Fashion Design CSM for 16 to 18 Year Olds Short Course

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.