Fashion Styling and Making Workshops for 16 to 18 Year Olds Short Course
Course description
Course overview
This popular course is perfect for anyone considering a future in fashion or styling, or those simply passionate about the fashion industry and eager to try something new.
You'll develop hands-on skills in pattern cutting, customising, styling, and creating your own collection, while building strong portfolio content for future applications.
In true Central Saint Martins' spirit, the course celebrates personal exploration and creativity, encouraging you to develop your own unique approach to fashion.
Who this course is for
- Students aged 16 to 18 with a passion for fashion styling and making, including beginners
- Students interested in developing their own creativity
- Students looking to build a portfolio for future studies
- Students confident in learning from their mistakes
- Students who are keen to work with students of different nationalities
- Students willing to work and collaborate with others during projects
- Students wishing to develop their skills in communicating ideas
This is a summer-school only short course running only once a year. We encourage early bookings to secure your place.
Key information
Topics covered
- Working in 3D – silhouettes and draping
- Fashion styling
- Garment customisation
- Introduction to pattern cutting
- Machine and hand stitching
- Keeping a photo journal
- Design idea generation
- Professional photo shoot
- Presentation skills
Learning outcomes
- Strengthen your fashion portfolio for future applications
- Boost your confidence in experimentation, idea generation and creativity
- 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
- Please bring a USB stick for storing images and research
- If possible, please bring a camera or 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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