Programs
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Foundation Year in Fashion Design
The Foundation Year is designed to prepare you for undergraduate studies in Fashion Design and, more broadly, for higher education in art and design. This year enables you to experiment and get familiar with a wide range of artistic disciplines, explore techniques and practices, and develop your creative skills.
8 months (September to May) - Full time - English
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MSc in International Fashion & Luxury Management
The MSc Fashion & Luxury is a multi-disciplinary management program, delivered in English and designed to provide a diverse group of internationally-minded students the tools and skills necessary to accelerate their careers within the fast-moving fashion, luxury and beauty sectors.
Master of Science - Full time - English
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Master of Arts in Fashion Design - Pathways in Accessory Design, Fashion Design, Knitwear Design, Fashion Image
At the heart of the world’s undisputed fashion capital and its leading maisons, the Master of Arts program aims at transmitting and reinventing the excellence that led Paris to become the center of avant-garde and high-end fashion. It embodies the identity and values of Paris as an inclusive artistic platform, home to the greatest international fashion designers and couturiers, at the crossroads of cutting-edge design, exceptional craft know-how and sustainable innovation.
Master of Arts - Full time - English
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Doctoral Studies Program in Fashion Design (DFD)
The Doctoral Studies Program in Fashion Design (DFD) is a practice-based program developed by IFM in collaboration with Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers, in Paris. Interdisciplinary in nature, this unique PhD program focuses on research through fashion design, combining practical work, theoretical investigations and applied projects with a strong forward-thinking perspective.
3 years Full time or 5 years Part time - PhD - Full time - English
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« Fashion Theories and Practice » PhD Studies Program
IFM and Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne University have jointly devised a doctoral program entirely dedicated to fashion and luxury. This unique program entitled « Fashion Theories and Practice » offers a truly multidisciplinary approach (management, history, art history, law, design, aesthetics, geography, political sciences) applied to the fashion and luxury sector.
Full time - French
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Fashion and Luxury Management
France is recognized on the international fashion and luxury scene as a place of tradition and innovation. The Fashion and Luxury Management Summer program will allow students to gain a deeper understanding of the challenges and specific features of an economic sector that is undergoing constant change, and to discover the unique French « savoir- faire », from behind the scenes.
Summer school program for students - Short format - English
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Online Fashion and Luxury Management
France is recognized on the international fashion and luxury scene as a place of tradition and innovation. The "Fashion and Luxury Management" Summer program allows students to gain a deeper understanding of the challenges and specific features of an economic sector that is undergoing constant change, and to discover the unique French « savoir-faire », from behind the scenes.
Summer school program for students - Online - English
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Understanding Fashion Brands and Products
The course Understanding Fashion Brands and Products allows you to acquire the basics of a fashion culture, to understand the economic and industrial stakes of fashion and textiles and to meet designers and professionals of the fashion industry. You will understand what the creative process means, how it is inspired and what constitutes a garment. You will also understand how to build a brand, how to communicate, what are the digital strategies, how to make a brand story.
Summer School program for high school students - Short format - English
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Fashion Drawings
Fashion drawing is a snapshot that reveals the essential. For a fashion designer, mastering drawing is one of the media that enables him to express his vision, ideas and creativity. During the Fashion Drawings program, you'll learn how to translate volumes, materials and attitudes into sketches with your own personality.
Summer School program - Short format - English
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Creative Knitwear Workshop
Acne, Chanel, Alexander McQueen..., knitwear is on every catwalk. Knitting combines creative originality, simultaneous creation of surface and volume, possibilities of customisation and waste limitation. In this course you will be introduced to the many possibilities of machine knitting.
Summer School program - Short format - English
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Fashion Upcycling Design Workshop
Second-hand consumption of fashion goods has more than doubled in France in the last 10 years. Upcycling is one of the creative alternatives to the production of new garments. It is also a very innovative process for design. The Fashion Upcycling Design Workshop will help you design silhouettes from existing material to create highly creative and sustainable silhouettes.
Summer School program - Short format - English
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Hands-on Fashion Workshop
How to translate your creative vision into a three-dimensional garment ? In this program, you will learn the fundamentals of draping by constructing a canva on a studio bust, then personalizing it based on your artistic inspirations.
Summer School program - Short format - English
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My little Black Dress
The little black dress is iconic, representing a fashion staple reinterpreted by every fashion brand across the ages. This program allows you to use this emblematic garment as a starting point to learn the basics of design and sewing.
Summer School program - Short format - English
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Bespoke Tailoring - Initiation
Bespoke tailoring represents the highest level of custom-made clothing, typically for suits, where every aspect of the garment is crafted specifically for the individual client. This program provides an introduction to creating a half-front lined jacket, focusing on the convergence of patience, precision, and technique.
Summer School program - Short format - English
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Fashion Draping - Beginners
A garment is a three-dimensional product. Both technical and artistic, creation through draping allows for the development of a prototype pinned in fabric, directly in 3D. In this program, you will be introduced to various concepts and tools to acquire the fundamentals of draping on a dress form.
Summer School program - Short format - English
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Fashion Draping - Advanced - Tailored Jacket
A well-tailored women's jacket is a wardrobe essential, embodying elegance and timeless style. Its impeccable design is the key to its enduring appeal. Enhance your expertise in draping techniques to achieve the perfect fit and silhouette.
Summer School program - Short format - English
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Fashion Draping - Advanced - Flou
Flou is the essence of couture, embodying the art of French craftsmanship. The mastery of this exceptional technique lies in a strong foundation of skilled design. Enhance and refine your expertise in Flou draping techniques to achieve unparalleled elegance.
Summer School program - Short format - English
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AI-Driven Fashion Campaign - Initiation
In an era of technological advancements, particularly in image creation discover how AI can be a wonderful tool for creativity in the luxury and fashion industries. In this workshop, explore how to use artificial intelligence to craft detailed and imaginative campaign concepts for iconic fashion brands, with a focus on visual consistency and storytelling.
Summer School program - Short format - English
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Artistic Direction - Image
In a world where visuals shape perceptions, every image tells a story, a brand’s identity, a product’s essence, or a creator’s vision. This course immerses you in the world of Art of Direction, sharpening your ability to analyze, interpret, and craft compelling visual narratives. Master the language of imagery and develop your own unique creative voice.
Summer School program - Short format - English
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Artistic Direction - Fashion Collection
Fashion art directors are creative architects who define a brand's identity through their artistic vision. In this program, master visual storytelling, and play a vital role in the strategic direction of a brand, defining its messages and visual codes in products and collections.
Summer School program - Short format - English
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Fashion Image and Social Media
Social media has transformed fashion, turning personal style and branding into a global conversation. This course unpacks the process of digital fashion communication, from defining identity and crafting ideas to delivering the creative visions to life.
Summer School program - Short format - English
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Social Media Microtrends - Styling and Photoshoot
"Clean girl", "blockette", "mob wife", just aesthetics or something more? These microtrends are born on social media and brought into reality. This course explores the fast-moving world of social media trends and, especially, how the stylist's role is influenced through them. From tracing the origins of digital trends to translating them into fashion imagery, this course combines cultural analysis, creative direction, and styling.
Summer School program - Short format - English
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