Poggioli studied and graduated in stage and costume design at the Istituto D'Arte and the Accademia di Belle Arti in Naples.
After completing his studies, Poggioli worked in Rome as assistant for some of the most important Italian costume designers, including Gabriella Pescucci, Piero Tosi, Maurizio Millenotti.
He worked on such major productions as Jean-Jacques Annaud's The Name of the Rose, Terry Gilliam's The Adventures of Baron Munchausen, Federico Fellini's The Voice of the Moon, Martin Scorsese's The Age of Innocence, Franco Zeffirelli's Sparrow, and more.
He also worked alongside Ann Roth as assistant on The English Patient and, as associate designer on The Talented Mr. Ripley, directed by Anthony Minghella.
He designed costumes for productions directed by Ruggero Cappuccio and orchestras directed by Riccardo Muti, including Falstaff (La Scala), Nina ossia La pazza per amore (Teatro Alla Scala e Piccolo di Milano), and Il ritorno di Don Calandrino, at the Salzburg Opera Theatre.