The challenge of the current fashion industrial system consists in renewing a world full of contradictions where the themes of sustainability, identity and digital have now become its founding pillars

Sustainability does not only mean promoting conscious consumption but understanding how the entire fashion chain can optimize processes and improve productivity in a virtuous way by taking care of all the aspects of a garment lifecycle.

It is in this context that the IED School of Fashion examines the connections of fashion with the cultivation or production of raw materials, with the production and printing processes of yarns and fabrics, with traditional and industrial manufacturing, with the management of waste, with the upcycling phenomenon, or with projects aimed at recovering precious archives and vintage garments.

In recent years the fashion  product has become as important as the imagery it brings with it. People don't just buy an object but a lifestyle, a way of thinking or behaving. A dress helps to become aware of who we are and brings with it issues related to both identity and freedom of expression. In this regard, Styling can provide added value by proposing stories that can amplify the messages deriving from a collection, a fabric or an idea.

We have abandoned the era of speech in favor of a rapid and synthetic language made up of images that need to be constructed and inserted into digital media. Also the product ideation and design phases are moving towards virtual worlds that require specialized technical skills. At the same time, in the real world, the fashion industry asks its managers to understand what the needs of its target are, in order to maintain or increase market shares and find the right position in the pyramid that goes from luxury to the mass market.

Our courses at the IED School of Fashion aim to train the key figures of the fashion supply chain, thus ranging from the creative to the strategic field, from the organizational to the commercial aspects, from marketing to image and communication activities. In this direction, the School of Fashion teaches its students to "live" and "feel" fashion, in its entirety and in every single part, an interaction of perspectives and a mix of professional figures.

Fashion Events September 2025 – IED Istituto Europeo di Design

Projects

Fashion Design and Styling

Florence

Final projects / thesis projects
MNEME

Fashion Design and Styling

Barcelona

Final projects / thesis projects
Everstill. An elegy for a misty meadow

Fashion Design and Styling

Barcelona

Final projects / thesis projects
Cuento de invierno - El jardín de los susurros

Fashion Design and Styling

Barcelona

Final projects / thesis projects
Essence of the Elements - Innerbloom

Fashion Design and Styling

Barcelona

Final projects / thesis projects
Reliquia - Vestigio

Fashion Design and Styling

Barcelona

Final projects / thesis projects
Hogar/Home

Fashion Design and Styling

Barcelona

Final projects / thesis projects
Las florerías son el prisma

Fashion Design and Styling

Barcelona

Final projects / thesis projects
LIMEN

Fashion Design and Styling

Barcelona

Final projects / thesis projects
Coreografías Silenciosas

News

02 October 2026

AQU Catalunya grants favourable accreditation to IED Barcelona’s Bachelor of Arts in Design

Once again, IED Barcelona has received a favourable report from the Catalan University Quality Assurance Agency (AQU Catalunya), certifying the quality of the Bachelor of Arts in Design (Título de Grado en Enseñanzas Artísticas Superiores de Diseño) delivered by the centre.

Fashion sketch with four male silhouettes

02 October 2026

IED Barcelona Alumni Albert Porta named finalist in Sangue Novo

ModaLisboa’s platform and competition for emerging young designers has selected him to present his collection “Branco” on 9 October at Pátio da Galé in Lisbon.

30 September 2026

Two IED Barcelona projects to be exhibited in "Matter Matters" at the Museu del Disseny-Dhub

During the 2026/27 academic year, “The Beetle Bottle” by Product Design alumnus Abdelaziz Moustafa will be featured in the Autumn/Winter exhibition, while “Mis queridos Ascos” by Fashion Design graduate Violeta Mata will be exhibited in the Spring/Summer edition.

29 September 2026

Six emerging IED designers reach the final stage of the Arts Thread Global Creative Graduate Showcase 2026

Alumni Mariona Panés, Sara Vainer, Miranda Sanz, Malak Yahia and Victoria Escobar (IED Barcelona), together with Zuriñe Berrueta (IED Kunsthal Bilbao), are finalists in the competition, which last year attracted more than 5,000 creatives from 117 countries. Discover their projects and vote!

26 September 2026

THE PROCESS, IED fashion show at MFW '26

14 young designers and a collective vision of fashion as a cultural practice, beyond the garment. Special Mentor Danielle Kwateng.

24 September 2026

IED Madrid alumni Moisés Nieto Receives the Maison Pyramide Showroom Award at Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Madrid

The designer has been recognised with the Commercial Potential Award for his latest collection, presented at the 84th edition of the Madrid runway

22 September 2026

IED once again makes its mark at Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Madrid with Juan Vidal, Moisés Nieto and Ernesto Naranjo

IED Barcelona lecturer Juan Vidal and IED Madrid alumni Moisés Nieto and Ernesto Naranjo took part in the latest edition of MBFW Madrid.

21 September 2026

Three Members of the IED Madrid Community Take Part in the EGO Runway Show at Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week

The runway show, dedicated to emerging fashion designers, featured two alumni and one student from the school this year.

Two models, each wearing a voluminous skirt, walk down a catwalk

17 September 2026

IED fashion takes centre stage at 080 Barcelona Fashion

Acceptance Letter, Compte Spain and L’AMAR will take to the catwalk with their new collections, while RUINAS will be featured in the new 080Sport_SpainGallery space.

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