Fashion

Fashion NCFE - Level 3 Award
Supported Home Study
Course Summary

A career in fashion could be your answer to having more excitement, more money and more freedom in your life!

Working within the fast-paced fashion industry, you can experience the excitement and glamour of a career field that many only catch a glimpse of in the fashion magazines.

You will learn the art of fashion, develop your creative flair and gain essential technical knowledge of garment style, fibres, textiles, patterns, dyes and finishes. You'll also understand what influences consumer choice and buying behaviour.

Of course, by the end of the course you will be an expert on the ins and outs of the fashion industry, and be a smarter shopper with an eye for quality and good value.

Fashion Course Outline

If you want a career in Fashion, our tutor supported open distance learning Fashion course provides the necessary knowledge, skills and qualification without disrupting your current lifestyle.

Sewing Essentials:

• Equipment you will need
• Patterns and fabric
• Layout, cutting and marking
• Sewing techniques
• Darts, gathers, pleats, and tucks
• Collars, waistbands and hems
• Closures

The Clothing and Textile Industries:

• Why people wear and select certain types of clothes
• Fashion terms and clothing construction terms
• The clothing business and fashion cycles
• Socio-economic influences on fashion
• Basic styles for dresses
• Necklines, collars, sleeves
• Skirts, trousers, coats and jackets
• Haute-Couture
• Designer ready-to-wear
• The business of clothing production
• Establishing merchandising plans
• The designing process
• Fashion promotion
• Types of apparel retail outlets

Types of Textile Fibres, Colour, Value and Quality:

• Natural fibres
• Manufactured fibres
• Fabric construction, colouring and printing
• Fabric finishes and popular apparel fabrics
• Colour as a design element
• Using colour in clothing
• Shape, line and texture
• Wardrobe planning
• Being a smart shopper
• Judging value and quality
• Proper fit
• Clothing needs for infants and young children
• Needs of older people and pregnant women
• The caring and storage of clothes

Careers in Fashion Merchandising and Design:

• Production marketing and sales
• Administration
• Clothing design careers
• Production management
• Sales and retail jobs
• Merchandise planning and buying
• Fashion advertising
• Fashion publicity
• Home sewing industry
• Textile and clothing historians
• Theatrical consumers
• Landing a job and becoming successful