IFM Paris (Institut Français de la Mode)

IFM Paris (Institut Français de la Mode) is a higher education institution offering postgraduate courses [1] and applied research for the fashion, luxury goods, design and textile industries, and more generally creative industries.

History

In the early 1980s French authorities and representatives of the fashion industry suggested the creation of a fashion institute, aiming to train "the masterminds of couture and prêt-à-porter houses" as well as the textile industry.[2] Jack Lang, Pierre Bergé, and heads of professional bodies and trade associations took up the issue.[2]

Created in 1986 by the French Ministry of Industry and placed under its administrative supervision, IFM offers postgraduate education, executive education, research and expertise. Pierre Bergé, its founding Chairman,[3] summarizes its mission in these words: "I have always believed there should be no barriers between the various joblines of our industry. I have always believed that you cannot do a good job if you don't understand that of others. In a nutshell, that people need to measure up, understand each other and work together" (« j'ai toujours cru qu'il ne devait pas y avoir de frontières entre les différentes disciplines de nos métiers. J'ai toujours cru qu'on ne pouvait bien faire le sien qu'en connaissant celui des autres. En un mot, qu'il était indispensable de se mesurer, de se comprendre, pour vivre et travailler ensemble ».[4])

In 1986, IFM creates a Postgraduate Program in Fashion, Design and Luxury Management in order to reinforce the managerial skills of the industry's companies.[5] This programme aimed to promote the job of product manager for the fashion and luxury industry, and leads to a variety of careers: supply management, marketing (of products and design in these industries), communications, sales, merchandising, distribution… Many senior managers and business leaders in the industry are alumni of this program. IFM's Postgraduate Programme in Fashion, Design and Luxury Management is officially recognized by a visa from the French Higher Education and Research Ministry for a period of six years.[6] The degree is also registered by the French National Directory of Professional Certifications (level 1).[7]

In 2000, the Fashion Design Postgraduate Program was created, as a way to strengthen links between management and design.[8] This program, offered in English, offers three majors (Garment, Accessory, Image), and attracts many talented individuals wishing to hone their creative skills in France. Selected designers are immersed in the business reality of partner companies, with whom they design prototypes (garments, shoes, leatherwork). Students hold an initial degree for fashion schools in France (école supérieure des arts appliqués Duperré, studio Berçot, école de la chambre syndicale de la couture parisienne for haute couture, atelier Chardon Savard) and abroad such as Central Saint Martins College of art and design, Felicidad Duce, New York's Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT), Ecole nationale supérieure des arts visuels de La Cambre, Antwerp's Royal Academy of Fine Arts… IFM's Fashion Design Postgraduate Program is registered by the French National Directory of Professional Certifications (level 1).[9]

As of September 2013 IFM offers another program in English: the Master of Science in International Luxury Management (MSc Luxury).[10] This program is open to international students wishing to pursue an international career with French and European luxury companies.

Since 2009 Summer School programs have been offered to non specialized high school and college students[11] in order to provide them with basic knowledge about the culture of fashion and luxury, and an overview of creative industries in all of their dimensions: culture, joblines, economy, products, creative processes, image and communications.

Since 1987 IFM has been developing an offer of executive education courses, with open-enrolment and custom-designed programs for companies (over 2,000 executives trained every year).[12]

In 2004 an Executive MBA program was launched in Global Fashion Management, compatible with a professional career or an entrepreneurial project, and with an international curriculum through partnerships with New York's Fashion Institute of Technology and Hong Kong Polytechnic University.[13]

Since 1994 a large-scale scholarship scheme has been funded by a circle of patron companies,[14] allowing IFM to encourage social diversity of its students. In 2015 this Circle of patrons counted 16 companies and business foundations.

In 1999 IFM took on the Centre textile de conjoncture et d’observation économique, a specialized institution analyzing production, consumption, distribution and international trade in the textile and garment industries. This institute for applied research and expertise became IFM's Economic Observatory, which produces and publishes market studies for business professionals of the industry.

