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Short Course Fashion Luxury Business
- Duration: 6 weeks
- Language: English
- Campuses: Paris, Istanbul or online
- Next intakes: October 2024, March 2025, July 2025
The Fashion Luxury Business short course provides the basic skills to become a fashion entrepreneur: from the drafting of the main idea to the commercialization and promotion of a concept. A course for anyone interested in the business of fashion and luxury.
The Fashion Luxury Business short course is a complete and comprehensive 6 weeks program, with daily sessions from 10 am to 5 pm, regrouping 3 themes: Foundation of Fashion, Fashion Marketing, Visual Merchandising & Computer Graphics. Upon completion of this course, students will gain the essential skills necessary to run a personal project in fashion or luxury retail. The modules taught are structured around each step composing the development of a business plan, from research to commercialization.
This short course has been constructed on a unique modular planning in order to allow participants to customize their learning experience by electing 2 options:
- Modular Learning: Students have the possibility to choose between 3 modules with themes focusing on Foundation of Fashion, Fashion Marketing, Visual Merchandising & Computer Graphics.
- Comprehensive Course Learning: Students have the possibility to combine the 3 modules within one comprehensive course titled “Fashion Luxury Business”.
The online program takes place live and in real-time (Paris or Istanbul local time) and you will interact with the lecturer and other students through our online platform. However, if you cannot attend or miss a live class, every session is also recorded and saved, so you can go back and watch it at a later suitable time for you.
Course Structure
6 weeks, Monday to Friday, 10am to 5pm.
Foundation of Fashin Module
- Panorama of Fashion Design (Figure Drawing / Illustration / Color
Learn how to draw a woman figure from the basic skills to the creation and personalization of your own figure. - Visits and Segments discoveries
Students will explore different segments of the fashion industry through cultural and business visits, and practical workshops. - Introduction to Fashion Styling
Learn the basic principles of fashion styling.
Fashion & Luxury Discovery Module (This module will be available during an upcoming session.)
- Panorama of Fashion & Luxury Industry
Get an overview of the fashion and luxury sectors, including their history, major players, market trends, and the intersection between fashion and luxury. - Visits and Segment Discoveries
Students will explore different segments of the fashion industry through cultural and business visits, and practical workshops. - Introduction to Fashion & Luxury Concepts
Have a foundational understanding of the fundamental concepts and principles that underlie the fashion and luxury industries.
Fashion Marketing Module
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Fashion Intelligence
This course provides a panorama of the fashion industry, an understanding of consumer’s behavior and processes of data collection.- Consumer Behavior.
- Trend Forecasts.
- Sustainability in the Fashion & Luxury Sector.
- Branding Identity
Learn how to develop a visual identity and setup a brand’s strategy. - Integrated Marketing Communication
This course encompasses a review of the marketing mix elements from a communication perspective, stating that every aspect of your brand and company always sends a message to your costumers (it includes Communication, Distribution Strategies and Digital Communication).
Visual Merchandising & Computer Graphics Module
- Computer Graphics
Using the Adobe suite, create visual content in line with a brand identity and marketing strategy and implement the promotion of a fashion or luxury brand. Steps in this highly practical approach include learning how to import and move images, use layers and brushes, and add colors. - Visual Merchandising Principles
This course provides the basic visual merchandising principles and concepts in order to lay the foundation for the following, more advanced courses. - Fashion Merchandising
Identify, understand, evaluate all categories of collections and products offered by different types of fashion retailers, from fast fashion to luxury fashion houses. - Visual Merchandising Workshop
Final training encompassing all the skills learned during previous courses.
Admission Requirements
- Recommended level of English is IELTS 5.5 (to fully understand and follow the course). The IELTS certificate is not required, but we just want to be certain that you will be able to comprehend the course.
- Min. 16 years old (Paris, Istanbul) and 13 years old (Online)
- Interest in business & luxury side of fashion
Documents to provide (in English or translated to English by a certified translator):
- Fill in the online application form
- Resume
- Copy of passport
- Passport photo