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French clothing and textile sales up 4.3 percent in October 2024

In October 2024, retailers' sales of clothing and textiles recorded a 4.1 percent increase in value compared to October 2023, according to data shared by IFM Panel. After the strong increase last September , the French clothing and textile sector continues its performance. For the month of October 2024, distributor sales recorded an increase of...

Business|REPORT

IFM Fashion Reboot 2024: Trump, China, consumer distrust and quiet luxury

The election of Donald Trump, the slowdown of French luxury brands in the Chinese market, the feeling of being misled by marketing, and the quiet strength of Quiet Luxury are the four main themes addressed by the Institut Français de la Mode (IFM) at its Fashion Reboot 2024 event. This traditional end-of-year gathering organised by the IFM for...

Fashion |Interview Featured

What can students and business owners learn at IFM’s Fashion Entrepreneurship Centre?

The incubator programme at the Institut Français de la Mode (IFM) is one of three pillars of the school’s Fashion Entrepreneurship Centre, directed by Thomas Delattre. The IFM's Fashion Entrepreneurship Centre is a physical space located within the school’s campus in Paris’ 13th quarter. It houses three programmes that offer tailored solutions...

Fashion

Institut Français de la Mode announces date for its Fashion Reboot 2024

Fashion Reboot, the Institut Français de la Mode's (IFM) annual event designed to help professionals better understand the social and economic challenges of the fashion market, will take place on Thursday November 21, 2024, from 9 am to 6 pm, at 3 Mazarium in Paris’ sixth quarter. “More than ever, the fashion industry is undergoing profound...

Fashion

Ba&sh invites IFM students to design shoes for its SS25 collection

The French ready-to-wear brand Ba&sh has invited students specialising in accessories design at the Institut Français de la Mode (IFM) to design a shoe model for its spring/summer 2025 collection. The three finalists, selected by a panel of experts, will be announced on Thursday October 24, before the public selects the overall winner. The...

Fashion |In Pictures

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...

Fashion

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...

Fashion

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...

Fashion |Interview

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...

Fashion

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...

Fashion

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...

Fashion |In Pictures

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...