Advanced Fashion Design
Intensive Workshop (suitable for students who have completed Fashion Design Part I or have the equivalent skill level)
Taught by Kristina Büsing or Gabrielle Richaud.  Click here for instructor profiles.

This course is intended for those who have completed the beginner course or possess the equivalent knowledge and skills, and who want to develop their own styles, looks, and talent.  We will take a comprehensive approach to the industry, guiding the student toward the conceptualization and development of ideas to a more advanced level.  Finding our inspiration in historic and modern trends, we will study colors and fabrics more closely and translate our ideas onto paper, sketching them to reflect mood and direction.  Sketches will be combined with mood boards that will help to develop our design concepts and express these ideas and feelings to others.  Over the course of the ten weeks, you will become familiar with the principles and practices of the industry involved in creating and marketing a collection from concept to production, from costing to branding.  You will create your own professional-style portfolio containing a mini collection aimed at a specific season and partake in the entire process of garment construction from start to finish.

Topics to be covered include:

• Fashion Design

• Historical and Contextual Understanding of the Industry

• Drawing Development/Fashion Sketches

• Pattern Cutting

• Garment Construction

• Textile Design and Fashion Marketing

Students will learn to explore the nature and hand of fabrics and how to render different textures, weights, and patterns in their fashion designs.  We will develop original designs through researching historical periods, current fashion styling, and color trends and apply them to our own works in progress.  Design journals, customer profiles, and various presentation formats including Photoshop will be introduced.  On the garment side, we will execute the entire process of designing and creating garments, including decisions on style, volume, color, and fabrics, as well as the entire process of creating tailor made patterns, cutting, draping, sewing, and fitting.  The final product will be presented in our own mini fashion show.

Course Title: Advanced Fashion Design
Tuition Fee: RMB 3200
Materials Fee: RMB 700

Spring Session 2012: March 7th to May 12th

Section A: Thursday mornings (10:00 AM - 12:30 PM)
10 weeks from March 8th to May 10th (Course Code: FD203)
Location: ELC Learning Center

Section B: Thursday afternoons (1:00 PM - 3:30 PM)
10 weeks from March 8th to May 10th (Course Code: FD204)
Location: ELC Learning Center

Section C: Wednesday evenings (6:30 PM - 9:00 PM)
10 weeks from March 7th to May 9th (Course Code: FD205)
Location: ELC Learning Center

Section D: Saturday afternoons (1:00 PM - 3:30 PM)
10 weeks from March 10th to May 12th (Course Code: FD206)
Location: ELC Learning Center

CLICK HERE TO REGISTER FOR THIS COURSE

Registration Procedure:
Please register online first to reserve your place.  You will then receive a confirmation email with further details.  Next, payment must be made on site at the ELC Learning Center during the payment dates shown below (you can come in person or send someone).

Tuition payment for the Spring Session 2012 will take place from 11:00 AM to 4:00 PM, from Monday, February 20th through Monday, February 27th, 2012.  Payments will be received in the Registration Office at the ELC Learning Center.  Click here for map.

Please note: classes are kept small for the students' benefit (generally between 8 and 12 people).  Register early to reserve your place.  Payment must be received on time to complete your enrollment and maintain your reservation in the class(es) for which you have registered.  (Any course that does not meet sufficient enrollment may be cancelled and a full refund provided upon presentation of your original receipt.)