Technical and Creative Draping Intensive

Level: Beginner to Intermediate
Duration: 8 days, 9am-3pm
Monthly Course: Weekends
Where: In studio OR Online for international students only (evenings weekday).

Outline: This is a short but intensive Draping course, devoted to the art and techniques of draping on the stand. Draping is an intuitive and artistic form of pattern making. This course is suited to those interested in working in 3-D and directly on the stand. Through the course you will learn draping and pattern cutting skills, with the emphasis on draping on the stand in different ways. The course will take you through 4 modules:

  • Module 1: Technical Draping

  • Module 2: Technical Draping to Technical Pattern Cutting

  • Module 3: Understanding and experimenting the concept of intuitive draping.

  • Module 4: Garment - Drape, Cut, Sew

Technical Drawing / Tech Pack Intensive

Level: Beginner/Intermediate
Duration: 2 days, 9am- 3pm or equivalent 10 hours
Where: In studio only

This short and intensive course is for students, emerging designers, small brand team training who want to improve their technical drawing skills and communications with seamstresses, factories, and pattern cutters. It is also a valuable entry level position skill and extremely desirable skill for recruiters and design teams.

You will be taught to understand the format and standards expected within the fashion industry when creating tech packs or technical drawings. Terminology and annotations are also of incredible importance, otherwise the factory, seamstress or pattern cutter will misinterpret your drawing and you may end up with a garment that you did not intend!

What you will get:

• Industry standard technical drawing templates.

• Industry skills and knowledge that will bolster portfolios and job applications.

• Knowledge & understanding of proportions on a body template.

• Knowledge & understanding of detailed annotations

• Enhanced skills in Adobe Illustrator.

• Accurate high-level standard of specification drawings.

• Thorough understanding of how to draw a technical drawing from a sketch.

• You will have a set of professional technical drawings and information that would be industry standards to send to a factory, seamstress or pattern cutter.

* Must provide own designs during the course

Sustainability & Fashion

Level: Beginner
Duration: 2 days, 9am- 3pm or equivalent 10 hours
Online: Taught via Zoom
When: Weekday flexible

Who is the course for?

  • Students interested in sustainability and fashion and how to incorporate this within their own practice.

  • Designers who is thinking of opening up a sustainable fashion business

  • Individuals who are interested in how they can make a difference

  • Individuals who are interested in starting a career in fashion sustainability

What is the course about?
Are you concerned about the planet and how fashion contributes to global warming? Are you interested in sustainability but do not know where to start? Are you interested in developing a deeper understanding of sustainability to inform your work and design process? Are you simply interested to learn more about sustainability and climate change?

Sustainability within fashion is becoming more and more important to address, and it is necessary for future students to incorporate or develop an understanding on sustainability as the landscape of fashion is changing. 

Brands are being asked to be more sustainable, have better practices and to take care of the people and planet. Be the innovator and be a responsible and sustainable designer!