ESMOD

{{Short description|French private fashion school}}

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The École supérieure des arts et techniques de la mode, or ESMOD, is a French private school of fashion. It was founded in Paris in 1841 by Alexis Lavigne. It has branches in Bordeaux, Lyon, Paris, Rennes and Roubaix in France, and in a number of cities in other countries.

Accreditation

The École supérieure des arts et techniques de la mode is authorised by the Commission nationale de la certification professionnelle (France Compétences), the French national commission for vocational certification, to award a five-year professional certification as fashion stylist/designer at level 6 of the European Qualifications Framework.

It has been accredited by the French Ministry of Culture since 2014.

In 2022, its Master's-level diploma ‘Fashion and Creative Industries Creative Director’ (level 7) obtained academic accreditation from the French Ministry of Higher Education and Research by ministerial decision of 28 June 2021, published in the Bulletin Officiel of 22 July 2021.{{Cite web |title=ESMOD obtient la reconnaissance du Ministère de l'Enseignement Supérieur |url=https://www.studyrama.com/formations/specialites/mode-textile/actualites/esmod-obtient-la-reconnaissance-du-ministere-de-l-109120 |access-date=2024-09-21 |website=www.studyrama.com |language=fr}}{{Cite web |title=École supérieure des arts et techniques de la mode (Esmod) |url=https://www.enseignementsup-recherche.gouv.fr/fr/bo/21/Hebdo29/ESRS2119967A.htm#:~:text=Article%202%20-%20L'%C3%A9tablissement%20Esmod,%C3%A9tudiants%20inscrits%20dans%20l'%C3%A9tablissement. |access-date=2024-09-21 |website=enseignementsup-recherche.gouv.fr |language=fr}}

Branches

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| style="width:13%; vertical-align:top; text-align:left;" |Africa and the Middle East

  • Tunis (Tunisia, 1989–present){{Cite web |title=Tunis |url=https://www.esmod.com/en/ecole/tunis/ |access-date=2025-06-03 |website=ESMOD |language=en-US}}
  • Damascus (Syria, 1995–present)
  • Sousse (Tunisia, 1997–present){{Cite web |title=INTERNATIONAL NETWORK |url=https://www.esmod.co.kr:30001/eng/network.asp |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20240808062603/https://www.esmod.co.kr:30001/eng/network.asp |archive-date=2024-08-08 |access-date=2025-06-03 |website=www.esmod.co.kr}}
  • Beirut (Lebanon, 1999–present)
  • Dubai (United Arab Emirates, 2006–present)
  • Istanbul (Turkey, 2010–present)

| style="width:13%; vertical-align:top; text-align:left;" |Asia

  • Tokyo (Japan, 1984–present)
  • Seoul (South Korea, 1989–present)
  • Jakarta (Indonesia, 1996–present)
  • Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia, 2011–present){{Cite web |title=Kuala-Lumpur |url=https://www.esmod.com/en/ecole/kuala-lumpur/ |access-date=2025-06-03 |website=ESMOD |language=en-US}}
  • Guangzhou (China, 2014–present){{Cite web |title=Guangzhou |url=https://www.esmod.com/en/ecole/guangzhou/ |access-date=2025-06-03 |website=ESMOD |language=en-US}}
  • Beijing (China, 2017–present){{Cite web |title=Beijing |url=https://www.esmod.com/en/ecole/beijing/ |access-date=2025-06-03 |website=ESMOD |language=en-US}}

| style="width:13%; vertical-align:top; text-align:left;" |Europe

  • Paris (France, 1841–present){{Cite web |last=Stone |first=Susan |date=2014-10-17 |title=Fashion School ESMOD Berlin Celebrates 20 Years |url=https://wwd.com/fashion-news/fashion-scoops/feature/fashion-school-esmod-berlin-celebrates-20-years-7990190-999736/ |access-date=2025-06-03 |website=WWD |language=en-US}}
  • Rennes (France, 1989–present)
  • Munich (Germany, 1989–closed)
  • Oslo (Norway, 1990–present){{Cite web |title=Oslo |url=https://www.esmod.com/en/ecole/oslo/ |access-date=2025-06-03 |website=ESMOD |language=en-US}}
  • Bordeaux (France, 1991–present)
  • Lyon (France, 1991–present)
  • Roubaix (France, 1994–present)
  • Berlin (Germany, 1994–closed)
  • Moscow (Russia, 2006–closed)
  • Tbilisi (Georgia, opening soon){{Cite web |last=Today |first=Georgia |date=2025-02-20 |title=ESMOD International Expands to Georgia through Exclusive Partnership with BTU |url=https://georgiatoday.ge/esmod-international-expands-to-georgia-through-exclusive-partnership-with-btu/ |access-date=2025-06-03 |website=Georgia Today |language=en-US}}

A branch once operated in São Paulo.

Alumni

Alumni of the school include Reem Acra, Franck Sorbier, Lara Cosima Henckel von Donnersmarck, Olivier Rousteing and Seo Eunkyo.{{citation needed|date=November 2015}} Simon Porte Jacquemus of Jacquemus also attended for a short time.{{citation needed|date=February 2019}}

References

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Alison Matthews David (2006). [https://books.google.com/books?id=TaN-AgAAQBAJ Made to measure? : tailoring and the 'normal' body in nineteenth-century France]. In Waltraud Ernst (ed), Histories of the normal and the abnormal: social and cultural histories of norms and normatively. London; New York: Routledge. {{ISBN|9780203028254}}. p. 155.

Frédéric Godart (2012). [https://books.google.com/books?id=7uQBe-FzfiQC Unveiling fashion: business, culture, and identity in the most glamorous industry]. Basingstoke: Houndmills; New York: Palgrave Macmillan. {{ISBN|9780230358355}}. p. 108.

[http://www.rncp.cncp.gouv.fr/grand-public/visualisationFiche?format=fr&fiche=9518 Résumé descriptif de la certification: Styliste designer mode] (in French). Répertoire National des Certifications Professionnelles (RNCP). Accessed May 2014.

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