Advisors
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. And in a peaceful oasis in the very center of this spectacular city is the Cité Universitaire — 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 industry and living with the very people who create it.

The beautiful façade of the Cité Universitaire
Since 1976 Paris Fashion Institute has provided an education and has been an inspiration and practical training ground for the real workings of fashion.
Students 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.
Board of Advisors
- AZZEDINE ALAIA
Designer - ARCHITECTS
Jean-Christophe Poggioli and Pierre Beucler
Designs include the Louvre, Yohji Yamamoto and Comme des Garçons -
BLOOMINGDALES
Chantal Rousseau
President, Europe - BURBERRY
Jo-Ann White - MAXINNE CAPEN
Founder
Young Innovators
N.Y. -
CHAMBRE SYNDICALE
Denise Dubois - JEAN CHARLES DE CASTELBAJAC
Designer - CHANEL
Karl Lagerfeld
Designer - COMME DES GARÇONS
Rei Kawakubo
Designer -
CONDÉ NAST
Advertising Director
Patricia Carroll - ANDRÉ COURRÉGES
Designer - CHRISTIAN DIOR
John Galliano
Designer
Sydney Toledano
CEO - GILLES DUFOUR
Designer
(formerly with Chanel, Balmain) - SACHA DUKIC
Designer - ELLE DÉCOR,
HOUSE BEAUTIFUL
Marian McEnvoy - LOULOU DE LA FALAISE
Designer
former muse of YSL - FASHION WIRE DAILY
Godfrey Deeny - JOE GAFFNEY
International Photographer - HUBERT DE GIVENCHY
Designer - TAN GIUDICELLI
Designer
- HERMÈS
Bertrand de Courcy
International Public
Relations - LYSSA HORN
Fashion, Interior Consultant - KENZO
Designer
- CHRISTIAN LACROIX
Designer - HERVÈ LEROUX
Designer - HOUSE OF LÉSAGE
Francois Lésage -
I.M.G.
Jenni Rose and Dawn Wolf - TOM LISKER
President
Gedney, Stover, Inc. - THE MISSONIS
Designers - ISSEY MIYAKE
Marie Charmel
Creative Assistant - HANAE MORI
Designer - PATRICK VON OMMESLAGHE
Designer - DIANE PERNET
Fashion Journalist - PACO ROBANNE
Designer - CLAUDIA RAPPENEAU
European Fashion Editor
GLAMOUR - SONIA RYKIEL
Designer - SUSAN TRAIN
Bureau Chief
VOGUE USA - EMANUEL UNGARO
Designer - WWD
Elizabeth Haynes - YOHJI YAMAMOTO
Irene Silvagni
Creative Director - Advisors Now Deceased Include:
ERTÉ
Artist
(1892–1990) - MADAME GRÈS
Designer
(1903–1993) - PHILLIPPE GUIBOURGE
Designer
(1931–1986) - ERIC MORTENSON
Designer
(1926–1998) - GUY PAULIN
Designer
(1945–1990) - YVES SAINT LAURENT
Designer
(1936–2008) - and beloved collaborator
PAUL McDONOUGH
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