Introduction to Fashion Design Online Short Course

This inspirational and practical fashion design course will immerse you in the world of the fashion designer and will help you understand how they undertake the fashion design process. We will introduce you to the principles of fashion design and fashion drawing and show you how to develop your ideas from extensive research.

Topics covered:

• Design briefing (setting up a project)
• New research methods for designers
• Colour palette and texture sourcing workshop
• Figure drawing workshop
• Multiple design exercises (collage-detail placement-negative)
• Preliminary design development workshop
• Sketchbook development
• Runway review (deconstructing a designer’s collection)
• Individual advice, diagnostics, and portfolio review (next steps in fashion)
• Guidance on developing a personal design ‘language’