Fashion Design for 16 to 18 Year Olds Online Short Course
Course description
Course overview
This introductory course is tailored for young creatives to explore the world of fashion design. Whether you're a complete beginner or already studying art, design or fashion at school, you'll gain insights into how fashion is taught at Central Saint Martins.
Through daily online presentations, live demonstrations, interactive tasks, and individually focused group tutorials, you will develop technical skills, build a portfolio-ready body of work, and prepare for further study.
This course covers fundamental techniques for fashion design and industry methodologies, helping you boost confidence while experimenting with ideas and honing your creativity in an online environment.
Who this course is for
- Students aged 16 to 18 with an interest in studying fashion design
- Students who are keen to learn more about Central Saint Martin's approach to fashion design
- Students who are seeking to create and/or improve their fashion sketchbook/portfolio
Key information
Topics covered
- Exploration of experimental idea development for the body
- Digital research methodologies and sketchbook techniques for fashion
- Basic introduction to fashion illustration
- Engaging in live project brief
- Develop and refine and research ideas to inform original 'mini' fashion collection
- Take part in online group critiques
- Understand presentation methodologies
- Receive portfolio and application advice for further study
Learning outcomes
- Boost your confidence in experimenting with design and generating ideas
- Develop your technical skills
- Cultivate technical skills in fashion design
- 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
- A3 sketch pad / Drawing pad
- A4 or A3 hard backed sketchbook
- Drawing kit (pencils, and colour pencils)
- Colour (felt tip or marker pens, conte or charcoal, pens, acrylic or gouache paints, etc.)
- Eraser and pencil sharpener
- Scissors
- Glue stick
- Selection of magazines for cutting up and collage (fashion, interiors, home decoration)
Please see our Guide to taking online short courses.
Tutor
Archie Dickens
Archie Dickens is a British designer and textile artist. Archie began his art school studies at Central Saint Martins on the foundation course, afterwards receiving a Bachelor's degree in Textiles at Chelsea College Of Art, and a Masters in Fashion from the Royal College Of Art in London. Over the last four years, since graduating from his masters, he has produced collections for Lisbon Fashion week under his brand AD16 and begun to create work for interiors..
His new work includes a costume design project for a performance-based art piece - showing in Berlin in the autumn as well as “Transverse 1”, which is a culmination of past experience in fashion and textile making that seeks to position his work between product and concept. Archie creates in a multi-disciplinary way and so he brings this to his teaching; introducing young artists and designers to a multi-faceted creative experience. He has taught with short courses for the last four years, working with experimental processes to extract his students' potential.
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.
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