Fashion professions
These days, creative professions such as stylists, pattern makers and collection managers are highly coveted and require specialization. Textile design is one of the most popular. In production and manufacturing, the textile and clothing industry recruits professionals with school-leaving qualifications, BTS or CAP, capable of designing Made in France garments and supervising the production of models. Sales, product and team managers are also in high demand. Opportunities in the fashion and luxury sectors are becoming increasingly numerous. However, jobs in this sector require a certain...
From Pierre Balmain to Olivier Rousteing
Balmain is the French fashion house that dresses women in a style that is elegant, casual and sexy, opulent and structured. Balmain has had many artistic directors who have taken it to great heights or to oblivion. However, each artistic director has tried to perpetuate his creator's legacy. Discover the history of Balmain in this article. The birth of Balmain Balmain was created by Pierre Balmain in Paris in 1945. Pierre Balmain was born in Saint-Jean-de-Mauricienne in Savoie. He began his career in fashion at Molyneux, then joined the house of...
Yiqing Yin, clothing sculptor
A unique vision It's impossible to speak of Yiqing Yin simply as a designer. Even more than fashion, she's passionate about materials. She doesn't work behind her drawing board, a multitude of colored pencils in front of her, ready to imagine her collections and put them down on paper. Why is this? Because her work is instinctive and imagined directly on the material? Her clothing is conceived as armor, a second skin that protects and strengthens. Yiqing Yin works with his hands. A rectangle of fabric, how it moves, falls, rolls up. Shapes take shape...
Men's Fashion Week 2019, highlights
From year to year, Fashion week conveys strong messages in line with the political, cultural or even environmental context in which the merciless world of fashion evolves. Men's Fashion Week in Paris took place in June 2019. There were several high-profile moments. Zoom in on the highlights of the most eagerly awaited event of the year in the art world. Men's fashion gains momentum This year, Fashion Week saw an increase in the number of men's shows. As a result, a small revolution is taking place in the world of men's...
Who are the great Chinese designers?
The Chinese market has seen a meteoric rise in fashion over the past decade. Designers are emerging to showcase China's know-how and creativity. Here's a look at some of the leading Chinese designers who are parading their wares at Fashion Weeks the world over. ...
How to build a fashion partnership
To form a fashion partnership, you need to find a reliable partner who is passionate about fashion. Find out which fashion partnerships have worked and the different ways of contacting a future partner to form an effective partnership.
Léo and Violette, success in tandem
Behind Léo et Violette are Léo Dominguez and Violette Polchi, a duo who have been inseparable for eight years. Together, they have founded a brand of bags with a refined style and quality materials. Self-taught, they were still students when they created the brand. With over two thousand products sold in 2017 in France and abroad, they are now a real success. Violette, an opera singer by profession, doesn't work for the brand on a daily basis. We meet Léo in their studio at 12 rue Saint-Anne, Paris. Hello Léo! Can you introduce yourself? I'm Léo, co-founder...
Meet Diane Ducasse, multi-tasking brand designer
We set out to meet Diane Ducasse, a young fashion entrepreneur who founded her womenswear brand DADA three years ago. A brand that honors femininity in all its complexity and extravagance, through pieces with unstructured, masculine lines. She talks to us about her experiences and how she came to found her own fashion label. - Why did you decide to found your own brand? Can you tell me the story of DADA? Diane Ducasse: I founded the brand two years ago, but the idea...
5 essential questions to help you launch your fashion brand
5 questions for launching a fashion label For several years now, France has been teeming with young fashion designers who have created real success stories. Launching a fashion label is a dream when you're passionate about fashion, creative and ambitious. But getting there isn't always easy. It requires patience and self-sacrifice. In this article, we'll take you through 5 key points on how to launch a successful fashion label. Before launching your fashion brand, you need to ask yourself the right questions. 1. Who are you? Identifying your project Before...
WORKSHOP PARIS FASHION WEEK 2017
Discovering the season's new fashion collections, familiarizing themselves with French and international brands and drawing inspiration from new trends is a constant task for fashion students. Researching and gathering information allows each student to stimulate their imagination and assert their personal universe. During Paris Fashion Week Autumn - Winter 2018, ISAL Paris students had the opportunity to discover the extraordinary world of Parisian fashion.Throughout the week, the students were tasked with identifying the various players in the profession as well as...
