Fashion Design and Draping Workshops for 16 to 18 Year Olds Short Course
Course description
Course overview
This popular course is perfect for those considering a future in fashion or textiles, or anyone passionate about fashion and eager to try something new. You'll build technical skills while developing your confidence in experimentation, idea generation, and creativity to learn how to become a fashion designer.
A curated, educational day out in London will feed into your studio work, inspiring your designs and research. The course concludes with a display of your finished design ideas, illustrations, and sketchbook, along with personalised feedback from your tutor on how to incorporate your work into a portfolio.
In true Central Saint Martins' spirit, the course encourages a personal and explorative approach to fashion. You'll leave with new skills in designing collections, illustrations, research documentations, and thought processes to put together marketing boards and more.
Who this course is for
- Students aged 16 to 18 with a passion for fashion or textiles, including beginners and/or considering fashion or textiles as a future career
- Students interested in developing their own creativity
- Students wanting to build a portfolio for future studies
- Students willing to work and collaborate with others during projects
- Students who would like to try something new, fun and meet other young creatives
- Students with a good insight in Fashion BA at Central Saint Martins
Key information
Topics covered
- Different careers in fashion
- Guest speakers from the fashion industry
- Research and idea generation
- Developing a fashion sketchbook
- Designing a fashion collection
- Fashion illustration
- Working in 3D – silhouettes and draping
- Presentation skills
- Day out in London
Learning outcomes
- Build your fashion portfolio
- Boost your confidence in experimentation, generating ideas and creativity
- Develop your technical skills
- Cultivate a personal and explorative approach to your work
- Receive a digital badge and certificate of attendance
- Develop an open-minded approach to art and design
- Experience art school teaching.
For practical information about our kids and teens courses, take a look at our kids and teens information hub. This includes details of our policies on safeguarding, food allergies, learning requirements and online study.
Materials
If possible, please bring a camera phone to record the process of making the work, and the outcomes.
Everything else needed to complete the course is provided, but please feel free to bring any current sketchbooks or materials you enjoy using.
Tutor
Petra Metzger
Petra Metzger is a fashion designer and educator with international experience spanning 20 years in the fashion industry and 11 years in education. She has a broad range of experience that includes commercial and high-end fashion design for international businesses. She created the womenswear fashion brand EINE LTD, and over many years leveraged students and creative professionals to the next step in their career.
Petra is highly qualified through a creative and technical education in fashion. Initially trained as a dressmaker, Petra successfully completed her BA and MA in Fashion Design at Central Saint Martins. She gained international industry experience in London, Paris, Switzerland and Rio de Janeiro and worked amongst others with Haider Ackermann, Hussein Chalayan, Peter Jensen, Swiss Hest Group and Lenny Niemeyer. Drawing on this experience, in her teaching Petra effectively engages a range of learners from high schoolers to experienced creatives and working designers. Amongst many other places, she has taught Fashion at Norwich University, multiple degree and short courses at Central Saint Martins, and co-created and led the post graduate fashion school Orbita at Centro-br in Rio de Janeiro.
Petra is a warm and people friendly person with a future-orientated and holistic mindset, passionate about eliciting personal potentials and sharing inspiration, and with a love of creative endeavours and realisation of ideas with others.
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