Digital Fashion Design and Techniques Course

This Fashion Design and Techniques Course for teens in Saint John is designed to give students a wide range of knowledge in the field of modern fashion, clothing and costume design, cutting and sewing techniques, design techniques for clothing models and introduction to the process of preparing their own fashion collection.
It was developed by fashion design professionals and focuses on the following areas:

• fabric and textile studies;
• rhythmic and proportional structure of the costume;
• costume color;
• sewing techniques
• industry-standard fashion computer applications.
• fundamental visual presentation;
• fundamental creative decision;
• fundamental set and collection design;
• sleeve tailoring;

Through class projects, students will study composition fundamentals and examine historic and national costumes as examples of Applied Arts, as well as many other subjects related to the modern fashion industry.

UUpon completion of the program Fashion Design and Techniques Course for kids in Saint John, the students will get the certificate, have their own professional portfolio and become savvy in industry-standard computer applications. They will be ready to apply to a Fashion Design program in any college or university in the United States and Canada.

Who this course is for:

This course is for those interested in modern fashion. Who likes to draw and who wants to learn how to create their own costume designs and who wants to always look fashionable and beautiful.

  The number of students:

6 – 8 students per class.

Two teachers per class.

Start time:

Summer Introductory course
August 7  – August 28 19, 2020. 4 weeks total.
One week tuition in a small class – $59.00

Fall In-Class course
September 7  – December 19, 2020. 15 weeks total.
One week tuition in a small class – $59.00

1:5 ratio

1:5 ratio Teacher to Student ratio, or better. All instructors are police-checked, first-aid trained, triple-reference checked, and highly trained.

Certificate of Course Completion

Upon completion of a course, a Certificate will be issued. A course completion certificate says you have attended all the classes required, pass all the tests required and handed in all the work required.

SPOTS AVAILABLE

Module 1. An Introduction to Fashion Illustration & Color Techniques Students learn how to create their own designs from conception to construction. After an introduction to Fashion Design and Illustration, students create Mood Boards and will learn how to sketch their own fashion garments. Then students will learn how to cut & construct their designs with guidance on basic sewing and fabric & trim selection. By the end of the course these budding, young designers will get to show off their work to parents at Teens Computer School mini fashion show and take home a unique item of clothing designed and made by them. Each program concentrates on various items of clothing so that students are able to sign up for additional classes and learn something new each time.
Also in this Module:

• Draping for Fashion Design;
• Elements of Design in Fashion;
• Evolution of Fashion;
• Fashion Form and Image

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Module 3. Accessory Design

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Module 4. Let’s create something new and unique!

This is more than ‘make do & mend’! This program will make Dame Vivienne and Gok Wan proud as students turn tired and used clothing into ‘wow factor’ unique walking works of art. With slightly less focus on technique and more on style and creativity, students explore the world of special effects and embellishment as they turn those old wardrobe pieces into something new and unique.

Also in this Module

• Fashion Business Fundamentals
• Fashion Styling
• Introduction to the Fashion Industry

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Module 5. Intermediate Fashion Design & Special Techniques

FFor those interested in a more in-depth course or older age groups: This module includes a more advanced course, with fashion illustration, mood boards, pattern cutting, textile study, special techniques & embellishments, advanced sewing techniques and more. They will plan how they will cut and stitch their favorite designs into a garment and learn how to list the ’step by step’ instructions.

Also in this Module:

• Pattern Drafting 1
• Pattern Drafting 2
• Pattern Drafting for Menswear