International Fashion Advisory Board (IFAB)
Fashion is entering a new era. Artificial intelligence, sustainability, digital innovation, and shifting cultural values are reshaping the industry and redefining the skills required of tomorrow's leaders. Preparing the next generation of professionals requires an education that not only responds to change but also actively helps shape it.
At IE School of Architecture & Design, we see this transformation as an opportunity to build a new model of fashion education: interdisciplinary, globally connected, and future-oriented.
The International Fashion Advisory Board (IFAB) supports this vision by bringing together internationally recognized leaders from fashion, luxury, business, technology, media, and sustainability to foster ongoing dialogue between academia and industry, helping ensure that IE's Fashion programs remain innovative, relevant, and connected to the future of the profession.
About IFAB
Through the collective expertise of its members, IFAB supports the strategic development of IE’s Fashion program by providing insight into the trends, opportunities, and challenges shaping the global fashion industry, contributing to curriculum development, academic innovation, international partnerships, and helping align education with the realities of the global fashion industry.
The IFAB helps IE anticipate the future of the fashion industry rather than simply respond to it. Through guest lectures, masterclasses, collaborative projects and strategic partnerships, the Board translates emerging industry insights into the academic experience, bridging the gap between education and professional practice.
More than an advisory body, IFAB serves as a platform for collaboration, bringing together diverse perspectives to explore the future of fashion across design, business, technology, sustainability, and culture.
Members
The International Fashion Advisory Board is composed of internationally recognized professionals: Baruc Corazón, Founder and Director of Baruc, and Senior Academic Advisor at IE School of Architecture & Design; Mathias Ohrel, Founder & CEO of m-O Conseil; Beatriz González-Cristóbal, Former Global Vice President at Hermés International, and Trustee of Spanish Academy of Fashion (FAME); Paula Reed, Fashion Journalist & Author Member of the BoF 500 – Business of Fashion; José Manuel Albesa, Deputy CEO at Puig and President of the Beauty & Fashion Division and Caroline Issa, CEO & Fashion Director of TANK Magazine and Member of the BoF 500 – Business of Fashion.
This diverse expertise reflects the interdisciplinary nature of today's fashion industry and strengthens IE University's commitment to educating the next generation of creative leaders.
IFAB IN ACTION
In October 2026, the International Fashion Advisory Board came together for its first working session at IE Tower in Madrid and IE Creative Campus in Segovia. The visit brought Board members together with faculty and Bachelor in Fashion Design students, creating a direct exchange between emerging talent and the people shaping the global fashion industry.
Across two conversations, “Fashion Now” and “Talent, Capabilities and What Comes Next,” participants explored the forces transforming fashion, from AI and sustainability to evolving markets, creative practice and new business models. The insights shared will help inform the future of IE’s Fashion programs, keeping students closely connected to the questions and opportunities defining the industry.
