Fashion Design, Illustration & Creative Direction

Course details

Section 1 - Fashion Illustration 160 hrs (8 weeks)

SEEING THE FIGURE AS FAMILIAR SHAPES/PROPORTION

• Breaking the figure down into simple shapes
• Gesture
• Proportion
• Fleshing out the figure
• Faces
• Hands/feet
• Exaggeration
• Stylization
• Students will learn how to render the figure in color and apply a light source (shadow). Skin tones and hair rendering will be studied and executed in both realism and stylization.

ILLUSTRATE A VARIETY OF ELEMENTS

• Skirts
• Blouses/shirt
• Pants
• Jackets
• Lapels/collars/closures
• Ruching, ruffles, drape
• Fabric texture and hand
• RENDERING
• Utilizing gouache, markers and colored pencils, students will learn to render fabrics accurately, including prints in actual scale.
• Linen
• Wool
• Satin
• Leather/vinyl
• Sequin
• Lace/eyelet
• Houndstooth, tweed, pinstripes
• Prints, both geometric and floral
• Fur

PRESENTATION PORTFOLIO

• Students will create professional fashion drawings and learn how to create a professional layout of a collection with technical drawings and fabrications, as well as a collection and designer statement.

 
Section 2 - Creative Design

PRINCIPLES OF DESIGN

• 7 silhouettes in fashion
• Hand/Fabrics/ Weights /Seasonality/Prints and Print Matching
• 5:8 proportion/ Golden Mean
• Rhythm/ Balance- symmetrical/asymmetrical
• Equal and unequal rhythm
• Continuous line movement
• Unity

FASHION ELEMENTS

• Recognize and identify garment styles, names, and fashion terminology

INSPIRATION/RESEARCH

• Build a collection concept
• Learn effective types of research
• Create a Brand Matrix and customer profile
• Build a mood board for a collection
• Research and design for a target market/demographic.

FABRIC RESEARCH AND FABRICATING A LINE

• Research textile trade shows (Premiere Vision)
• Understand fabric agents and the role of sourcing
• Create a cohesive fabric story
• Learn how to select appropriate fabrics for seasons and mood, and be able to swatch a collection

TECHNICAL SPEC DRAWING

• Create and hand render technical drawings for specification packages and line sheets
• Work from spec library to create new styles

FASHION TERMINOLOGY

• Learn correct names and pronunciations in the fashion industry, including designers

COLLECTION DEVELOPMENT

• Learn how to bring all the elements of the fashion cycle together and create and draw a 40-piece cohesive collection specific to your own designer niche

  Updated on 03 August, 2017