The Parisian Seminar of the Executive MBA took place from Monday March 31st to April 9th 2014 with the international students from the class of 2014 (55 IFM, FIT New York and Hong Kong Polytechnic University students).

Seminar participants met with high-level individuals such as Philippe Berthaux, President of Empreinte - L'Atelier de Lingerie, Sylvie Ganter, co-founder and designer with Atelier Cologne, Didier Grumbach, President of the Fédération française de la Couture, du Prêt-à-porter des Couturiers et des Créateurs de Mode, Bruno Pavlovsky, CEO of Chanel Mode, Guillaume de Seynes, VP of Hermès International, Sidney Toledano, CEO of Christian Dior Couture...

The students worked on the theme of the "store of the future" with the management of three designer brands (Isabel Marant, Lacoste and Christophe Lemaire).

A half-day of the seminar was given over to a symposium on the subject of "omni-retailing" broadcast live from FIT in New York. Guest speaker: Peter Nordstrom, EVP & President Merchandising.

The seminar was marked by a reception with champagne from Dom Perignon millésime 2004 (the year the Ex was set up), a tour of the Papier Glacé exhibition at the Palais Galliera ("A century of fashion photography at Condé Nast")....

Slideshow: https://www.flickr.com/photos/ifm-paris/sets/72157643753844595/

Photos: Michael Battista (FIT New York).