In 2003 a research department was created, in order to produce knowledge and enhance the educational programs' curricula. This humanities and social sciences department publishes a semi-annual (Mode de recherche, available online for free), textbooks for students and a wider audience about brands and brand management, luxury, the history of fashion, design, consumption and distribution. These publications are distributed by publisher Editions du Regard.

IFM's Research department is also in charge of organizing a series of public conferences which offer each year since 2009 a dozen conferences by academics and experts open to the general public.

IFM accompanies the development of young creative labels through its program IFM Labels (formerly known as IFM Entrepreneurs). Since 2011 prestigious labels such as Jacquemus, Vetements, Yiqing Yin or MELINDAGLOSS have benefited from this coaching program.

In 2015 IFM launched a program for young entrepreneurs wishing to set up a business in the fashion or creative industries: IFM Start. This one-year program offers courses, mentoring sessions, a start-up internship and digital or design workshops.

Mission and activities

IFM's mission is to support the development of fashion and design industries through the reinforcement of skills and prospective analysis of the industry's transformations; to encourage creation and innovation in businesses; and to contribute to the 'fashion and design' aura of Paris and France.[15]

IFM programs are open to holders of a higher education degree (levels M1 and M2), offering them specialized and vocational programs in the field of management and design. IFM alumni (over 1,700 in France and abroad) pursue careers in companies, or set up their own businesses.[16]

On top of the humanities textbooks published by the Research department, IFM regularly produces business ir market studies for business professionals.

Networks and partnerships

The governing bodies of IFM Paris (Academic Affairs Council and Economic Affairs Council) are made up of senior managers and managing directors of the textile, fashion and design industries.

In 2013 IFM joined heSam (hautes études Sorbonne arts et métiers), an academic cluster for social sciences and humanities, engineering, private and public governance, design and heritage. This cluster is composed of universities and schools such as université Panthéon-Sorbonne (Paris 1), Conservatoire national des arts et métiers, école des hautes études en sciences sociales, ESCP Europe, ENA, and école nationale supérieure de création industrielle.

Moreover, IFM has developed strong relationships with a network of higher education institutions in France: école nationale supérieure des arts et industries textiles, EDHEC Business School, École de la chambre syndicale de la couture parisienne, ENSCI, université Paris Sorbonne-Paris IV, école nationale supérieure des arts décoratifs, ESCP Europe, HEC Paris.

On a global scale, IFM is a member of the executive committee of IFFTI (International Foundation of Fashion Technology Institutes). IFM has also concluded academic partnerships with international academic institutions such as New York's Fashion Institute of Technology, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Tsinghua University School of Economics and Management (Beijing), Bocconi University (Milan), Central Saint Martins college of art and design in London, and Ecole supérieure des affaires in Beirut.

In 2006, IFM became a member of the Conférence des grandes écoles. Since 2011 IFM Paris has been officially recognized by the French state (decree published in the Official Bulletin for higher education and research, 14 July 2011).[17]

In December 2008, IFM moved to brand new premises at the Docks, Cité de la mode et du design, quai d'Austerlitz in Paris.

IFM is a partner and organizer of an innovation network called R3iLab, promoting non-technological innovation for SMCs in the industry, in areas such as product design, marketing and sales. IFM's participation was supported and called for by the French Ministry of Industry.[18]

IFM is also co-organizer, with the London College of Fashion, of European project WORTH, supported by the European Commission. This project promotes pan-European partnerships between designers and small- and mid-size companies, in order to develop innovative new fashion and lifestyle products.

Structure and organization

Management

IFM is structured around 3 units:

Alumni

Among the 1,700 IFM alumni, many Parmi les 1700 diplômés de l'IFM, some are regularly covered by the international media, such as:

  • Nadège Vanhee-Cybulski (IFM/Design 2004), creative director, women's ready-to-wear, Hermès.
  • Guillaume Henry (IFM/Design 2001), since October 2014 creative director at Nina Ricci - Puig group-, former creative director of Carven.
  • Pablo Coppola (IFM/Design 2002), creative director, Bally.
  • Christine Phung (IFM/Design 2002), head of her own brand.

