Innovative Fashion Design With Pattern Cutting Short Course

Course description

This course invites beginner and intermediate fashion students to delve into the innovative process of 3D garment design through hands-on experimentation. You will learn how avant-garde designs emerge by working directly on a dress stand, discovering creative shapes and silhouettes through draping and manipulation. You will create a contemporary and relevant body of research that reflects your personal expression, inspired by artist ideas, and craftsmanship methodologies.

Throughout the course, you’ll explore innovative design pathways through abstract research, drawing inspiration from diverse sources like historical clothing references, architecture, and imagery gathered from exploring London. Your research will fuel the development of experimental 3D textile manipulation, creative toile sampling, and garment identity creation.

By collecting images, found objects, second-hand textiles, and personal photographs, you will produce an exciting collection of 2D/3D collages. These visual explorations will inform your creative design process as you annotate research, collage, and experiment with silhouettes by draping directly on a mannequin, focusing on proportion, volume, and scale.

You will also learn to document every stage of your creative journey, developing both physical and digital portfolios that communicate your creative and technical growth. The course culminates in a resolved toile outcome, combining technical pattern cutting with experimental garment design, transforming abstract research into a tangible garment that fully reflects your ideas and inspirations.

Course outcomes

By the end of this course, students will:

• Conduct research using diverse sources such as historical clothing, architecture, and taken photos, and translate this research into unique garment identities that reflect personal expression.
• Produce a resolved toile outcome in calico by applying 3D experimentation techniques, including draping directly on a dress stand to explore shape, proportion, and volume, resulting in a fully realized garment that embodies their research and concepts.
• Create an innovative and avant-garde design line up of 6 looks.
• Document their creative process comprehensively, both physically and digitally, developing portfolios that effectively showcase their design journey and technical progress.

Level: Appropriate for students of all levels

Entry requirements: None

Please note: This course is for students aged 18 and older.

Who should take this course?
Anyone interested in developing their fashion design skills, including students thinking of applying to further studies at foundation or degree level.

Clear, easy to understand lessons:

• Our tutors will explain things in easy to understand, accessible English. If they need to use any special terminology they will make sure they explain what they mean.
• New methods will be shown to students through live demonstrations, in a way thats crystal clear and easy to understand.

Experience life on campus

• Study at Central Saint Martins, Granary Square a world-famous art and design college
• Network and share ideas with students from across the globe
• Access the technology and materials relevant to your discipline
• Shop in our college shops for any materials you might need
• Ask questions of your tutor in real time
• Receive feedback and critique on your assignments
• Experience the many sights of London on your down time

A certificate of completion:

• You've put the work in so we want to make sure you have something to      show for it!
• As long as you attend a minimum of 80% of your classes, we will provide you with a certificate of attendance.
• We always recommend you attend all of the classes so that you get      the most out of the experience!
• Certificates      are great to compliment your cv.