedom Parade.2022: Recipient of the Modopolis Recommendation.2021: Recipient of an award from Łódź Mayor Hanna Zdanowska for achievements in the field of artistic creation.2020: 1st Prize at Project Room for the film “The Last Train to Warsaw.”2019: Finalist in the 2019 Fashion Designer Awards.2017: Winner of Eco Made 2017.2017: Rector’s Commendation at the 22nd Academy of Fine Arts Graduation Gala.2016: Winner of the “Łódź: City of Talents” 2016 competition.
May 20, 2026 – Trend Station 2.February 14, 2026 – Fashion show during “PoMocni w modzie.”May 20, 2025 – Trend Station as part of the Local Government Climate Congress in Łódź The Trend Station upcycling fashion show won GOLD at the international LivCom Awards 2025 in Istanbul, supported by UN-Habitat (United Nations Human Settlements Program) and the UNESCO-MOST BRIDGES Coalition.April 1, 2025 – “PoMocni w Modzie” by Plesiak – a charity event.August 26, 2023 – curator and organizer of shows on the Main Stage of the Freedom Parade, together with choreographer Madlen Revlon.The Sea Stories Kiki Night—Szczecin’s first Voguing Ball and Fashion Show as part of the 57th Kontrapunkt Theater Festival in Szczecin.Fashion Stage at the Opene’er Festival 2023.Fashion show during PROUD TO BE PARTY by Converse 2023.December 16, 2022 – Participation in the international Qatar Fashion United show by CR Runway between the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 semifinals and finals, Doha, Qatar.November 25, 2022 – Directed the closing gala and shows during the international “Fashion Film Festival” competition as part of Łódź Young Fashion.July 30, 2022 – Curator and organizer of the shows on the Main Stage of the Freedom Parade, together with choreographer Madlen Revlon; premiere of the Glamslur collection.October 20, 2019 – Fashion show during the international Designblok design festival in Prague, Czech Republic.May 30, 2019 – Performance during the opening of the “6 X Moda” fashion film festival at the Rialto Cinema, Silesia Film, in Katowice.May 17, 2019 – Fashion show and presentation of past collections during the 10th anniversary celebration of K-mag magazine at the Zamoyski Palace in Warsaw.October 12, 2018 – October 14, 2018: Limanka Fashion House in the play “Mieszkanie” (The Apartment), based on a text by Calli Henkel & Max Pitegoff, as part of the exhibition “Peer-to-Peer: Collective Practices in New Art” at the Museum of Art in Łódź.November 10, 2018 – “Konfekcja” fashion show at KTW Fashion Week in Katowice.October 20, 2018 – Original performance “Show for One Model” during the Pomada Festival in Warsaw.September 14, 2018 – “LONG LIVE FREEDOM AND LIBERTY”—“Konfekcja” show as part of the Łódź Festival of 4 Cultures at the Central Museum of Textiles.November 30, 2017 – “In the Womb of Utopia,” Limanka Fashion House; performative reading at the WY Gallery in ŁódźJune 28, 2017 – July 1, 2017: Fashion shows at the Fashion Stage during the Open’er Festival in Gdynia 2017. May 14, 2017 – Show at the closing ceremony of the LAVA Avant-Garde Film Festival at the Kraków Film Center.
November 15, 2023 – January 4, 2026. “Polish Flowers,” a family-friendly exhibition at the State Ethnographic Museum in Warsaw—textile designs and set designs created in collaboration with Ewelina Węgiel.February 12, 2022 – March 14, 2022. “Armada—Kingdom”—an exhibition presenting Tomasz Armada’s designs through the eyes of photographers Dawid Furkot, Natalia Kabanow, Michał Korta, Aga Murak, and Karolina Wojtas. November 3, 2020 – April 20, 2021. “Equality,” a solo exhibition at the State Ethnographic Museum in Warsaw.June 7, 2019 – July 13, 2019. “Blue Dogs” with Pat Guzik at the Gdańsk City Gallery.May 16, 2019 – June 23, 2019. Project Room. Limanka Fashion House exhibition “The Last Train to Warsaw” at the Ujazdowski Castle Center for Contemporary Art in Warsaw.February 22, 2019 – April 21, 2019. “Prototypes: Limanka Fashion House. New Collection” at the Museum of Art in Łódź.December 18, 2016 – December 20, 2016. “Anna Calls from Jerusalem”—a solo exhibition of paintings and textiles at Art_Inkubator in Łódź.
