Cultural Events

The Alliance Française is dedicated to bringing the French-speaking world closer to you through year round social, art and cultural events in Saudi Arabia, such as meet-ups, workshops, art exhibitions, concerts and lectures and the yearly rendez-vous The Francophonie Month.

Panel Discussion- Fashion News: Stakes, Trends and Emerging Brands

May 25, 2024

RDDA6917، 6917, Diriyah 13732 (JAX)

Fashion news, new stakes, new trends, emerging brands

This panel, led by two professors from the Institut Français de la Mode (IFM) and Saudi experts, aims to explain the current issues and stakes in fashion. As the first panel, it inaugurates our event to give an overview of the field.

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Panel Discussion- Fashion and Heritage

May 25, 2024

Future Creative Residence (FCR)

Fashion and heritage, brand heritage and national heritage, how to optimize and enhance your cultural environment.

Our French experts, Julia Guillon, head of heritage and consultant to major luxury brands, and Christophe Beaufays, with his wealth of experience in both France and Saudi Arabia, will be working with their Saudi counterparts to explain the role of heritage in the fashion industry.

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Panel Discussion -Fashion and sustainability: challenges and prospects

May 25, 2024

Future Creative Residence (FCR)

Fashion and the environment: challenges and prospects

The aim of this panel, led on the French side by two upcycled fashion designers and an artisan designer specialising in materials, is to promote dialogue on advances in the field regarding environmental issues. Through their exchanges with Saudi experts and the experiences of each, this panel will provide an overview of this theme.

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Professional Workshop- Upcycling and Luxury Clothes

May 25, 2024

Future Creative Residence (FCR) - RDDA6917، 6917, Diriyah 13732 (JAX)

KNOW-HOW, LUXURY AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

Our expert artisan designer is offering this workshop project as a forum for discussion and exchange on the theme of textile creativity. It will consist of a brief presentation of her approach, followed by an explanation of the techniques involved. Participants will have the opportunity to try out a simple technique for applying materials, as well as a creative process by observing sources of inspiration for ennobling a textile support.


APPLICATION MUST BE DONE USING THE FOLLOWING LINK : https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfMzSykVvAOHUnJU-V1NYEEOI_XOULVZeiB2d1yev9gIOSk1g/viewform?usp=pp_url

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Professional Workshop - Draping Techniques

May 25, 2024

Future Creative Residence (FCR)

DRAPING TECHNIQUES

In this introductory workshop, our draping expert will teach her students the basics of draping techniques.

Link to register: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdLBN2YLrHvR_68zydHcdpSPFqNyOZoS1KkCeVE6xMwS58J3Q/viewform

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Panel Discussion - IFM and Fashion Commission Programs

May 26, 2024

Future Creative Residence (FCR)

Presentation of existing and future IFM/Fashion Commission programs in KSA

The IFM and the Fashion Commission have developed collaborative programs and are keen to further develop their relationship. This panel will give us an overview of these existing and future collaboration.

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