Designing the Future of Fashion from Within at IED – Latest Fashion Trends & Style Tips February 23, 2026 at 09:30PM

📰 Designing the Future of Fashion from Within at IED

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For a few years, the fashion system has been experiencing the biggest transformations in its history. Digital innovations, sustainability challenges, cultural shifts and new consumer expectations are shaping an industry where hybrid thinkers and horizontal systems are key: creative strategists, data-driven forecasters, visual storytellers, brand visionaries and innovation-minded business leaders capable of navigating complexity with purpose.

As fashion evolves into a global, interconnected ecosystem, education must move beyond traditional boundaries and embrace transdisciplinary perspectives. The following Master's programs held by the international network IED Istituto Europeo di Design, taught in English in Italy and Spain, respond to this moment of change.

In this context, landscapes like Italy and Spain become the perfect scenarios where education takes an important role inside the industry, shifting commerce, culture and craftmanship. In collaboration with high-profile mentors that guide students through this new complex ecosystem, IED is set to reshape the fashion professions that the industry needs today from within.

Fashion Curation — IED Milano and IED Firenze

Step into the world where fashion meets culture, storytelling and critical thinking either at IED Firenze or IED Milano. Explore exhibition design, archives, museum practices and the creation of powerful curatorial narratives guided by international experts. The programme's mentor is the renowned Kaat Debo, Director and Chief Curator of MoMu – the Fashion Museum of Antwerp, with over 50 exhibitions to her name.

Fashion Merchandising & Buying – IED Milano

Dive into the strategic core of product planning and retail decision-making in an international landscape. Study phygital experiences, consumer trends, sustainability and digital innovation while mastering assortment planning and collection strategies. Under the coordination of Sophie Blouvac, an expert in Collection Process and Phygital Customer Experience, students develop the skills to shape what reaches the market and why.

Fashion Photography – IED Milano

Discover how to tell fashion stories through bold, personal visual language beyond commercial conventions. Develop photographic identity, editorial storytelling and conceptual image-making with mentorship from leading voices in fashion photography. Coordinated by Portuguese visual artist Rita Lino, it features mentorship from Eugenie Shinkle, author of Fashion Photography: The Story in 180 Pictures and editor of C4 Journal, an online platform dedicated to the photobook.

Fashion Trend Forecasting – IED Milano

Elisabeth Bowring, one of the leading experts in runway analysis and emerging trends, and former Head of Catwalks at WGSN, mentor students to enter the strategic space where insight becomes foresight and ideas shape the future of fashion. The master’s course focuses on the analysis of markets and consumption, data and contemporary innovation drivers to anticipate what fashion will become.

FashioBrand Management – IED Milano, IED Barcelona and IED Madrid

Understand how strong brands are built, positioned and evolved within a complex global system. Gain expertise in brand strategy, digital communication, consumer engagement and sustainable growth models informed by real industry experience. Become a leader capable of driving brand vision with creativity and business intelligence by learning from Steven Trow at IED Milano, a manager with experience at, among others, Hermès and the Gucci Group.

Photo: Diego Ene/Courtesy of IED

In Madrid, students can experience the Master's in Fashion Business through a dynamic course that offers a comprehensive view of the global fashion ecosystem. In Barcelona, the Master's in Fashion Business Innovation invites participants to rethink how the fashion system operates. Through workshops and collaborations with real companies, students develop future-focused solutions for brands and organisations within local and international exchanges with different markets and industries.

Fashion Beauty – IED Milano

Explore the intersection of identity, cosmetics and contemporary fashion culture. Learn product design, beauty strategy, marketing and communication tools, innovation processes and consumer-driven development within a rapidly evolving global market. The programme is coordinated by manager and consultant Alessandra Ciccotosto, with mentorship from Gabriele Chiave, Creative Director who, among other roles, has overseen upstream design and innovation for The Estée Lauder Companies in New York.

Fashion Creative Direction — IED Barcelona

Step into the role that defines a brand's voice, narrative and cultural impact. Explore storytelling, visual identity, campaigns, AI-driven creativity, brand experience and sociocultural analysis within an executive, English-taught format. The course is coordinated by Isabel Martínez, a creative director with a recognized background in creative agencies and internationally oriented digital projects. 

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