Since 2012, the association has been developing, promoting, and organizing the network of French companies that open their doors to the general public. This successful initiative helps build trust with visitors—and even turn them into ambassadors—while also raising awareness about various professions. This has not gone unnoticed by fashion brands and manufacturers looking to recruit.

The state label is awarded to companies with exceptional know-how in crafts or industry. The Réseau Excellence EPV (Entreprise du Patrimoine Vivant) strives to optimize and promote these assets.

Founded in 2020 by Gabrielle Légeret, the association reintroduces the practice of handicrafts in secondary schools through workshops led by craftspeople. It throws its weight behind public authorities, teachers and the general public, calling for the intelligence of the hand to be reinstated in education and society.

The Académie Internationale de Coupe de Paris is ambitiously relaunching its International Menswear Technical fashion design course, interrupted during the Covid.

An interview with Sylvie Maignan, head of the MSFC, conducted by Laurence Benaïm for the Fédération de la Haute Couture et de la Mode's Insider magazine during Paris Fashion Week® Men's Fall/Winter 2026–2027.

Thanks to its latest measurement campaign, IFTH reveals the new morphologies of the French. Brands and garment manufacturers benefit from more accurate data to create comfortable, long-lasting garments.