{{Short description|French private fashion school}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2014}} {{use list-defined references|date=May 2014}} {{Use British English|date=May 2014}} {{Infobox university | name = École supérieure des arts et techniques de la mode | native_name = | native_name_lang = | image = Pantin Esmod Portes ouvertes Journee Ptrimoisne 2018 IMG 3137 09.jpg | image_size = 300px | image_alt = | caption = | latin_name = | motto = | motto_lang = | mottoeng = | established = {{Start date and age|1841}} | closed = <!-- {{End date|YYYY}} --> | type = | parent = | affiliation = | endowment = | budget = | officer_in_charge = | chairman = | chancellor = | president = Christine Walter-Bonini | vice-president = | superintendent = | provost = | vice_chancellor = | rector = | principal = | dean = | director = | head_label = | head = | academic_staff = | administrative_staff = | students = | undergrad = | postgrad = | doctoral = | other = | city = Paris | state = | province = | country = France | coor = {{coord|48.8777|2.3345|display=inline, title}} | campus = 12 rue de la Rochefoucauld<br>75009 Paris | former_names = | free_label = | free = | affiliations = [[Union of Independent Grandes Écoles]] | website = {{URL|esmod.com}} | logo = Logo ESMOD 2024.svg | footnotes = }} 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]].<ref name=ernst/> It has branches in [[Bordeaux]], [[Lyon]], [[Paris]], [[Rennes]] and [[Roubaix]] in France, and in a number of cities in other countries.<ref name=godart/>
==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 education|vocational certification]], to award a five-year professional certification as fashion stylist/designer at level 6 of the [[European Qualifications Framework]].<ref name=rncp/>
It has been accredited by the French [[Ministry of Culture (France)|Ministry of Culture]] since 2014.
In 2022, its [[Master's degree|Master]]'s-level diploma ‘''Fashion and Creative Industries Creative Director''’ (level 7) obtained academic accreditation from the French [[Minister of Higher Education, Research and Innovation (France)|Ministry of Higher Education and Research]] by ministerial decision of 28 June 2021, published in the Bulletin Officiel of 22 July 2021.<ref>{{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}}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref>
== Branches == {| style="width:100%;" | style="width:13%; vertical-align:top; text-align:left;" |'''Africa and the Middle East'''
* Tunis (Tunisia, 1989–present)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Tunis |url=https://www.esmod.com/en/ecole/tunis/ |access-date=2025-06-03 |website=ESMOD |language=en-US}}</ref> * Damascus (Syria, 1995–present) * Sousse (Tunisia, 1997–present)<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=INTERNATIONAL NETWORK |url=https://www.esmod.co.kr:30001/eng/network.asp |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240808062603/https://www.esmod.co.kr:30001/eng/network.asp |archive-date=8 August 2024 |access-date=2025-06-03 |website=www.esmod.co.kr |url-status=live }}</ref> * Beirut (Lebanon, 1999–present)<ref name=":0" /> * Dubai (United Arab Emirates, 2006–present)<ref name=":0" /> * Istanbul (Turkey, 2010–present)<ref name=":0" /> | style="width:13%; vertical-align:top; text-align:left;" |'''Asia'''
* Tokyo (Japan, 1984–present)<ref name=":0" /> * Seoul (South Korea, 1989–present)<ref name=":0" /> * Jakarta (Indonesia, 1996–present)<ref name=":0" /> * Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia, 2011–present)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Kuala-Lumpur |url=https://www.esmod.com/en/ecole/kuala-lumpur/ |access-date=2025-06-03 |website=ESMOD |language=en-US}}</ref> * Guangzhou (China, 2014–present)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Guangzhou |url=https://www.esmod.com/en/ecole/guangzhou/ |access-date=2025-06-03 |website=ESMOD |language=en-US}}</ref> * Beijing (China, 2017–closed)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Beijing |url=https://www.esmod.com/en/ecole/beijing/ |access-date=2025-06-03 |website=ESMOD |language=en-US}}</ref> | style="width:13%; vertical-align:top; text-align:left;" |'''Europe'''
* Paris (France, 1841–present)<ref name=":1">{{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}}</ref> * Rennes (France, 1989–present)<ref name=":0" /> * Munich (Germany, 1989–closed)<ref name=":1" /> * Oslo (Norway, 1990–present)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Oslo |url=https://www.esmod.com/en/ecole/oslo/ |access-date=2025-06-03 |website=ESMOD |language=en-US}}</ref> * Bordeaux (France, 1991–present)<ref name=":0" /> * Lyon (France, 1991–present)<ref name=":0" /> * Roubaix (France, 1994–present)<ref name=":0" /> * Berlin (Germany, 1994–closed)<ref name=":1" /> * Moscow (Russia, 2006–closed) * Tbilisi (Georgia, opening soon)<ref>{{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}}</ref> |} A branch once operated in São Paulo.<ref name=":1" />
==Alumni==
<!-- ALUMNI WHO ARE NOT NOTABLE BY WP'S NOTABILITY CRITERIA WILL BE REMOVED. --> Alumni of the school include [[Reem Acra]], [[Franck Sorbier]], [[Lara Cosima Henckel von Donnersmarck]], [[Olivier Rousteing]], Rachel Harvey, and Seo Eunkyo.{{citation needed|date=November 2015}} [[Simon Porte Jacquemus]] of Jacquemus also attended for a short time.{{citation needed|date=February 2019}}
[[Akira Takeuchi (fashion designer)|Akira Takeuchi]] and [[Tayuka Nakanishi]] were alumni and graduated from ESMOD Tokyo.<ref name="Rakuten Fashion Week Tokyo-2009">{{Cite web |date=2009|title=Theatre Products|url=https://rakutenfashionweektokyo.com/archive/2009_2/en/brand/brand038.html|website=Rakuten Fashion Week Tokyo|publisher=Japan Fashion Week Organization}}</ref>
==References== {{Reflist|refs=
<ref name=ernst>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.</ref>
<ref name=godart>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.</ref>
<ref name=rncp>[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.</ref>
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