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IFM Paris show: Xavier Romatet explains fashion school’s pedagogical priorities

The only school to feature in the Paris Fashion Week calendar, the Institut Français de la Mode (IFM) opened the SS26 season with a fashion show by 30 of its 70 enrolled in Arts and Fashion Design bachelor's degree students. FashionUnited spoke to Xavier Romatet, director of the school, about IFM’s pedagogical priorities. What are IFM’s...

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Recap of the IFM conference: 2024 fashion report – between deceptive stability and the beginnings of a new cycle

Paris - As we move further into 2025 and the impacts of 2024 recede, the fashion market appears to be in a state of deceptive stability. Beneath the surface, however, shifts are occurring: the precarious balance between physical and digital commerce is wavering, distribution channels are being reinvented, and consumer expectations are shaping a...

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Unveiling the Graduates 2024 collection: Institut Français de la Mode (IFM)

As the class of 2024 completes their academic journey in becoming fashion professionals, Institut Français de la Mode (IFM) recently showcased the graduates' final collections with huge success. Stepping into the fashion industry, those collections play a crucial role for graduates to expand their network and share their work. As the...

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What to take away from IFM’s Fashion Reboot 2023

"If we want to send out market signals, we're going to have to work on taxes to help consumers move towards responsible fashion", Olivia Grégoire, the French minister responsible for small and medium-sized businesses, trade, craft industries and tourism, said at the Fashion Reboot 2023 organised by the Parisian fashion school Institut Français...

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The University of Antwerp prepares the next edition of its 2023 summer fashion course

The University of Antwerp announced the opening for this year’s applications for its Summer School on Responsible Fashion Management which has been set up in collaboration with French fashion institute Institut Français de la Mode (IFM) in Paris and Academia Cerebra Milan in Italy. The course aims to provide a thorough understanding of the...

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IFM introduces new advanced management programme in fashion and luxury

Designed as a career accelerator, the new programme at French fashion institute L’Institut Français de la Mode (IFM) focuses on advanced management in the field of fashion and luxury. The programme is aimed at experienced professionals - senior executives, entrepreneurs, heads of strategic units - who wish to develop their careers. Over a period...

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What do future art directors trained at the French Fashion Institute (IFM) dream of?

Until Sunday, April 2, 2023, the public can discover 'What’s for lunch?', the temporary three-day Parisian exhibition that features the work of students and future graduates of the master in art direction and fashion image at the French fashion school Institut Français de la Mode. The aim of the exhibition is to offer a unique visibility to the...

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IFM master students open PFW FW23 with sustainable and accessible designs

Paris - They are barely 20 years old, they believe in sustainable and accessible fashion and dream of breaking the 'vicious' circle of overproduction: the master students 2023 of the French Fashion Institute (IFM) kicked off Paris Fashion Week on Monday. Twenty-five of them are celebrating their transition to professional life with a fashion...

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Four new members have joined the IFM Foundation

Now that fashion week season is over, partnerships between the industry and fashion schools are once again more important than ever. Paris fashion school the Institut Français de la Mode has its own foundation that aims to forge these partnerships in the long term, while at the same time collecting funds for the school’s scholarship...

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Loro Piana announces Knit Design Award winners

Italian fashion brand Loro Piana has named two students from the Institut Français de la Mode, Paris as winners of its Knit Design Award 2022. The international competition challenged students from six schools of fashion and design including North Carolina State University, the Institut Français de la Mode, Heriot Watt University of Edinburgh,...

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Institut Français de la Mode appoints Sidney Toledano as chairman

Parisian fashion school Institut Français de la Mode (IFM) has named LVMH’s chairman and chief executive Sidney Toledano as its new chairman. Toledano, who has been a board member at Institut Français de la Mode for more than 20 years and vice president for the past five years, takes over the chairman role from André Beirnaert, who did not renew...

Chloé developing a social impact measuring tool

French luxury fashion house Chloé has announced that it is developing the industry’s first social impact measuring tool, which it hopes can be adopted across the fashion industry. The tool is being designed to help a brand measure, evaluate and visualise its social impact to address the fact that while there are many tools to measure fashion’s...