Language

English

Start date

October 2026

Frequency

Part-time

Duration

9 Months

Credits

60

Join teams outlining the communication strategies of leading fashion brands, and design new image proposals for the fashion world.

The challenge of dressing and telling: this Master's Degree in Fashion Styling and Communication is for the fashion stylists of the future creating new fashion image trends (styling, creative direction, fashion film, and more). It’s for up-and-coming professionals developing contemporary communication, branding and marketing strategies for fashion brands.

The course gives you more than just a taste of this future career; you’ll be collaborating on numerous projects with a variety of companies (luxury and high street brands, in showrooms, vintage stores, and more). You’ll acquire the theoretical and practical know-how you need to find solutions for the challenges of the modern fashion industry.

And you’ll cultivate a distinctive creative voice that sets you apart from other professionals, and learn to produce images for contemporary themes and narratives in a range of content formats: editorial, moving image and communication campaigns, to name a few.

This programme is taught at IED Gran Vía - Palacio de Altamira.

Information to decide

A creative, practice-based master's degree to explore new narratives in the contemporary fashion world.

By completing the Master's in Fashion Styling and Communication at IED Madrid, you will access interdisciplinary training that will complement your knowledge and enhance your skills, preparing you to be a unique profile in the professional market.

In addition to the subjects in the master's program, you can choose two of the five optional strands that make up the IED student's DNA. These training strands look at the tools that will make a difference to completing your professional profile.

Finally, you will be able to join in the development of a collaborative project in which students from different programs will come together to develop a unique project, all guided by leading professionals in the sector as tutors.

This master's degree is for people with a degree or diploma who want to start their career in the world of fashion by specialising in Fashion Styling, Creative Direction and Communication.

If you want to learn how to use your creative skills to produce unforgettable fashion images that leave a lasting impression on fashion followers and fashion brands alike, this is the course for you.

If you’ve studied communication, PR and marketing, journalism or advertising, you’ll find the course both interesting and useful. And if you’ve studied Fashion Design, Photography or Styling and are looking to further your career in fashion styling and communication, this is exactly the course you’re looking for.

This master's degree gives you first-hand experience in the sector, with the know-how necessary to meet the high standards currently demanded by the fashion industry. You’ll learn to develop original projects of undeniable value, with a critical perspective to constantly evaluate your work, guarantee you’ve met your responsibilities and satisfy your client’s expectations.

Specialise in styling, creative direction, content production and communication; develop photography and film as your core competencies.

Syllabus

In this course you’ll acquire a grounding in the communication skills used in the design sector and specialise in areas such as event communication and digital tools. You’ll develop six projects in different fields to put what you’ve learned into practice.



FASHION CULTURE

Trend Lab

Communication & Events

Styling

Fashion System

Art Direction & Editorial



PROJECTS

Fashion Brand Focus

Editorial Project: Colours Focus



FASHION IMAGE

Photography

Digital Tools

Moving Image for Digital

Portfolio



FINAL PROJECT MASTER'S THESIS

Faculty

Course Coordinator

Ruben Gomez

Teacher

Marta Ochoa

Teacher

Adrián Cuerdo

Teacher

Sky Division

Contemporary casting and management project

Projects

Fashion Design and Styling

Madrid

Hybrid Love

News

07 May 2026

IED.60 Public Program - May: between Plural Intelligences and the culture of design

The programme of IED events open to both the internal and external communities continues in may; it was launched to mark the 60th anniversary as a collective reflection on the role of design.

06 May 2026

IED at the “Lápiz de Acero” Award in Colombia

IED joins Lápiz de Acero 2026 in Bogotá, supporting emerging talent and the future of design.

04 May 2026

IED Barcelona finalist in The Circularity Masterclass by Zalando

Nicole Ray Kochergin is one of the 12 students selected from more than 100 international submissions competing to win the circular design challenge organised by one of Europe’s largest online fashion platforms.

30 April 2026

IED Milano partner in an international collaboration programme with Dnipro University of Technology

Communication Design students taking part in an interactive workshop with faculty members from the Ukrainian university.

28 April 2026

IED Milano partner in the international Blended Intensive Programme

The programme has been coordinated by ENSAV La Cambre, Brussels.

27 April 2026

TALKAK: fashion, historical memory and upcycling at Fashion Revolution Week Euskadi

IED Kunsthal Bilbao has presented the upcycling collection TALKAK within the framework of Fashion Revolution Week Euskadi, reaffirming its commitment to a more sustainable, critical, and contextually engaged approach to fashion.

23 April 2026

IED opens Stéphane Rolland’s spectacular show at Barcelona Bridal Night in front of an audience of over one thousand people

The designs were developed over several months by alumni from the Barcelona campus under the mentorship of the French couturier, who expressed his admiration for the results.

22 April 2026

IED Madrid plays a leading role at Brut! Madrid with nominations for “ABONO 03: Hogar” and “TypoLAB”

Brut! Madrid is bringing together design students and professionals at La Nave on Friday 8 May for an event dedicated to emerging talent

20 April 2026

Established brands, emerging talent and IED experts at 080 Barcelona Fashion

Designers Eñaut and Guillermo Justicia (IED Barcelona), together with REPARTO (IED Madrid), showcased their work on a renewed runway featuring parallel activities such as the European Designer Fashion Summit, with Julia Weems, Fashion School Director at IED Barcelona, among its moderators.

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