Fashion Trend Forecasting Short Course
Course description
Course overview
This trend forecasting short course uses a mix of lectures, research and field trips to explore the history of fashion trends and the techniques behind spotting key looks.
During the course you'll visit a fashion/art exhibition and look through archives of fashion images, learning how to use a range of primary sources and digital tools to collect information surrounding trends and popular culture.
Students studying on campus will use the famous LCF fashion library - one of the most comprehensive fashion libraries in Europe.
There will also be visits to some of London's most iconic stores to analyse visual merchandising, the power of the consumer and its impact on building brands. You'll also explore the city's most interesting fashion hotspots, including Soho and East London, to observe real and current trends in the most fashionable and influential areas of London.
This course is available both on campus or online.
Who this course is for
This course is ideal for anyone wanting to learn more about fashion trend forecasting.
Key information
Topics covered
- Where do trends come from – both macro and micro levels
- Key historical and modern-day trends
- Co-incidence or trend?
- Who are the trendsetting designers?
- Street trends and their influence
- Accessories, footwear and beauty trends
- Blogs, fashion calendar influences - trade fairs to catwalks
- How the high street interprets and re-imagines trends
Learning outcomes
- Developed a good understanding of fashion trend spotting
- Digital badge and certificate of attendance
Materials
On campus
- Notebook and pen
- Digital camera
- Three images of luxury iconic fashion products that have been imitated by the high-street.
As part of your research you will be required to do some printing. Please bring a small amount of cash to the course on your first day to credit your printing account. It is unlikely you will need to spend more than £5.
Online
- Paper and pen to take notes during live sessions
If you are taking this course online, please see our Guide to taking online short courses.
Tutor
Daniela Bomba
Daniela is a womenswear designer, print designer and creative consultant. She has worked both in London and abroad for luxury fashion houses and brands, and tutored at Central Saint Martins. Daniela began her studies at Ravensbourne College of Art Design and Communication and completed her Masters in Fashion Womenswear at Central Saint Martins. She has worked for a number of fashion labels including Jonathan Saunders and Luella as a designer and as consultant to brands including Adam Andrascik and Selfridges. Daniela is a lead tutor womenswear on the Fashion Folio course at Central Saint Martins.Helen Joslin
Helen Joslin has over a decade of industry experience in buying and merchandising, working across the high street for large multi brand department stores. Specialising in menswear Helen has extensive experience buying and merchandising across multi-product categories for companies such as Arcadia and Debenhams. Outside of her buying career Helen is currently launching her own e-commerce website.
Nicole Zisman
Nicole Zisman is a London-based artist and designer addressing fractured identity and assimilation within physical and digital culture. Through her cross-disciplinary approach, her unconventional use of craft techniques and uncompromising visual narratives she challenges the notion of a fixed truth that 'seeing is knowing'. She completed her BA in Fashion Print from Central Saint Martins in 2019. Since then, her work has featured in the likes of Dazed, LOVE Magazine, SHOWstudio, The Face, Vogue Italia, Teen Vogue and Tatler. In October 2019, she presented her first solo exhibition 'So Let It Be Your Will' hosted by Centre for Sustainable Fashion and Waltham Forest, London Borough of Culture 2019. In February 2020, she presented at London Fashion Week for the first time, as part of the Positive Fashion Exhibition at 180 The Strand. Recent successes include her first award of funding from Arts Council England for her exhibition 'Tranquila, Mami' which opened at Ein Sof Gallery, London in April 2022. In addition to her own eponymous label Zisman lectures fashion design at Central Saint Martins and collaborates with the Feminist Internet and Centre for Sustainable Fashion.Book a course
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