March 27, 2026. Museum of Art in Łódź—leading the original workshop “Persona: The Artist’s Image. A System of Relationships” as part of the “Ways of Creating II” program, as well as conducting an original curatorial tour of the “Treliński” exhibition at the Museum of Art in Łódź (ms1).2025/2026: Conducting a series of elective classes to develop students’ interests in fashion design at the Cosinus Private High School of Fine Arts in Łódź.June 22, 2025: Leading a workshop titled “When Fashion Follows Folk Traditions” at the State Ethnographic Museum in Warsaw.May 25, 2025: Fashion workshops as part of the Łódź Design Festival at the Academic Design Center (ACD).Workshops as part of the premiere of Mahagonny. Afterparty.Workshops during Ballroom Camp 2, September 5–8, 2024, in Rudki.AI Talk—a panel discussion on artificial intelligence at the Porsche Salon Łódź “Weaving Dreams”Workshops for the Łódź OHP Headquarters on September 18, 2023, September 19, 2023, and September 20, 2023,217 Piotrkowska Street, Łódź. The workshops were developed in collaboration with the OHP and the European Solidarity Corps. The event was organized by Joanna Roczek.Lecturer at the School of Form, SWPS University in Warsaw—Fashion Design. 2021–2023Recycling workshops in collaboration with the Converse brand, August 5, 2023, Converse Pop-UpOctober 3 – December 3, 2022: Teaching classes in the Stage and Film Costume Studio for full-time students during the 2022–2023 academic year.“Starring: the Costume Designer”—a performative lecture as part of the Nowa Siła Kuratorska festival in Poznań. Organizers: Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, Wspólne Association.March 26 – May 13, 2022: Leading workshops on conceptual design as part of the POWER project at the Academy of Art in Szczecin.November 7, 2020: Moderating the “PIONEERS” panel discussion as part of Monopolis 3—the Polish Fashion Forum.December 14, 2019: Guest at the forum “Let’s Talk About Tastes,” moderated by Michał Piernikowski, as part of the “Cult Objects” project at the State Ethnographic Museum in WarsawGuest at the Ars Independent Katowice festival alongside Jakub Dylewski, co-creator of Bella Ćwir’s music video “Drogie ciuchy.”November 26, 2018. Panel discussion: POLISH FASHION. Is it possible to define the concept of “Polish fashion,” and is there a need to do so? Moderated by Marcin Różyc, as part of Modopolis—the First Polish Fashion Forum.
2026: Costumes for the play “Iwona, Princess of Burgundy,” directed by Anna Augustynowicz at the Ateneum Theater in Warsaw.2026: Costumes for the play “Dziady II,” directed and choreographed by Monika Błaszczak at the Polish Dance Theater in Poznań.2026: Costumes for the play “The Morality of Mrs. Dulska,” directed by Anna Augustynowicz at the National Theater in Warsaw.2025: Costumes for the play “The Curse,” directed by Anna Augustynowicz at the Horzyca Theater in Toruń.2025: Costumes for the play “Yesterday You Were Angry in Green,” directed by Anna Augustynowicz at the Dramatic Theater in Warsaw.2024: Costumes for the play “Mahagonny. Afterparty,” directed by Krystian Lada at Studio Teatr Galeria in Warsaw.2024: Costumes for the play “Anna Inn,” directed by Anna Augustynowicz at the Polish Theater in Bydgoszcz.2024: Costumes for the play “Mother,” directed by Anna Augustynowicz at the Ateneum Theater in Warsaw.2024: Costumes for the play “The Paper Man,” directed by Jakub Skrzywanek, a co-production of the Powszechny Theater in Warsaw and the Actor’s Song Festival in Wrocław at the Capitol Musical Theater.2024: Costumes for the play “A Beautiful Beginning,” directed by Rob Wasiewicz, at Studio Teatr Galeria in Warsaw.2023: Costumes for the play “In a Small Manor House,” directed by Jan Kaminski, a co-production of the A. Fredro Theater in Gniezno and the Theater Academy in Warsaw.2022–2023: Costumes for the play “The Judges,” directed by Anna Augustynowicz, at the A. Fredro Theater in Gniezno.2022: Costumes for the play “An Enemy of the People,” directed by Anna Augustynowicz at Teatr Nowy in Poznań.2021: Costumes for the play “Odlot,” directed by Anna Augustynowicz at the Współczesny Theater in Szczecin.2021: Costumes for “A Dance About the End of the World” by Paulina Wycichowska at Scena Wspólna in Poznań.2021: Costumes for the opera “The Rape of Lucretia,” directed by Kamila Siwińska at the Polish Royal Opera in Warsaw.2021: Costumes for “Rite of Spring: The Prelude.” Concept, choreography, performance, sound mix: Monika Błaszczak, Luisa