Emerging Personal and Professional Practice: creative fashion skills

About this course

Participants develop a cohesive capsule collection, using fashion trends as research prompts before planning and testing their own designs. The course covers pattern development on the stand and through flat pattern cutting, alongside garment construction using more complex fabrics. Teaching also introduces basic tailoring, padding, hand sewing, professional finishing and quality control. Alongside making, participants consider costing, presentation and promotion, selecting construction methods that suit their designs. Work develops towards an end-of-course display.

What you'll learn

• Develop a clear concept for a cohesive capsule collection.
• Create and adapt garment patterns using flat pattern cutting and basic draping.
• Construct garments using more advanced techniques and complex fabrics.
• Apply tailoring, padding, hand sewing and professional finishing methods.
• Assess garment quality and take costing into account.
• Present and promote sewn work for display.

Is this course right for you?

The course is intended for improver-level learners developing beyond fundamental fashion and garment-making techniques. It involves sustained individual project work, with participants making pieces for a capsule collection and considering how their work is presented and promoted.

• Work develops towards an end-of-course display.
• The course combines garment construction with costing, presentation and promotion.

Before you go

• The course can be repeated