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    Institut de la Mode de Marseille

    Established in 1988, this center, together with the Museum of Fashion and other professional bodies, is located in the Espace Mode Méditerranée and coordinates formative courses, events, and corporate consultancies.

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    Idc (International Design Creation)

    French glasses manufacturing company. Established in 1980 by the optician Jean Franµois Rey, son of the glasses’ maker from Jura. It has 8,000 sales points and a boutique in Rue Saint-Etienne in Paris. Linear or extravagant, his glasses followed fashion…

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    Ivanez

    Laetitia Ivanez (1968). Designer for the Les Prairies de Paris brand, whiose clients include the stars Andie MacDowell, Kate Moss, and Emmanuelle Béart. Nicknamed Mowgli (after the protagonist of Jungle Book), Ivanez found herself in the world of fashion partly…

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    Italian Fashion School

    Courses organized in Milan by the Chamber of Fashion, aimed at educating professionals ‘with basic skills and a specific knowledge to cover, above all, the new necessities of the sector’. In 2001 a new course was started for Art Director…

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    Institut Franµais de la Mode

    Established in 1986 in Paris and directed by Pierre Bergé. The study of fabrics, the management of new technologies, and the management training in fashion are the key courses at the school. IFM was created on the initiative of the…

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    I Pinco Pallino

    Brand of children’s clothing. Managed by Imelde and Stefano Cavalleri (1950), partners in both life and work. They were able to create a winning business in the province of Bergamo through constant expansion and with a particular loading of joy…

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    Ian & Marcel

    Brand of ready-to-wear. Both Canadians, Ian H. Cooper (1946-1992) and Marcel B. Aucoin (1951-1991) met in Toronto in 1976. The former studied fashion design at the Ryerson Polytechnic Institute, and the latter studied furniture and fabric design at the Sheridan…

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    Intertextile Beijing

    Exhibition of fibers, threads, and fabrics. It is organized by Messe Frankfurt with Chinese partners in Beijing. In March 2002 it occupied 8,361 square yards in the Chinese World Trade Center with 250 exhibitors and 18,000 visitors. In October 2002…

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    Ironside

    Janey (1917). Director of the fashion department at the Royal College of Art in London. Born in England, she studied costume at St. Martin’s School of Art. After her graduation, she opened her own dressmaking workshop. When the department opened,…