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Building A Fashion Collection Short Course

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Building A Fashion Collection Short Course | On campus
Introductory course covering conception, range planning, design and presentation. Learn the essential steps to create a successful fashion collection.
Next start months
March 2027
April 2027
July 2027
Tutor(s)
Ian Kettle
Price
From £720.00

Course description

Course overview

Discover how fashion collections are developed and created in the professional industry on this practical short course. Delivered at one of the world's leading colleges for fashion, Central Saint Martins, you'll learn how to transform an initial concept into a cohesive and commercially relevant fashion collection.

Through research, storytelling, colour and fabric development, range planning, and design refinement, you'll build your own collection concept while gaining insight into the processes used by successful fashion designers.

By the end of the course, you'll have worked on a collection proposal and built a stronger understanding of how to progress your creative work from portfolio to presentation.

Who this course is for

This informative short course is suitable for those looking to start a business, develop a portfolio worthy project or simply learn how a designer conceives or develops a collection that has an outstanding story and palette at its core.

Key information

Topics covered

  • Establish the purpose of your collection and the market you are aiming at
  • Find a theme to stimulate a visual interpretation
  • Intense research process (vague ideas will be pinned down and the direction of the collection established, resulting in the right choice of fabric, colour and silhouette)
  • Storyboarding (clarify your intentions and visually lay out the size and diversity of each story and of the entire range)
  • Designing (designs are chosen, altered and redrawn and as they evolve a well-balanced collection is achieved)

Learning outcomes

  • Develop a professional fashion collection concept
  • Worked on a clear design brief and creative direction
  • Be able to identify and apply colour, fabric and silhouette strategies for your collection
  • Produce research and storyboard material suitable for portfolio development
  • Understand how designers move from concept development to final presentation
  • Gain practical insight into industry collection planning

Progress your learning

This course provides a strong foundation for further study across UAL's Fashion Design Short Course programme.

If you are just starting out or exploring fashion design, you might like to explore our beginner courses such as:

Materials

  • A5 notepad
  • Pen
  • Rubber (eraser)
  • HB retractable pencil
  • Pritt Stick
  • 1cm masking tape
  • Small pair of scissors
  • A4 layout pad
  • Colour drawing materials (this can be anything; acrylic, pencils, pastels, water colour etc.)
  • Camera / smartphone (for research only)
  • Laptop or tablet (you will be researching online but have access to UAL computers - optional)
  • Budget for GBP 15- GBP 25 for research photocopying

Tutor

Ian Kettle

Ian Scott Kettle is a London-based artist and bespoke maker of men’s accessories and fibre art pieces. He is a graduate of Central Saint Martins (BA) and the Royal College of Art (MA), with a distinguished career as a freelance designer, having collaborated with numerous independent designers and brands. His work has been featured in various magazines and has contributed to projects across the arts, film, theatre, and music industries.
A respected and inspiring educator, Ian has taught fashion design at Central Saint Martins for over twenty years and lectures internationally. He has established and delivered courses and seminars in cities such as Paris, Mexico City, Buenos Aires, Bogotá, Riyadh, and China.
Studio visits are welcome, by appointment, offering you a chance to see a working studio and discuss your future course options.

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