Regular speakers

Many experts from fashion and business are regular speakers in IFM programs,[19] such as:

  • Didier Grumbach,[20] President of the Fédération française de la couture, du prêt-à-porter des couturiers et des créateurs de mode.
  • Florence Müller, fashion historian, art curator and author of many publications.
  • Bruno Pavlovsky, President of the Fashion division, Chanel.
  • Sidney Toledano, CEO of Christian Dior Couture.
  • Farid Chenoune, fashion historian, art curator and author of many publications.
  • Guillaume de Seynes, Managing Director, Hermès.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "IFM Paris, Paris (75)". Letudiant.fr. 2015-06-16. Retrieved 2015-07-27.
  2. 1 2 Mouclier, Jacques (June 2004). Haute couture. fr:Spécial:Ouvrages de référence/2-84928-052-6 (Jacques-Marie Laffont). pp. 191–192. ISBN 2-84928-052-6.
  3. ↑ Laurence, Benaïm (June 2002). Yves Saint-Laurent. Grasset. p. 389. ISBN 978-2246458425.
  4. ↑ "La spécialisation professionnelle". Textile art industrie (3): 77. 1986.
  5. ↑ "IFM - Le programme Postgraduate de Management de l'IFM a passé son oral sur Campus-Channel". YouTube. 2014-01-22. Retrieved 2015-07-27.
  6. ↑ "ESRS1200279A - ESR". enseignementsup-recherche.gouv.fr. Retrieved 2015-07-27.
  7. ↑ "Le Répertoire National des Certifications Professionnelles (RNCP) (Résumé descriptif de la certification) - Commission nationale de la certification professionnelle". Rncp.cncp.gouv.fr. Retrieved 2015-07-27.
  8. ↑
  9. ↑ "Arrêté du 18 avril 2013 portant enregistrement au répertoire national des certifications professionnelles" (in French). Legifrance. 2013-04-18. Retrieved 2015-07-27.
  10. ↑ "IFM - MSc in International Luxury Management a passé son oral sur Campus-Channel". YouTube. 2014-03-03. Retrieved 2015-07-27.
  11. ↑ "Summer school et stage d'été mode 2012 six écoles de stylisme - L'Express Styles". Lexpress.fr. 2012-06-15. Retrieved 2015-07-27.
  12. ↑ "Formation Continue - Institut Français de le Mode - vidéo dailymotion". Dailymotion.com. 2010-11-23. Retrieved 2015-07-27.
  13. ↑ "Les MBA français spécialisés :Des passerelles pour se réinventer- 10 juin 2013". Challenges.fr. Retrieved 2015-07-27.
  14. ↑ "Hermès Fondation" (in French). Fondationdentreprisehermes.org. Retrieved 2015-07-27.
  15. ↑ "Institut Français de la mode - IFM Paris France". Theophilelegrand.w1w.fr. Retrieved 2015-07-27.
  16. ↑ "La mode c’est aussi du management: entretien avec Sylvie Ebel, directeur général adjoint de l’Institut français de la mode | Il y a une vie après le bac !". Orientation.blog.lemonde.fr. Retrieved 2015-07-27.
  17. ↑ "ESRS1100222A - ESR". enseignementsup-recherche.gouv.fr. 2011-06-21. Retrieved 2015-07-27.
  18. ↑ "R3iLab". R3ilab.fr. Retrieved 2015-07-27.
  19. ↑ "Comment choisir son école de stylisme - la suite - L'Express Styles". Lexpress.fr. 2009-03-28. Retrieved 2015-07-27.
  20. ↑ http://www.businessoffashion.com/community/people/didier-grumbach

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