Fashion Styling for 16 to 18 Year Olds LCF Short Course
Course description
Course overview
This exciting course explores the dynamic and evolving roles of the fashion stylist across editorial, commercial and consultancy contexts.
Combining fashion theory, history and hands-on practical work, this course will guide you in both conceptual thinking and technical skills like pinning and fittings. You'll respond to diverse briefs, creating innovative and experimental work while developing essential styling techniques.
You'll also have the opportunity to collaborate with a professional photographer and model to produce high-quality outcomes for your portfolio, providing a solid foundation for progression to a foundation diploma or further studies.
This course is ideal for aspiring artists looking to refine their craft and build their creative futures, gain insight into styling as a role in the fashion industry and develop their portfolio.
Who this course is for
- Students aged 16 to 18 with an interest in exploring styling as a career while developing the practical skills needed to excel in the field
- Students looking to create high-quality portfolio work and receive guidance on continuing to shoot and produce creative projects beyond the course
Key information
Topics covered
- Role of the stylist
- Editorial styling
- Commercial
- Portfolio building
- Production
Learning outcomes
- Able to identify the roles of different stylists in the industry and which path is best suited for you
- Develop an understanding industry briefs and standards
- Create a body of work to be used in a portfolio
- Cultivate technical styling skills such as pinning and layering
- Able to work effectively in a team to produce a response to briefs
- Develop an understanding of fashion theory and history in relation to styling
- Receive a digital badge and certificate of attendance
- Develop an open-minded approach to art and design
- Experience art school teaching
For practical information about our kids and teens courses, take a look at our kids and teens information hub. This includes details of our policies on safeguarding, food allergies, learning requirements and online study.
Materials
- Laptop or iPad
- Notebook and pen
Tutor
Dawn Kelso
Dawn graduated from Womenswear at LCF in 2018 with a first class honours and specialism in techniques of couture dressmaking, and is currently starting a luxury label that focuses on hand-craft and the production of one of a kind pieces made with love, care and skill. Dawn's work explores themes of environmental destruction, capitalism, cultural heritage, and "the end of the world"... she imagines a utopian future that looks much like the past, one where humans are once again in touch with the land from which they live. With transparency and ethical, artisan production at the core, Dawn travels to Bangladesh to source fabric from rural weaving villages, where she meets and interviews weavers, with the intention of partnering with a social enterprise in the near future and a focus on preserving the dying handloom weaving industry. As well as this, she collaborates with her mum (a spinner, dyer and knitter of yarn) to create materials that are entirely handmade and as locally sourced as possible. Dawn's mission is to create a model for a fashion business that makes beautiful clothes free of harm, one that gives back to communities and preserves the life of hand-craft production in developing countries. She has been teaching on short courses since graduating and has a passion for the process, so is excited about passing it on to others!Book a course
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