{"id":145,"date":"2026-11-02T13:28:58","date_gmt":"2026-11-02T10:28:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wom.beauty\/?p=145"},"modified":"2026-11-02T13:28:58","modified_gmt":"2026-11-02T10:28:58","slug":"how-the-institut-francais-de-la-mode-evolved-over-the-past-40-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wom.beauty\/?p=145","title":{"rendered":"How the Institut Fran\u00e7ais de la Mode Evolved Over the Past 40 Years"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"article-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<!-- do not apply CSS styles to this element! --><\/p>\n<div class=\"pmc-paywall\">\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tWhile one of the youngest fashion schools in Paris, the Institut Fran\u00e7ais de la Mode offers one of the most varied range of programs across management, design and savoir-faire, plus continuing education.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tHere, a timeline of key moments:<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t1986: Establishment of IFM and its postgraduate management program<br \/>1987: IFM Alumni association created<br \/>1987: Launch of its continuing education department<br \/>1994: Establishment of Cercle IFM, a group of corporate patrons providing student scholarships<br \/>1999: Integration of the Centre Textile de Conjoncture et d\u2019Observation Economique, which became the IFM Economic Observatory<br \/>2000: Launch of a postgraduate fashion design program<br \/>2003: Research department added<br \/>2004: Launch of the executive MBA in global fashion management<br \/>2006: IFM joins the Conf\u00e9rence des Grandes Ecoles, a nonprofit association of higher education and research institutions<br \/>2008: The school moves from its original premises on Rue Jean Goujon to the Cit\u00e9 de la Mode et du Design on Quai d\u2019Austerlitz<br \/>2009: Launch of summer school<br \/>2011: IFM gains recognition from the French Ministry of Higher Education<br \/>2011: Launch of IFM Labels, an accelerator for emerging creative brands<br \/>2013: Launch of the MSc. in international luxury management<br \/>2015: Launch of the IFM incubator<br \/>2019: Integration of the \u00c9cole de la Chambre Syndicale de la Couture Parisienne <br \/>2019: Redesign of the bachelor\u2019s and master\u2019s programs in fashion design<br \/>2020: Establishment of the IFM Foundation under the aegis of the Fondation de France<br \/>2021: Expansion and renovation of the IFM campus<br \/>2021: Launch of the bachelor\u2019s program in management for the creative industries<br \/>2024: Launch of the executive masters in fashion and luxury management<br \/>2025: Launch of a Foundation Year in Fashion Design<br \/>2026: Launch of the Premi\u00e8re Main Haute Couture Specialization Certificate<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p><br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While one of the youngest fashion schools in Paris, the Institut Fran\u00e7ais de la Mode offers one of the most varied range of programs across management, design and savoir-faire, plus continuing education&#8230;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":146,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-145","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-stories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wom.beauty\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/145","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wom.beauty\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wom.beauty\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wom.beauty\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wom.beauty\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=145"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wom.beauty\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/145\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wom.beauty\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/146"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wom.beauty\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=145"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wom.beauty\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=145"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wom.beauty\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=145"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}