Iris Ruisch

Iris Ruisch graduated from ArtEZ Fashion Design in 1998, after which she worked for several fashion houses as Head of Design. She was heavily involved in talent development for many years as Senior Design Consultant & Talent Scout at HTNK, and then became Creative Director of Amsterdam Fashion Week. In 2017, she became co-founder of Stichting M-ODE, for which she continued to build talent development and sustainable fashion entrepreneurship as Managing Director. From there, collaborations such as Taskforce Fashion, with partners State of Fashion and FASHIONCLASH, emerged. These organisations have represented the Netherlands in the European Fashion Alliance since 2022. She is also advisor Internationalisation at the Stimuleringsfonds Creatieve Industrie and chair Fashion at the Dutch Design Awards. Since 1 June 2023, she has been appointed director-director of the State of Fashion Foundation. State of Fashion is an international fashion platform that connects pioneers in the field of fashion design, research and business