The Institut Français de la Mode, newly formed in the merger of IFM and the École de la Chambre Syndicale de la Couture Parisienne, wants to be ‘the world’s best fashion school.’ In an exclusive interview with BoF, Dean Xavier Romatet lays out his strategy.
The Institut Français de la Mode, newly formed in the merger of IFM and the École de la Chambre Syndicale de la Couture Parisienne, wants to be ‘the world’s best fashion school.’ In an exclusive interview with BoF, Dean Xavier Romatet lays out his strategy.
As the industry’s cutthroat job market makes it harder than ever to break in, BoF sits down with fashion graduates who are carving out careers in adjacent fields.
The fashion industry is struggling to understand the scale of its environmental challenges and how to solve them. It starts with education.
For aspiring creative entrepreneurs, business school provides rigorous training for running a business, from production operations to human resources — but not for free. Below, BoF examines the pros and cons of MBA programmes.
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BoF’s new Education Council of global fashion industry experts offer their advice to prospective students.
BoF’s selection of the world’s best fashion schools employs a new approach which does away with numerical rankings and focuses instead on helping students assess which programmes will best prepare them for their chosen career in fashion.
Feeder programmes at key schools may be the secret to landing an entry-level position at a top fashion house.
BoF’s Global Fashion School Rankings 2017 shows a handful of top schools are leagues ahead of the rest on graduate employability.
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Institut Français de la Mode (IFM) took the top spot in BoF's first ranking of graduate fashion business courses.
Established by the partner of Yves Saint Laurent, the Institut Français de la Mode is closely knitted into the French fashion ecosystem like few others.
As students in the US and the UK finalise their university applications, BoF asks some of fashion’s most respected educators what they look for in prospective students.
New technologies have reshaped fashion from design and production to sales and marketing. Are fashion courses keeping pace?
Spanish beauty and fragrance group Puig Brands SA shares rose after the company and its founding family raised €2.6 billion ($2.8 billion) in an initial public offering, in Europe’s biggest listing so far this year.
The former Public School and DKNY designer will launch the cap brand’s first apparel line.
Nordstrom shares rose 6 percent on the news, giving the company a market value of about $3.3 billion.
A double-digit decline was attributed to the brand’s distribution changes.
Spatch will debut on May 4 with a nine-piece collection of skin-perfecting products designed for professional and consumer use.
The Danish company, which makes more pieces of jewellery than any other in the world, said organic sales are projected to rise 8-10 percent this year.
Despite a brief uptick in sales, up 24 percent between 2021 and 2022, the brand’s growth has stalled.
The move comes as System owner Mike Obenson aims to turn what began as a bi-annual print title into a global media brand with a stronger digital offering.
