Articles by Florence Julienne
IFM Fashion Reboot 2024: Trump, China, consumer distrust and quiet luxury
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The election of Donald Trump, the slowdown of French luxury brands in the Chinese market, the feeling of being misled by marketing, and the quiet strength of Quiet Luxury are the four main themes addressed by the Institut Français de la Mode (IFM) at its Fashion Reboot 2024 event. This traditional end-of-year gathering organised by the IFM for...
What can students and business owners learn at IFM’s Fashion Entrepreneurship Centre?
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The incubator programme at the Institut Français de la Mode (IFM) is one of three pillars of the school’s Fashion Entrepreneurship Centre, directed by Thomas Delattre. The IFM's Fashion Entrepreneurship Centre is a physical space located within the school’s campus in Paris’ 13th quarter. It houses three programmes that offer tailored solutions...
Casa93 Mirail school (ModaFusion) closes its doors
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Casa93 Mirail school, which opened in Toulouse in September 2022 as a secondary institution legally affiliated with the ModaFusion association, has closed its doors. The ModaFusion association has ceased operations and suspended all its programmes and vocational training courses. ModaFusion is managed by Nadine Gonzalez who founded the Casa93...
What to know about Asvoff winner 'Made in Italy made by the Chinese'
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'Made in Italy by the Chinese' received the award for best Chinese film at the Asvoff fashion film festival, which took place from November 7 to 10, 2024. The documentary tells the story of how Chinese immigrants, mainly from the port city of Wenzhou, appropriated the famous 'Made in Italy' label, which is supposed to glorify the know-how of...
Sylvette Lepers: 'La Redoute offers designer clothing at prices that are accessible to a wide audience'
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The next La Redoute X collaboration with former Louis Vuitton designer Jeremy Currat is scheduled for 4 December 2024. Ahead of its launch, Sylvette Lepers, head of designer collaborations and special projects at La Redoute, owned by the Galeries Lafayette group, explains her approach to FashionUnited. What are your responsibilities at La...
Asvoff: A documentary on the designer Mary Quant tells the story of female emancipation
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Asvoff, the fashion film festival presented by Diane Pernet, has inaugurated its 2024 programme with "Quant", a documentary on the British stylist Mary Quant, one of the most iconic fashion designers of the 60s. By giving women the opportunity to show their legs, Quant embodied, from a sartorial point of view, female liberation. The documentary,...
Institut Français de la Mode announces date for its Fashion Reboot 2024
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Fashion Reboot, the Institut Français de la Mode's (IFM) annual event designed to help professionals better understand the social and economic challenges of the fashion market, will take place on Thursday November 21, 2024, from 9 am to 6 pm, at 3 Mazarium in Paris’ sixth quarter. “More than ever, the fashion industry is undergoing profound...
‘Manifattura’: Polimoda opens second fashion campus in Florence
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Italian fashion school Polimoda unveils Manifattura, a new campus located in Florence at the former Manifattura Tabacchi cigar factory. Manifattura was presented on October 15, 2024 by Ferruccio Ferragamo, chairman of Polimoda, and Massimiliano Giornetti, director of the fashion school, in the presence of the mayor of Florence, Sara Funaro....
What are the business opportunities for participants in the Hyères Festival?
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As the 39th edition of the Hyères Festival drew to a close with Dolev Elron winning the Grand Prix from the Première Vision jury, FashionUnited set out to meet the former candidates of the contest, to find out what they have been up to since taking part, speaking to Laura Sonney, Christophe Lhote, Christoph Rumpf, Emma Bruschi, Normann Mabire...
Hyères Festival announces 2024 prize winners
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The Hyères Festival has unveiled the winners of this year’s awards. Here are the names to remember. The Fashion winners • Première Vision Grand Jury Prize: Dolev Elron from Israel • Public and City of Hyères Prize: Gaëlle Lang Halloo from France • Mercedes-Benz Eco-Responsible Collection Prize: Logan GOFF from the US • Atelier des Matières...