GFM x MILAN FASHION ACADEMIA
Milan craftsmanship.
Global fashion business.
One place to learn both.
Global Fashion Management and Milan Fashion Academia Malaysia are joining forces to bring world-class fashion design education and real-world business expertise together in Kuala Lumpur.
Register your interestWHY THIS PARTNERSHIP
Two crafts, one outcome: designers who can build a business
Milan Fashion Academia Malaysia brings authentic Milanese design methodology to Kuala Lumpur. GFM brings 25+ years of international fashion business experience, working with brands from emerging start-ups to names such as CK, DKNY, Kenzo, Monnalisa, Moschino, Smalto and Versace and hundreds of SMEs in between.
The Design School teaches you to create. GFM teaches you to sell, structure and grow what you create.
"Milan Fashion Academia Malaysia was founded with a vision to redefine fashion education for the next generation of creative talents in Asia. Partnering with Global Fashion Management gives our students and our wider community something we have always wanted to offer alongside design excellence: real, honest business expertise."
Rhy Surya, Founder and Creative Director, Milan Fashion Academia Malaysia
"I have lived and worked in South-East Asia and delivered a fashion business workshop in the region back in 2019. Malaysia has the creative talent and the ambition. What is often missing is the operational and commercial structure to turn that talent into a sustainable brand - exactly where GFM comes in."
Thierry Bayle, Founder, Global Fashion Management & London Fashion Business Academy
WHAT THE PARTNERSHIP DELIVERS
Online seminars, live workshops, and events in KL
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Online seminars
Practical sessions on fashion business fundamentals for designers and students, available beyond Kuala Lumpur to the wider SEA community. Indidivual webinars for MSME brands are available.
Live workshops in KL
Hands-on sessions combining Milan Fashion Academia's design expertise with GFM's Platinum Formula approach to business, sales and structure.
Live events
Flagship in-person gatherings bringing together students, alumni, brand founders and industry guests.
A REGIONAL OPPORTUNITY - IF YOU WANT TO IMPACT YOUR INDUSTRY
This partnership is a first step.
C.H.I.C. is the bigger ambition.
Alongside the Milan Fashion Academia partnership, GFM runs C.H.I.C. (Collaborative, Holistic, Innovation, Commerce) - a proprietary 12-month accelerator building export-ready, commercially resilient fashion brands across the region.
Governments, associations, institutions and private companies who want to shape the future of the fashion industry - not just sponsor a 2-day showcase - are invited to explore a C.H.I.C. regional partnership alongside this initiative.
Creating jobs
Export revenues
Regional leadership
About Milan Fashion Academia Malaysia
Based in Taman Desa, Kuala Lumpur, Milan Fashion Academia Malaysia delivers an integrated Italian fashion system curriculum - combining Italian patternmaking methodology with the creative styling and fashion communication approach of the Milan Fashion Institute, alongside digital fashion tools for technical drawing, portfolio creation and brand presentation. Founded and led by Rhy Surya, Founder and Creative Director.
About Global Fashion Management
GFM is a London-based fashion business consultancy with over 25 years of international experience across Europe, the US and five continents. Branded as "Doctor Fashion" - Diagnose. Treat. Transform. - GFM specialises in honest, commercial, execution-focused advice, helping fashion businesses at every stage build the structure, sales and systems they need to grow sustainably.
Register your interest
Full programme dates, pricing and seminar topics to follow once the partnership launches. Early registrants will be first to be notified.
Be part of the first cohort in Kuala Lumpur
Register your interest to be first to hear about seminar dates, live workshop details and founding-member rates. Designers, brand founders, students and regional institutional partners all welcome.