FASHION DESIGN (ONLINE SHORT COURSE)—LONDON COLLEGE OF FASHION

TRAINING COURSES

6 Aug

Written By Debbie Mckeegan

Description

Have you dreamt of designing a fashion collection but you're not sure where to start? This course will provide you with a full overview of the fashion design process and will help you understand how successful designers operate.

Through the live digital classroom, you’ll be guided through where to look for inspiration, how to conduct visual research and interpret visual references, and how to create mood boards that can be presented to clients.

Following this, you’ll be introduced to the hands-on design processes from sketching, planning and executing your final design ideas with creative flair.

Each week you will be given a practical, hands-on assignment, and the following week the tutor will provide you with personalised feedback, and the forum allows you to communicate and share ideas with your fellow classmates.

By the end of the course you will have gained new insights into how the fashion industry operates and will have single-handedly developed your very own 6-piece capsule collection.

Topics:

An overview of well known fashion designers' work
Illustrating a unique fashion template
Sketching design details and fusing design ideas
Formulating your design ideas and the importance of the sketchbook
Rendering different fabrics and fashion styles
Learning the full research and design process
Designing for a demographic
Creating look books and mood boards
Experimenting with silhouette and cut
Exploring print, texture and surface decoration
Trend forecasting, and colour, fabric, and textile print fashion predictions
Fabric and colour combinations for capsule collections
The process of fashion design drawings to catwalk - An overview
The process of fashion design from the catwalk to the stores/customer - An overview
Choosing your fabrics and where to source them

Course Outcomes:
By the end of the course you will have;

Developed effective ways to use primary and secondary research
Presented your initial ideas through mood boards and your sketchbook
Explored the idea of thematic collections
Illustrated design details and surface decoration
Become familiar with the work of the world's best fashion designers
Learned about the importance of branding, trend forecasting, and colour predictionsand how to incorporate them into your designs
Designed and illustrated your own capsule collection as a line-up
Gained an insight into how fashion designs become finished collections for the catwalk
Received personalised feedback on your assignments from your tutor