Mateo Deupleich Rozo; presented at: Polish Dance Theatre as part of the Malta Festival 2021, Poznań; Aula Artis, Poznań; and the Municipal Arts Center as part of the Dym Festival 2021, Gorzów Wielkopolski.2021: Set design and lighting direction for Siksy’s production “O czynach niszczących opowieść” at Komuna Warszawa.2021: Costumes for the play “The Futurological Congress,” directed by Agnieszka Jakimiak. A co-production of the Contemporary Theater in Wrocław and the Contemporary Theater in Szczecin2020: Costumes for the play “Beckomberga,” directed by Anna Augustynowicz at the Contemporary Theater in Szczecin.2020: Costumes for the play “King Lear,” directed by Anna Augustynowicz, a co-production of the Helena Modrzejewska Theater in Legnica and the Jan Kochanowski Theater in Opole.2020: Costumes for the dance performance “POJZON,” directed by Marta Ziółek at the Polish Dance Theater in Poznań.2020: Costumes for the play “Children See Ghosts,” directed by Mariusz Grzegorzek at the Stefan Jaracz Theater in Łódź.2019: Costumes for the play “Kaspar Hauser,” directed by Jakub Skrzywanek at the Contemporary Theater in Szczecin.2019: Costumes for the graduation production “Don’t Eat That—It’s for the Holidays,” directed by Mariusz Grzegorzek, at the Studio Theater of the Łódź Film School.2019: Costumes for the play “More Than One Animal,” directed by Robert Wasiewicz, at Studio Teatr Galeria in Warsaw.2019: Maria Magdalena Kozłowska: “European Songs” at the Belluard Bollwerk International Festival in Fribourg, Switzerland.2019: Marta Ziółek: “Hauntings and Ecstasies in the Square” at the Zodiak Warsaw Architecture Pavilion in Warsaw, Bęc Zmiana Foundation.2019: “Siksa” in *The Taming of the Shrew* at TR Warszawa, as part of the Warsaw Biennale.2019: Together with Martyna Konieczny, costumes for the play “Slippery Words,” directed by Artur Urbański, at the Studio Theater of the Łódź Film School.2018: Costumes for the graduation production “Ingenious Sponge Furniture,” directed by Mariusz Grzegorzek, at the Studio Theater of the Łódź Film School.2018: “Siksa’s Benefit Performance” at the Polish Theater in Poznań, established in 1875.
2026: Participation in “Żywa Galeria 2,” initiated by Józef Robakowski, 50 years after the premiere of the first edition—January 17, 2026, at Kino MSN (Warsaw). Video performance “Patoprojektariat.”2025: Collaboration with PRM—creation of costumes and set pieces for the MASQUERADES campaign and the interior design of a concept store at Fabryka Norblina in Warsaw.2025: Costume for Astrit Ismaili for the performance “Miss Kosovo” (part of the “Fuel & Feathers / Bajura i pióra” program curated by Slavs & Tatars, at the Biedermann Factory during the Festival of Many Cultures).2025: Collaboration with the label Etiq—we created four runway-ready yet functional silhouettes—living exhibits for presentation at trade shows.2025: Collaboration with the Łódź Special Economic Zone—Rethink Digital Fest (Fashion Corner): an exhibition of outfits from the “Armageddon” collection at a technology and business festival.2025: Custom design for Mery Spolsky for the cover of the album Kocham Polskę.2024: Costume for Katalin Ladik—a Hungarian performer—for the opening of MSN Warsaw, curated by Pierre Bal-Blanc.2024: Ikebana Sogetsu Tokyo—Katarzyna Krakowiak Bałka—costumes and objects in the installation.Screening of the film “The Last Train to Warsaw” by Dom Mody Limanka as part of the exhibition “BLUE BINDING RIBBON” at Temporary Gallery in April and May 2024 at the Zentrum für zeitgenössische Kunst e.V., Cologne, Germany.2023: Costumes for Mery Spolsky as host of TVN’s “Top of The Top Sopot Festival.”2023: Costume for Doda—a custom-made “Dream Show” bodysuit—during Polsat’s programming lineup.2023: Collaboration with Converse—the “Proud to be Party” campaign and other initiatives.2022: Costume for Daniel Kotowski’s performance—as part of the exhibition Anxiety Comes at Dusk at the Zachęta National Gallery of Art in Warsaw.2022: Costume design for the Łódź-based women’s rugby team Ks Budowlane for the Queens Rugby Festival in Paris.2021: Young Leosia—costume for the finale of the “Hulanki” tour at Torwar.2021: Collaboration with the Porsche Scopes festival—designing merchandise and staff uniforms, as well as costumes for the installation by Rafał Dominik and Ada Zielińska.2021: Maryla Rodowicz at the Opole Festival 2021.2020: Outfits for the 9th season of Top Model Polska.2020: Maryla Rodowicz at the New Year’s Eve of Dreams in Zakopane.
