Global Fashion Management Executive MBA

The Executive MBA Global Fashion Management is a unique experience designed for experienced managers and entrepreneurs in search of professional and personal transformation, who wish to progress to positions of responsibility in the fashion and luxury sectors. An interdisciplinary meeting place for experimentation and reflection on fashion, luxury and the creative industries, it offers an immersive international outlook thanks to its partnerships with the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York and Hong Kong Polytechnic University.

Organized on a part-time basis over a 14-month period, it enables you to acquire a global strategic vision of management in these sectors, while pursuing a professional activity.

Objectives

• Acquire the fundamentals of management and the codes of the fashion and luxury sector to effectively manage a profit center
• Adopt a cross-functional and strategic vision of managing an organization in the fashion and luxury sectors, in order to design and implement strategies adapted to all brand styles.
• Develop leadership and team management skills in a changing international context
• Anticipate and integrate digital and sustainable transitions into your business strategies
• Join a diverse, international community to strengthen your network

Program

The program is structured around several key themes that correspond to the sector's current challenges:

Strategic issues in fashion and luxury

Through an approach combining fundamental theories and applied case studies, you will develop an in-depth understanding of the economic and strategic dynamics shaping the fashion and luxury industry. You'll learn to analyze the fundamentals of the sector's economy, decode consumer behavior and integrate new expectations in terms of innovation, sustainable development and social responsibility.

Managing a fashion company

You will learn to master the fundamentals of finance, accounting and management control, essential for ensuring the profitability and sustainability of a brand.
You will also explore the levers of marketing and communication, in order to build a strong brand image adapted to new consumer expectations. Finally, you will have the opportunity to perfect your understanding of product engineering, sourcing and value creation, enabling you to optimize the development and production of high-value-added collections.

Creative Culture

You'll have the opportunity to explore the cultural, sociological and artistic roots of fashion, to better understand the dynamics that shape the sector. Through the study of the history and sociology of fashion, you will analyze major stylistic evolutions and delve into the heart of the creative process, helping you to interact effectively with designers and understand creative processes.

Soft Skills

Throughout the program, you will develop the interpersonal skills that are essential for success in the fashion and luxury industries. You'll work on your leadership and personal branding skills to enhance your expertise and build a career path in line with your ambitions.

Optional certificates

To personalize your business expertise, you can also apply for one of two optional certificates in common with students from other Masters programs at IFM:

• Entrepreneurship (IFM x AMI Entrepreneurship Prize)
• Sustainable development (Kering / IFM Chair)

International seminars

Three intensive week-long seminars are held jointly with participants from FIT New York and Hong Kong Polytechnic University in New York, Hong Kong and Paris. Specific lessons, case studies, projects, lectures and visits will be offered by teachers from the 3 schools and well-known local guest speakers, to develop a detailed understanding of the cultural and economic issues specific to each geographical area:

• New York: Global merchandising, leadership and strategy, retail & branding, e-commerce, sustainable development and innovation
• Paris: Fashion and design culture, creative management, brands & creative identity, luxury/fashion marketing, eco-design & sustainable development
• Hong Kong/Mainland China: Production & supply chain, entrepreneurship, understanding the Chinese digital ecosystem, opening up and understanding the Asian market, research & innovation
  

The synthesis project

At the end of the course, you will complete an individual or group project that will enable you to put to good use the knowledge acquired during the program. This may take the form of a business start-up project or a research project on an issue relevant to your professional development.

Rhythm

The program is delivered on a part-time basis over 14 months, from August 25, 2025 to November 21, 2026. Classes on the IFM campus are given in French and English, in the form of seminars lasting 4 or 6 days every three weeks. The week-long international seminars are taught in English on the campuses of the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York (mid-September 2025), the IFM campus in Paris (mid-April 2026) and Hong Kong Polytechnic University (mid-November 2026).

Joining the IFM Alumni Association

The IFM Alumni Association brings together all the graduates of Institut Français de la Mode in design, savoir-faire and management. As a passionate, active and supportive community, it has 4,000 active members in some 60 countries.

Inclusive and participative, it accompanies the career paths and entrepreneurial initiatives of different generations of graduates. It also organizes forward-looking meetings that bring together its network of experts and fashion personalities to discuss key issues and cultural phenomena in our sectors.

Tuition fees for the academic year 2025/2026 amount to 31,000 € including VAT (excluding travel and accommodation costs)*.

Early bird option: €28,000 including VAT if paid in full before the start day of the program.

Lifetime membership of the IFM Alumni Association: €470

The Executive MBA Global Fashion Management can be financed through individual training leave (CIF).

Admissions requirements

• Undergraduate qualifications: management, economics, political science, law, arts, communications, applied art, engineering, stylism…
• Four-year degree (professional equivalence possible).
• At least 5 years of professional experience.
• Fluent in English and French

Admissions process

Two-stage admissions process

1. Short list based on application file
2. Tests and interviews for final admission before a jury made up of professionals and teaching staff