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Fashion Mix Short Course

Course description

The daily workshops are designed to guide you through the mix of fashion skills needed to develop a collection. The tutor will guide you from inspiration and ideation, right through to the fruition of designer catwalk collections. This short course teaches you ways to tap into your own creativity and how to express these for any fashion project. Each daily workshop leads you step-by-step through the fashion design process, into creating your own unique fashion collection. You will learn how to experiment, communicate, expand your skills and most importantly use your individuality to innovate original fashion ideas.Developments from your course project should make a helpful addition to a fashion portfolio

Who should take this course?

The course will suit beginners who have not designed before or those with more experience who want to see what it is like to experience the design process at CSM.

Entry requirements: None

Level: Beginners as well as more experienced students who feel they need a new challenge.

Clear, easy to understand lessons:

  • Our tutors will explain things in easy to understand, accessible English. If they need to use any special terminology they will make sure they explain what they mean.
  • New methodologies will be explained or demonstrated
  • We also offer learning resources for you to access outside of the classroom

All our on campus courses include:

  • Network and share ideas with students from across the globe
  • Access the technology and materials relevant to your discipline
  • Shop in our college shops for any materials you might need
  • Ask questions to your tutor in real time
  • Receive feedback and critique on your assignments
  • Experience the many sights of London on your down time

All our online short courses include:

  • Live and interactive online lessons with classmates from around the world
  • The same course content and learning outcomes as our face to face courses
  • Lesson recordings, for review, so you never have to miss a class
  • Access to the virtual learning environment with course content
  • Forums for support
  • 2 weeks online access to the recordings of the live classroom sessions
  • Ask questions to your tutor in real time

A certificate of completion:

  • You've put the work in so we want to make sure you have something to show for it!
  • As long as you attend a minimum of 80% of your classes, we will provide you with a certificate of attendance.
  • However we always recommend you attend all of the classes so that you get the most out of the experience!
  • Certificates are a great addition to your CV


Available dates

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Make an enquiry or call us on 0207 514 7015.

Details

Topics covered

  • Learning to research for a fashion collection in CSM Library
  • Draping - translating your ideas into 3 dimensional work
  • Fashion figure drawing
  • Creating colour ways for fashion
  • Designing your own fashion collection

Materials

Onsite short course material:

  • You will not need to bring any materials with you for this course as materials will be supplies

Online Short Course materials:

Please source the following materials:

  • A4 white copy paper
  • 1 x A1 sheet of paper (optional)
  • 1 x layout / marker paper pad
  • Mixed drawing material; colour pencils, oil pastels, colour markers, pencils and whatever else you like to draw with
  • Material to collage with; various paper and foil, old magazines to cut up
  • some pieces of simple fabric / calico (wait before buying)
  • scissors / standing knife and cutting mat
  • glue / pritt stick
  • masking tape / sellotape
  • fabric pins

Optional materials

  • dressing stand / dummy (male, female, size does not matter) or a sibling/friend who is willing to model for a while
  • printing facilities

To take part in the Online sessions you will need:

  • An up-to-date web browser (we recommend Chrome)
  • Microphone and headphones (a headset with a microphone function is recommended. The built-in microphone in your device would also be fine).
  • Webcam
  • Strong Internet connection - we recommend a minimum of 2 Mbps download, and 1 Mbps upload, faster if possible. You can test your network speed here - https://www.speedtest.net
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This course will give you a flavour of the mix of fashion skills needed in the design process encouraged in fashion design classes at Central Saint Martins. It primarily helps you to tap into your own unique creativity and express yourself specifically for the world of fashion. The courses’ underlying focus is to help you recognise where your interests and inspiration may lie within the large umbrella of the fashion world. Our variety of workshops aid you in developing your own original concepts and while experimenting in 2D and 3D. This course is suitable for beginners as well as intermediate students.

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