Managing Director of UniFash German Elite Fashion Academy – international fashion designer, scientist and expert for fashion education, sustainable fashion education and tailoring.
Founding Director · Fashion Educator · Fashion Designer · Academic Leader
Iris Peitzmeier, Ph.D., is an internationally recognised fashion educator, fashion designer and academic leader with over 20 years of global experience in higher education and the fashion industry.
Throughout her career, she has held senior and professorial positions at renowned universities and fashion institutions in Germany, the Netherlands, the United Arab Emirates, Malaysia and Mauritius.
Iris Peitzmeier held senior and professorial positions at renowned universities and fashion institutions in several countries.
Her international career took her to Germany, the Netherlands, the United Arab Emirates, Malaysia and Mauritius.
As part of her academic work, Iris Peitzmeier developed innovative study programmes in the fashion sector and designed modern educational offerings for the international fashion industry.
In doing so, she trained the next generation of designers and leaders in the fashion industry.
Your professional experience combines higher education, fashion design, academic leadership, and entrepreneurial practice.
This connection forms the basis of their work at the intersection of creative design, couture craftsmanship, and future-oriented fashion education.
At the age of 25, Iris Peitzmeier founded the luxury couture label Lila Lachs. Prior to this, she completed her Master of Fashion Design at the renowned Domus Academy in Milan, where she was trained by internationally recognised haute couture figures, including Maurizio Galante. She successfully presented her label's exclusive couture collections on international catwalks and at high-profile events, including the Dubai World Cup, Malaysia Fashion Week, and during select luxury events and in renowned star hotels. This early entrepreneurial success laid the foundation for her international career. Since then, Iris Peitzmeier has uniquely combined sophisticated haute couture, academic excellence, entrepreneurial thinking, and innovative concepts in fashion education.
To the newspaper article „Fashion of a completely different silk“Today, Iris Peitzmeier, as Founding Director of UniFash – German Elite Fashion Academy, unites couture craftsmanship, international academic leadership experience, and digital education.
Your goal is to establish one of the most innovative providers of fashion education in Germany.
Your vision is to combine traditional craftsmanship with future-oriented learning methods.
At the same time, she wants to establish international partnerships that actively shape the future of fashion education.
Iris Peitzmeier, Ph.D., combines haute couture, academic excellence, international leadership experience, and digital fashion education – with the vision of bringing together traditional craftsmanship and future-oriented learning.