New Polish Fashion – A Chronicle of Deep Emotions – Central Museum of Textiles in Łódź, June 13 – May 3, 2027.Shells and Armor – Institute of Design in Kielce (Main Gallery), March 28 – August 30, 2026.The Republic of Cynics – “Parade Square,” Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw – May 10 – June 8, 2025. Participation as one of the artists in an exhibition curated by Pierre Bal-Blanc, presenting performances, protocols, films, and sound works from the MSN collection and the Kontakt Collection (Vienna). This internationally significant project, involving dozens of artists, positions my work at the intersection of fashion, art, and performative practices within a debate on the critique of the contemporary world and the role of the body and clothing.Mending Time—Ethnographic Museum in Łódź, October 17, 2024–January 28, 2025.TRANSFORMATIONS. MODERNITY IN THE THIRD POLISH REPUBLIC, December 20, 2024–May 18, 2025.February 24, 2023. MeMo Media Library, Łódź, Moniuszki Street—opening of the international Polish/Ukrainian exhibition, CONTEXTS/Gliniański Kilim/Fabric and Clothing.May 2022—“Dress Code: Art and Fashion” at Desa Unicum.September 16, 2021 – January 16, 2022. Ukraine: Mutual Perspectives, International Cultural Center in Kraków.July 16, 2021 – September 26, 2021. They Call Me a Gypsy, Though That’s Not My Name, Gdańsk City Gallery.May 4, 2020 – May 25, 2020. Unrest, Gdańsk City Gallery.2020: Thefts and Vandalism at the Arsenal Gallery in Białystok.July 5, 2019 – September 12, 2019. DANGEROUS SHOTS. 100 YEARS OF FASHION PHOTOGRAPHY IN POLAND, Fort Institute of Photography in Warsaw.October 28, 2018 – January 13, 2019. The Great Sarmatians of This Country / The Great Sarmatian Women of This Country at BWA Tarnów.August 8, 2018. “Queer Spaces Of Re-Sis-Tance” at OKO Cultural Melting Point in Amsterdam.2018 Peasant-Worker and Rattlesnake, Arsenał Gallery, Białystok.July 6, 2018 – September 10, 2018. LIFE IS A BACKYARD, INSPIRATIONS 2018 at Trafostacja Sztuki in Szczecin.March 23, 2018 – April 22, 2018. “Slavica” at the Szara Kamienica Gallery in Kraków.June 9, 2017 – June 11, 2017. An artistic event organized by the Limanka Fashion House, “Center for Affordable Art,” as part of an exhibition at Galeria Czynna during the Blask Brzask Festival in Łódź.
2026. Żywa Galeria 2, Józef Robakowski, video: *Patoprojektariat*.2023. Wet Monday – costumes.2018. Bella Ćwir, *Expensive Clothes*.2019. Limanka Fashion House, *The Last Train to Warsaw*.
Ujazdowski Castle Center for Contemporary Art in Warsaw.Central Museum of Textiles in Łódź.National Museum in Kraków.Museum of Art in Łódź https://zasoby.msl.org.pl/State Ethnographic Museum in Warsaw.
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