Fashion Design Course
From patternmaker to collection designer
A course for making the leap from knowing how to build a pattern to knowing how to design a complete collection: color, silhouettes, fabrics, trends, the market and the tech pack that connects the design with the workshop.
What you will learn
- Command the vocabulary and the process of a fashion designer
- Apply line, color, texture and print to a garment
- Build a collection from inspiration to storyboard
- Understand how trends are forecast and how the market works
- Write a complete production tech pack
Level 1 — Design Fundamentals — Design Fundamentals
Who does what in the fashion chain, how a designer thinks, and the basic visual vocabulary: silhouettes, proportions and types of sketches.
- Designer, Patternmaker, Dressmaker: Who Does What
- Silhouettes and proportions: the basic visual vocabulary
- From sketch to technical flat
Level 2 — The Visual Language — The Visual Language
The elements a designer works with before getting to the pattern: line, color, texture, fabrics and prints.
- Line and Color in Fashion Design
- Texture, fabric types and how to choose the right fabric
- Fabric prints: types, scale and coordination
Level 3 — How a Collection Comes Together — How a Collection Comes Together
The complete process of a collection: research, concept, color palette, storyboard and design development.
- From Inspiration to Collection Concept
- Color palette and collection storyboard
- Design development: from rough sketch to final collection
Level 4 — Trends and Market — Trends and Market
How trends are forecast, how the market and the consumer are read, and the tech pack that turns a design into a garment that can be manufactured.
Level 5 — Keep Learning — Keep Learning
A map of real, free resources to keep studying collection design on your own.
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