Complex sentence: The École supérieure des arts et techniques de la mode, or ESMOD, is a French private school of fashion; founded in Paris in 1841 by the master tailor Alexis Lavigne.
Split into simpler sentences: The École supérieure des arts et techniques de la mode, or ESMOD, is a French private school of fashion. It was founded in Paris in 1841 by the master tailor Alexis Lavigne.