Many of the industry’s most sought-after names learned the ropes at Parsons The New School for Design, from Tom Ford to Proenza Schouler’s Lazaro Hernandez and Jack McCollough, Jacobs or Wang, newly named at the house of Balenciaga. Joel Towers, Executive Dean of Parsons, says the school learned how to use New York city as a “laboratory”, and hopes to achieve the same in Paris, picked as a European hub of art, craft and heritage. Paris is destined to become one of a network of teaching hubs, with Parsons programmes in the pipeline for Mumbai, Shanghai, and Latin America, allowing an international student corps to draw on the resources of each.
IFA Paris prides itself on passing on its French fashion and luxury legacy combined with today’s technologies to over 1,300 students studying abroad on its’ Paris, Shanghai and Istanbul campuses or through online distance learning. With more than 50 nationalities enrolled in its’ Bachelor, Master/MBA programs and short courses, tomorrow’s talents evolve in a multicultural environment, rich in intercultural exchanges nurturing their creativity and curiosity. As a fashion school, IFA Paris is aware of its responsibility in preparing the new generations of fashion designers and marketers to implement the best sustainable and socially responsible practices and standards.
