GILLES DUFOUR
Designer
(formerly with Chanel, Balmain)

ANDRÉ COURRÉGES
Designer

CHRISTIAN DIOR
John Galliano,
Designer
Sydney Toledano,
CEO

GIANFRANCO LOTTI
Andrea Grifoni
Designer, G.F.L.

ISSEY MIYAKE
Marie Charmel,
Creative Assistant

THE MISSONIS
Designers

HANAE MORI
Designer

PACO ROBANNE
Couture Designer

CLAUDIA RAPPENEAU
European Fashion Editor, Glamour

SONIA RYKIEL
Designer

SUSAN TRAIN
Bureau Chief
Vogue USA

EMANUEL UNGARO
Couture Designer

JO-ANN WHITE
Director of Brand Development,
Tivoli

YOHJI YAMAMOTO
Irene Silvagni,
Creative Director

YVES SAINT LAURENT
Couture Designer

HUBERT DE GIVENCHY
Couture Designer

JOE GAFFNEY
International Photographer

ADVISORS NOW DECEASED INCLUDE:
ERTÉ, Artist
(1892-1990)

GUY PAULIN,
Designer
(1945-1990)

MADAME GRÈS
(1903-1993)

PHILLIPPE GUIBOURGE
(l931-l986)

ERIC MORTENSON
Couture Designer

and beloved collaborator
PAUL McDONOUGH

Above: the beautiful façade of the Cité Universitaire

Paris is the birthplace and reigning capital of the fashion industry.
The couture house. The designers. The boutiques. The city itself. Things happen in Paris that happen nowhere else in the world. And
in a peaceful oasis in the very center of this spectacular city is the
Cite Universitaire--The campus of the Paris Fashion Institute.

Here is the first school where students of fashion design and fashion marketing/merchandising enjoy the unique experience of learning
about the fashion industry and living with the very people who create
it.

The Institute provides a strict scholastic regime within a four-week
intensive program each January, June and September, to coincide
with American college semester breaks. There are daily workshops
along with regularly scheduled classes for marketing, merchandising,
and design students. Even more importantly, the Institute reaches
beyond the traditional classroom with explorations to private
museums, design studios, workrooms, and couture shows
otherwise inaccessible to those outside of the fashion field.  All classes
are taught in English.

Students also learn first-hand from professionals in such
fields as public relations and product development. These
enriching experiences enable them to gain an insight into the
industry, broadening the concept of fashion beyond clothing
to include everything from cosmetics to crystal.

For over 20 years, the Paris Fashion Institute has provided an
education and has been an inspiration and practical training ground
for the understanding of the real workings of fashion.