Fashion Design CSM for 16 to 18 Year Olds Short Course
Course description
Course overview
This course is perfect for young people who love fashion design and want to learn more about the fashion design process. Project-based and highly creative, students work with a set brief and conducting research to develop ideas for womenswear, menswear, gender-neutral fashion, or fashion with textiles such as print or knit.
The course reflects the spirit of fashion at Central Saint Martins and you'll explore idea development, experimentation, and creative approaches in fashion illustration and design. You'll build skills in documenting your ideas in a sketchbook, creative fashion illustration, concept development, 2D and 3D experimentation, as well as design presentation. You'll also receive valuable portfolio preparation and advice for further study at FE or HE level.
Offering a taste of university-level study, this course encourages independent learning as you explore your own approach to your project.
Who this course is for
- Students aged 16 to 18 with a passion for creative arts and fashion, including beginners
- Students interested in exploring and developing personal creativity
- Students interested in studying at Central Saint Martins at FE or HE level
- Students interested in learning about fashion and/or interested in pursuing a career for fashion
- Students looking to build a portfolio for further study
- Students who are enthusiastic at the start of their creative careers
Key information
Topics covered
- Experimental idea development for the body
- Research methodologies and sketchbook techniques for fashion
- Introduction to CSM library and digital learning resources
- Introduction to fashion illustration, and live fashion illustration class
- Experimental collage and juxtaposition techniques
- Live project brief
- Consolidation and development of research ideas to inform original 'mini' fashion collection
- Group and peer critiques
- Individual tutorials
- Presentation methodologies
- Portfolio and application advice for further study at HE level within UAL and beyond
Learning outcomes
- Boost your confidence in your research skills for fashion
- Build your fashion illustration portfolio in several media for future studies
- Gain experience in visual communication for fashion using different materials and methodologies
- Develop a better understanding of the design process for fashion
- Experience generating new work and experiment with research and ideas
- 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 or camerap hone to record the process of making the work, and the outomes.
Everything else needed to complete the course is provided, but please feel free to bring any current sketchbooks or materials you enjoy using.
Suggested reading list:
- Davies, H (2013) Fashion Designers Sketchbooks Two. London. Laurence King
- Davies, H (2013) British Fashion Designers (Mini) London. Laurence King
- Jenkins Jones, S (2011) Fashion Design (Portfolio), London. Laurence King
- Leech, R (2012) The Fashion Resource Book: Research for Design. London. Thames & Hudson
- Leech, R (2014) The Fashion Resource Book: Men. London. Thames & Hudson
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Tutor
Jane Francis
Jane Francis is a BA and Masters graduate of Fine Art. She has over thirty years of experience in the fashion industry. She founded her own label for womenswear and accessories in the 1980’s, retailing through Liberty, Hyper-Hyper, Harrods, Saks and Patricia Field. She went on to work professionally for Vivienne Westwood for over a decade, focusing on the creation, production and catwalk presentations of her collections specialising in fashion accessories, jewellery and footwear. She has held posts within CSM and UAL as a Senior Lecturer Foundation Studies (Fashion), Course Leader for BA (Hons) Fashion Jewellery and Fashion Accessories courses and worked as a freelance consultant, stylist and photographer to many international fashion brands and designers, including Ghost, Tank Magazine and TopShop Now she combines educating internationally in Fashion at Parsons NYC, with her research practice into fashion image making, curation and fashion cultures.
Jane draws on the experiences gained from working with fine art and the fashion industries, to inform her educational ethos: To encourage forward thinking, innovative and creative approaches to design, through experimental, academic and practical inquiry.
Romero Bryan
Romero Bryan (MA, PG Cert, AFHEA) boasts over 25 years of extensive experience in the fashion industry, having distinguished himself as a Fashion Designer with the presentation of luxurious collections at prominent international events, including Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week. In addition to his design work, he has acted as a Freelance Public Relations Consultant with a focus on Fashion, Beauty, and Lifestyle, and has also accumulated experience in Corporate Public Relations.
Currently, Romero serves as a lecturer in the MA Design Management program at the London College of Communications. He integrates principles of Design Management into the curriculum of all his UAL Short Courses, thereby encouraging students to engage critically with broader interconnected issues that extend beyond the immediate concerns of the fashion industry.
In his educational practice, Romero equips students with essential tools for success in the fashion sector, leveraging his professional experiences and incorporating real-world case studies from established creative practitioners and enterprises. His pedagogical approach is thus deeply rooted in practical insights and the dynamics of the industry.
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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