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Business & Entrepreneurship

Responsible Fashion Management

When:

30 June - 09 July 2025

School:

Antwerp Summer and Winter University

Institution:

University of Antwerp

City:

Antwerp

Country:

Belgium

Language:

English

Credits:

3 EC

Fee:

950 EUR

Early Bird deadline 01 April 2025
Interested?

About

Master the ins and outs of fashion management in two global fashion capitals: Antwerp and Paris! During the first week in Antwerp you get a comprehensive overview of the fashion industry (focus on independent fashion designers) and their dynamics, with an emphasis on entrepreneurship and sustainability. During the second week we travel to Paris to get more insights into the importance of craftsmanship in the luxury industry.

Course leader

Laura D'hoore, laura.dhoore@uantwerpen.be

Target group

Professionals, Doctoral and Master students as well as Bachelor students with proven fashion experience, highly motivated to work in the fashion industry.

Course aim

Both from a societal and economic perspective, fashion is an important business. It is a critical part of the so-called creative industries and plays a significant role in the European economy. Across the globe, fashion is a multi-trillion dollar industry. Nonetheless this industry is confronted with a fast changing world, globalization, sustainability issues, industry-disrupting technology, the impact of COVID-19… In the past decades fashion companies have continuously been experiencing dramatic transitions in their relation to consumers. In order to maintain a point of differentiation, fashion brands increasingly have to seek new and innovative methods of capturing the hearts, minds and wallets of savvy consumers. Fashion management studies these alterations and innovations and tries to provide a mind-set and tools for strategy development in this industry.

This summer school gives a comprehensive overview of the many aspects of fashion management, with an emphasis on both entrepreneurial fashion designers and high fashion and luxury brands. Main topics are:

the fashion industry and system,
fashion business modeling and entrepreneurship,
enterprise management (IP, law, finance and investment, supply chain management),
CSR and sustainability in fashion,
fashion marketing and promotion (online marketing, retail-options, e-strategy, PR),
HR and leadership in the fashion industry.
This summer school is hosted in partnership with the Responsible Fashion Series of conferences and thus will have a significant focus on sustainability and offer lectures from a large range of practitioners and academics involved in the network.

Interested?

When:

30 June - 09 July 2025

School:

Antwerp Summer and Winter University

Institution:

University of Antwerp

Language:

English

Credits:

3 EC

Fee:

950 EUR, Early Bird Student fee (registration before 1 April 2025

Fee:

1950 EUR, Full fee (professionals)

This fee includes course material, lunches, receptions and social activities. It does not include accommodation or transport. Participants are responsible for their own transportation from Antwerp to Paris.

Early Bird deadline 01 April 2025 Visit school

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