Fashion Design for Beginners

Develop your fashion design skills, from sketching to fabric selection.

Throughout this course, you'll explore fundamental concepts such as drawing, research, 3D modelling, textiles, and print design. You'll be guided through the entire process of designing and developing a collection, leaving with a solid foundation and confidence to pursue further studies in fashion.

Over four Fridays, you’ll learn key concepts and enhance your own fashion design abilities, preparing for a future in the industry.

You’ll also study the history of fashion and understand how cultural movements worldwide influence fashion trends. This knowledge will help you contextualise fashion historically and find inspiration for your own designs.

Mastering fashion drawing is essential for turning ideas into reality, whether by hand or digitally.

You’ll learn to sketch fashion figures and develop technical skills, from line drawing to capturing gestures and poses.

Improving your artistic abilities will enable you to produce sketches that illustrate the fit and movement of your designs.

Colour and fabric choices significantly influence a design’s overall feel and its appropriateness for different seasons. You will study the fundamentals of colour theory and explore how various colour schemes relate to each other. Additionally, you will investigate the wide range of textiles available and understand how sustainable fashion practices can affect fabric selection.

By the end of this course, you will have acquired basic knowledge of fashion design, including drawing fashion figures and selecting colours and fabrics that enhance your designs.

What topics will you cover?

• Week 1 - Fashion in context: Visual research for inspiration
• Week 2 - Visual language of fashion: Experimenting with fashion ideas and concepts
• Week 3 - Colour and fabrics: Designing, drawing and illustration
• Week 4: Create a fashion collection: Preparing a fashion portfolio

Who is the course for?

This course is for anyone interested in the basics of fashion design. It would be suitable for those considering a career in fashion and anyone wanting to develop a portfolio of design work.

Please bring to the first session:

• HB Pencils
• Colouring pencils
• Rubber
• Black fine line pen
• A4 paper (around six sheets)
• Pencil sharpener

Key Details

Duration: Over four Fridays (1 day a week)

Hours: 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM (with a short lunch break)

Location: FC Designer Workspace, 9 Durham Road, London, N7 7FB

Skill Level: Beginner-friendly. No prior experience is required.

Must be over 16 years old

Cancellation Policy

Cancellations must be made at least 48 hours before the workshop for a refund. Cancellations within 48 hours are non-refundable.

*Please note that we require a minimum of 4 participants for the course to proceed.