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Be a Fashion Designer, Create a Collection & Launch Your Own Brand

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Overview

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Learn how to design a fashion collection (line) and launch your own Brand. 

A step-by-step “8-video series” with all the necessary elements to start a fashion Brand — Brand development and launching.

You will learn all the necessary steps, tools, process, etc. in order to create a fashion brand.

From Concept to Completion - From ideas, to sketching, to draping, to pattern drafting, cost sheets, Tech Packs, Production, etc.

You will learn about Social Medial and how to use it to maximize sales and elevate your company to global visibility.

This Course covers the process from A to Z , including exercises in discovering "Who You Are" as a fashion designer.  It is truly inspiring for anyone passionate about fashion designing.

  • Designing a Fashion Collection (aka Line) is a complex process involving many steps executed in sequential order to best produce optimum results.  

  • I will take you through the components and tools to prepare, organize, and execute the designing of your Collection/Line.

  • You will learn new terminology such as Slopers, Mood Boards, Draping process, Pattern drafting, Cost Sheets, Tech Packs.

  • You will learn how to sketch your ideas.

  • You will learn about silhouettes ("shapes").

  • You will learn the different types of textiles/fabrics (woven vs knits).

  • Learn to identify Target Customer.

  • You will explore Social Media and its importance in the promoting and selling of your Brand.

You will discover what inspires you, where does inspiration come from, how to observe and save visual images and pictures and sources into a "fashion journal" which will be used as a "pool" of information and inspiration when it comes to sketching new ideas for future Collections.

You will learn basic sketching techniques that will help you put down on paper new ideas and designs.You will use the Croquie to help you quickly draw on paper what you see in your mind's eye.

Syllabus

  • Part 1 - Introduction - an overall view of Course content.
  • Part 2 - Identify Target Customer Style, Ideas, Inspirations Boards, Concept Sketching
  • Part 3 - DESIGNING YOUR COLLECTION (Part 1)
  • Part 4 - DESIGNING YOUR COLLECTION (Part 2)
  • Part 5 - Sample Making - what is a sample.
  • Part 6 - Preparing your Collection for Production.
  • Part 7 - Cost Sheet and Tech. Pack. - production tools.
  • Part 8 - Social Media -- promoting your Brand.
  • Bonus Lecture - FAQs, and other "goodies", etc.

Taught by

Nino Via

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