Creative Draping Short Course

About this course

The course explores draping as a way to generate and develop fashion concepts directly in three dimensions. Participants work through techniques including twisting, folding, gathering and layering, considering how these manipulations can inform garment design. Teaching introduces a range of draping methods that can be applied to personal projects or broader fashion design work. Participants may develop an existing idea or use the exercises to explore new directions intuitively.

What you'll learn

• Apply fundamental fabric-draping techniques to develop garment ideas
• Use twisting, folding, gathering and layering to explore three-dimensional forms
• Translate visual research or an initial concept into draped fashion designs
• Evaluate how draping methods can contribute to personal or collection-based design work

Is this course right for you?

The course is intended for beginner-level learners and is also described as suitable for people with some experience who want to develop their fashion design skills. Participation centres on individual experimentation, either from an existing project or through guided exploration.

• Suitable for learners developing fashion design skills
• Existing research or a project can be used as a starting point
• Work produced may be relevant to a fashion design portfolio

Before you go

• Participants may bring their own research or a project to develop through draping.