A flourishing ecosystem
Our goal is to pioneer fashion tech in Paris and beyond.
Foundry Powered by IFA Paris is driving the shift to solve complex industry problems shaping the future of fashion. We aim to do this by providing specialist spaces, programs and access to a network of individuals in areas from fashion and tech through to entrepreneurship.
Dedicated to bridging the gap between academia and industry, we’re actively working with startups, students and organisations to push the boundaries of fashion tech. This unique ecosystem ensures that Foundry is able to empower those that wish to embrace digital transformation.
What is fashion tech?
The team is asked this question constantly and encapsulates everything that we’ll be trying to decode inside the Foundry, which will hopefully encourage more industry professionals to join in on the discussion too. We see fashion tech as the application of disruptive and innovative technologies to the fashion industry.
Paris is the last fashion capital to offer a fully integrated fashion tech hub to address industry issues. This is why Foundry was created - to facilitate change.
Together, everyone at Foundry is creating the future of tomorrow.
Parisian roots, international vision
Powered by IFA Paris & Beyond Form
“Our role as educators is to dispel stereotypes by making our students aware that technologies such as VR or AI are tools to foster creativity and not to restrict it.”
IFA Paris is the lead partner of Foundry and is an international fashion and luxury management school whose campuses are located in the hearts of Paris, Shanghai and Istanbul. They have partnered with fashion tech venture studio Beyond Form to realise the fashion tech innovation lab.
Founded in 1982, IFA Paris offers a large range of Bachelor programs as well as MBAs in Marketing and Management. Furthermore, IFA Paris is one of the first schools to dedicate entire programs to fashion tech and stresses on the importance of sustainability by inserting aspect of this problematic in all the modules. An entire program on fashion sustainability is also going to be launched.
IFA Paris’ mission is to transmit the traditional French savoir-faire by using the most innovative methodology and technology. Also, to share with its students who are coming from all over the world its passion for excellence. With more than 50 different nationalities in its student body, IFA Paris is truly an international school.
For more information:
IFA Paris | MBA Fashion Technology | Short Course Future Fashion Tech
We’re cultivating a diverse community of like-minded individuals and a hotbed of talents that will forge the future of fashion
Sponsors
“The fashion industry has started its journey to digital transformation. This is where IFA Paris has a huge role to play to accelerate that transformation and this is also exactly the role that we want to play. So Foundry will be the place where this ecosystem (IFA, clients, IBM etc.) meets to operate the transformation.”
A community of curious collaborators
Foundry team
Peter Jeun Ho Tsang
Director, Foundry
Jean-Baptiste Andreani
Group CEO, IFA Paris
Von Ruzive
Lab & Community Associate, Foundry
Ivan Kouzmine
Marketing Manager, IFA Paris