Visual Merchandising - Fashion

Do you want to learn how fashion retail spaces can be designed and arranged in order to attract customers, maximise their engagement with products, and motivate them to buy? In this beginners course you will get a general overview of visual merchandising (VM) for fashion. You will learn the fundamental principles, inspiration and techniques involved in visual merchandising for fashion retailers.

Topics covered

• Aligning visual merchandising with fashion branding
• Understanding the visual elements that attract customers to windows and engage them in store
• Exterior window communication and basic in-store layout
• Trend forecasting and how it informs the inspiration for retail concepts
• Study trips to research fashion retailers' visual merchandising strategies relating to a project brief.
• Project one will consist of a small scale trend group photo shoot. You will research and implement a macro trend, which serves to inspire store window concepts.
• In project two you will produce a design board scale 3d model of a window display. This will enable you to develop your creative thinking and work on design and presentation skills.

At the end of the second project students will present their outcomes to the rest of the group.

Please note that it is not advisable for students doing this course to enrol with the "Visual Merchandising- Interiors "short course as well, as both courses have the same structure, even thought they have different product emphasis.

Entry requirements: None

Level: Beginners

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