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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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PFW menswear SS25: IFM bachelor students present collections

The final-year students of the bachelor programme in fashion design at French fashion school Institut Français de la Mode (IFM) kicked off the latest edition of Paris Fashion Week (PFW) menswear on Tuesday, June 18. IFM presented its graduating bachelor class in a show featuring collections that consisted of six accessorised looks each. A ‘jury...

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Printemps Haussmann, IFM hold three-day event to raise awareness about textile waste in Ghana

From June 14 to June 16, 2024, department store Printemps Haussmann, the Institut Français de la Mode (IFM) and France's Or Foundation are organising workshops to raise awareness and upcycle textile industry waste in order to combat Ghana's transformation into the dustbin of the West. A promise made, a promise kept. At the ‘Let's go change the...

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Lora Sonney wins Ami x IFM entrepreneurship prize

Designer Lora Sonney has won the Ami x IFM Entrepreneurship Award for her eponymous ready-to-wear brand. Sonney will receive a year's mentoring and 20,000 euros in financial support for her business. For the third edition of the Ami x IFM Entrepreneurship Prize, the jury has rewarded the brand Lora Sonney. Aged under 30, the young designer has...

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IFM to support Benin's emerging designers through incubator programme

In collaboration with the Institut Français de la Mode (IFM), the Sèmè City programme, initiated by the Beninese government to promote innovation and local creative industries, is launching the FLY incubator. Over a twelve-month period, fashion professionals will support and mentor emerging designers from Benin and other African countries. Over...

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IFM and Kering showcase wool swimsuits at French Senate

A fashion show featuring wool swimsuits, held at the Senate, the upper house of the French Parliament, prompted the young senator from Vosges, Jean Hingray, to humorously remark, "You can conjugate my promising career in the imperfect tense." The moment took place during the presentation of the work by students from the French Institute of...

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IFM x Kering Sustainability Certificate: students to present projects to French Senate

On Thursday, March 28, 2024, as part of the Sustainability IFM x Kering certificate programme and under the patronage of senator Jean Hingray, students from the Institut Français de la Mode (IFM) will present six collaborative projects that focus on sustainable development. One of the projects proposed by the students will be the subject of a...

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PFW: IFM’s graduating master students present FW24 fashion collections

On Monday, February 26, 27 students from 13 different nationalities currently enrolled in the master programmes in fashion design and knitwear design at the Institut Francais de la Mode (IFM) unveiled their graduate collections on the school’s Paris campus, kicking off the FW24 edition of Paris Fashion Week (PFW). The students presented a series...

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Passing on know-how: IFM and Esmod students present at Stéphane Rolland couture show

Will "transmission" be the new buzzword in 2024? By featuring the first part of his Spring-Summer 2024 Haute Couture show with twenty young students from the fashion schools IFM and Esmod, couturier Stéphane Rolland called attention to the challenge facing the world of Couture and luxury: the transmission of craftsmanship. After ‘eco-friendly’,...

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ESMOD and IFM students to showcase designs in Stéphane Rolland haute couture show

French fashion house Stéphane Rolland has teamed up with French fashion schools Esmod and IFM to pass on its expertise. Stéphane Rolland will be presenting its Haute Couture spring/summer 2024 collection at 2.30pm on Tuesday January 23, as part of the official calendar for Paris Haute Couture Week. This fashion show is the result of a...

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Institut Français de la Mode names Marie Schneier director of public relations

The Institut Français de la Mode (IFM) has appointed Marie Schneier as its Director of Public Relations. Shneier has several years of experience working for fashion houses such as Hermès and Agnès b. under her belt, and also worked for the Fédération de la Haute Couture et de la Mode. Reporting to Delphine Wharmby, director of marketing &...

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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...