Fédération de la Haute Couture et de la Mode
Budget
€25 — €0
EP Access
0
accredited persons
Staff
2
0.75 FTE
EU Grants
None
Mission & Goals
Founded in 1973, the Fédération de la Haute Couture et de la Mode (“the FHCM” or “the Federation”) represents over a hundred of highly recognized French and international brands more generally, focused on creation, as well as the expertise of manufacturing workshops and the European value chain. The FHCM is dedicated to representing its members, hence the creative designers and high-end segments of the fashion industry, before public authorities, national and European, institutions, and supporting their development. The FHCM also organizes Paris Fashion Week® and Haute Couture Week, two major events and platforms that highlight the creativity and innovation of established brands and emerging brands on a global scale.
EU Legislative Interests
- Regulation establishing a framework for setting ecodesign requirements for sustainable products (Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation – ESPR); * Delegated Act setting out derogations from the prohibition of destruction of unsold consumer products * Implementing Act laying down rules for the disclosure of information on discarded unsold consumer products; * The Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation (ESPR) Textile Delegated Act * Implementation of the Digital Passport Product (IT and legal aspects) - Regulation on the making available on the Union market and the export from the Union of certain commodities and products associated with deforestation and forest degradation (EU Deforestation Regulation – EUDR); - Forthcoming Circular Economy Act - Proposal for a Regulation on textile labelling and the provision of information on textile products (Textile Labelling Regulation – TLR); - Proposal for a Directive on substantiation and communication of explicit environmental claims (Green Claims Directive); - Directive on corporate sustainability reporting (Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive – CSRD); Directive on corporate sustainability due diligence (Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive – CSDDD / CS3D); - Proposal for a Directive amending Directive on corporate sustainability reporting and Directive on corporate sustainability due diligence, as part of an omnibus simplification package (Omnibus proposal on CSRD and CSDDD) - Regulation on a Single Market for Digital Services (Digital Services Act – DSA) - European Commission's action plan on Fighting online fraud - Proposal for a Regulation amending Regulation (EU) 2023/1542 and Regulation (EU) 2024/1244 as regards simplification of some requirements and reduction of administrative burden (Omnibus on environmental legislation)
Communication Activities
The Fédération de la Haute Couture et de la Mode gathers the most prestigious Designer’s and Haute Couture Houses from all over the world. It comprises one hundred ten highly selected members, who are first and foremost all driven by creativity and savoir-faire as key values. It organizes the Paris Fashion Week and Haute Couture Week and, in the context of the health crisis that arose early 2020, it created Paris Fashion Week online and Haute Couture Week online. As a professional organization, FHCM is much involved in public affairs for creative and luxury fashion industries and regularly contributed to public consultations, notably in the competition and sustainability area. It also brings numerous services to its members (legal, social, innovation, sustainability, education…). It also acts as a think tank on key current topics such as digital transformation, sustainability, corporate social responsibility, inclusion and diversity, and the role of creative industries in innovation policies. It has developed a specific approach for sustainability, digital transformation, education and training. To deepen and foster sustainability policies in general, FHCM has developed an internal expertise and set up a work group including the best experts in the Industry and Houses, and a board of academic advisers. It has created an eco-design and impact assessment tool for fashion events, and another tool for helping brands in ecodesigning their collections and assessing the environmental and social impact of their industrial value chain at a season level. It actively participates in experimenting on environmental labeling, is a voting member in the Technical Secretariat of the PEF Apparel & Footwear. It has also tackled different works and projects in traceability and recycling.
Interests Represented
Promotes their own interests or the collective interests of their members
Member Of
CSF mode et luxe : https://www.conseil-national-industrie.gouv.fr/comites-strategiques-de-filiere/la-filiere-mode-et-luxe DEFI : https://www.defimode.org Opco 2i : https://www.opco2i.fr European Fashion Alliance (EFA) : https://www.europeanfashionalliance.org/
Organisation Members
FHCM : https://www.fhcm.paris/fr
Commissioner Meetings
No recorded meetings with EU commissioners.