EVENT: Inclusive Beauty and Fashion Day - June 4, 2026
The Inclusive Beauty and Fashion Day 2026: The Boundaries of Visibility is a full day of conferences, roundtables, and discussions exploring visibility, representation, and legitimacy in the beauty and fashion industries.
Organized by the IFM x MANE Diversity in Beauty Chair, the event will take place on 4 June 2026 at the IFM Campus (34 Quai d’Austerlitz, Paris). Bringing together researchers, industry leaders, creatives, students, and professionals, the conference will examine how beauty and fashion can more authentically reflect the diversity of identities, experiences, and bodies.
Through conversations on inclusion, aging, menopause, Afro hairdressing, alopecia, authenticity, and AI-generated beauty standards, participants will engage with the social, cultural, and professional forces that shape who gets to be seen — and how.
Whether you work in fashion, beauty, media, or academia, or are simply interested in the evolving relationship between beauty and society, this event offers a unique opportunity to exchange ideas, challenge perspectives, and engage with the voices driving change.
Program:
→ Morning
◼ Welcome & coffee
Networking session to meet the speakers and participants.
◼ Introduction
A brief welcome and introduction by Xavier Romatet (IFM Dean) & Alice Audrezet (Head of the IFM x MANE Diversity & Beauty Chair).
◼ Conference: Operationalizing Inclusion: How DE&I Creates Value
Françoise Bouyer (President at PFFT, DE&I Consulting)
◼ Roundtable: Who Gets to Be Seen? Visibility, Norms and Inclusion
Erica Persson, (Global Communications Director, BYREDO), Mehdi Khimoum Terki (International Marketing Director, Make Up Forever), Ibrahim H. Tarouhit (Casting director, HYBRA), moderated by Sarah Banon (Professor, IFM)
◼ Conference: Menopause and the Politics of Visibility
Jennifer Takhar (Associate Professor, SKEMA Business School)
◼ Conversation: Why older women are finally visible on the runway
→ 2:30 pm until 6:00 pm
◼ Who Gets to Be a Professional? Afro Hairdressing and State Recognition in France
Daphné Bédinadé (Doctoral Researcher, EHESS)
◼ Student Presentation: Women Hair Loss – Redefining Beauty Beyond Hair
IFM Students – Flore Asselin De Williencourt, Laura Gilibert, Tessa Goldblum, Capucine Vallier
◼ Stand-up Talk: Alopecia, Hair Loss and the Experience of Being Seen
Amélie Lemélo (Stand-up Comedian & Screenwriter)
◼ Conference: Real Beauty – How Natural Faces Enhance Brand Authenticity
Gaelle Pantin Sohier (Full Professor, Angers University & President of Association Française du Marketing), Romain Sohier (EM Normandie Business School)
◼ Conversation: AI Beauty – Can Artificial Intelligence Redefine What a Beautiful Face Looks Like?
Aileen Carville (CEO, Colonii ai), interviewed by Alice Audrezet (Professor, IFM)
◼ Closing & Summary of discussions
→ 6:00 pm: Cocktail
Practical information:
June 4, 2026 – from 9:30 am to 6:00 pm
Institut Français de la Mode
34 Quai d’Austerlitz, 75013 Paris
Free entry upon registration. Limited seats are available.
The conference will be held in English.
