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Product Design and Manufacturing Processes in the Fashion Industry

Bloomsbury Academic via FutureLearn

Overview

Learn how to design fashion lines and organize their production.

On this three-week course from Bloomsbury Academic, you’ll explore the steps involved with designing fashion products, including the development and use of the design brief, determining the costs to manufacture fashion products, and creating technical specifications for manufacturing fashion products.

Explore the key aspects of the fashion design process

Everything in fashion starts with a design brief. It not only outlines the design and development of fashion lines, but also acts as a guide to help design, develop, and communicate a unified design strategy and brand identity.

You’ll look at the entire design process, starting with the design brief and its numerous components. You’ll also explore how to develop cost estimates, arrange the technical aspects of designs, and manage the product life cycle.

Discover how to plan the preproduction of fashion products

Preproduction processes are crucial to assuring that the fashion products specified are what actually get manufactured in the time frame necessary.

This course will guide you through the various preproduction processes such as patternmaking and creating prototypes and samples. Then, you’ll learn about the other aspects that require consideration such as fabrics, materials, and trims, as well as size range and styles.

Develop cost-effective and high-quality manufacturing strategies

In today’s global fashion supply chain, manufacturing occurs worldwide. To be competitive, manufacturing facilities must be responsive, flexible, efficient, cost-effective, and socially responsible.

In the final week of the course, you’ll delve into the manufacturing process for fashion products. You’ll look at the inner workings of global manufacturing and the strategies you can use to manage the manufacturing process.

This course is designed for anyone interesting in the fashion industry, specifically the design and/or manufacturing processes.

Syllabus

  • Designing fashion products
    • Course welcome
    • What is a design brief?
    • Components of the design brief
    • Costing and approval
    • The technical package
    • Product life cycle management
    • Week wrap up
  • Preproduction processes
    • Weekly welcome
    • Pattern development
    • Making the prototype or sample product
    • Production materials, fabrics, trims and findings
    • Pattern grading & making the production marker
    • Week wrap up
  • Manufacturing fashion products
    • Weekly welcome
    • Global manufacturing of fashion products
    • Manufacturing processes overview
    • Production spreading, cutting, and bundling
    • Manufacturing strategies
    • Sewing and construction system & finishing
    • Course wrap up

Taught by

Astrid deRidder

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