Fashion Design and Fabric Awareness

By the end, you will produce a fabric sample book as evidence of your study that you can build upon as your career advances. This will provide you with an invaluable tool when starting a collection.


Topics covered

• Organised visits to help you understand the fashion industry and how it works
• Learning the basics of weaves and yarns and how to identify them in professional salons and trade fairs
• The fabrics that designers use today in their collections
• Design development together with constructing a comprehensive fabric range
• You will form your own body of design work coordinated with relevant fabrics for your chosen market

Who should take this course?

The course aims to teach students of all abilities and levels of experience.
It is designed to be of interest to all students wishing to work within a creative industry that uses fabric.
Fashion, textile, costume and interior designers would benefit from this course.

Entry requirements: None

Level: Beginners

Please note: This course is for students aged 18 and older