Learn about the fashion industry, fashion design (from inspiration to mood boards to final design), fashion history – how clothing from the past influences what is fashionable now, fashion designers past and present, fabrics and fashion illustration. This is an exciting, fun course that will inspire creativity and give children the opportunity to learn new skills and gain knowledge about the fashion industry.

Joining the 8 – 12 years old class?
Lessons will cover:
Introduction to the fashion industry – What is fashion?

Catwalk trends – Looking at how the trends from the catwalk filter down to the designs found in high street shops.

Fashion design – inspiration – mood boards – design sheets.

Fabrics – how and why different fabrics are suitable for certain clothing.

Fashion history – looking at how clothing has changed over the past 100 years.

Influential fashion designers from the past to the present day.

The wedding dress – looking at famous wedding dresses and their designers.

Fashion illustration – looking at a variety of fashion illustrators and styles.

Throughout the course, children will be given mini design projects where they will research a theme, choose colours, fabric, create mood boards, create designs and produce illustrations.

Joining the 12 – 16 years old class?
As above plus:

The different types of fashion – Couture, Ready-to-Wear, Mass Market

The changing Silhouette over the past 100 years

Fashion Sustainability – how and why the fashion industry is changing to create clothing and accessories that have a positive impact on our environment.

Recommended Resources

Kurtzy 30.5cm/12 inch Wooden Human Body Drawing Mannequin with Stand – Flexible Joints Artist Manikin Wood Model – Articulated Unisex Art Figure for Sketching & Painting – Perfect for Home Decoration

How to Draw Like a Fashion Designer: Inspirational Sketchbooks – Tips from Top Designers

Fashion Sketchbook Figure Template: 430 Large Female Figure Template for Easily Sketching Your Fashion Design Styles and Building Your Portfolio: 2 (Fashion Sketchbook with Female Figure Template)

Fashion: A History from the 18th to the 20th Century: A History from the 18th to the 20th Century: The Collection of the Kyoto Costume Institute (Bibliotheca Universalis)

BONUS

Artist black pens

Coloured markers

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Please note:

If a class with exactly the same name is on more than once a week it is a repeat lesson with the same content. As places are limited and so you don’t have duplicate lessons please only sign up for the one class per week. This will leave spaces for other customers and stop any additional cost to yourself as we will be unable to give a refund.

On occasions we may have to change the day or time of a course or on rare occasions the course is cancelled. This maybe due to a teacher leaving or low numbers. We do try to do this only when absolutely necessary and will always give advance warning and try to offer an alternative for you.

Standard classes are £3 and numbers are limited to 40. Smaller classes (e.g. GCSE) are £6 are per student and classes are kept smaller at 25 maximum. If there is more than 1 child joining a £6 class you need to make sure you have added the correct amount to your basket. We reserve the right to ask for back payments if this does not happen.

For safeguarding purposes, every Zoom lesson includes a brief visual registration at the beginning which requires children to have their webcam switched on and their correct name (the one used on their LLP child profile) displayed on Zoom. If your child would like to join lessons but is anxious about this or needs to have their face covered during lessons for religious or any other reason please get in touch, and we can arrange a password for them to use instead.

We are now offering some courses as pre recorded lessons in topic blocks on llpextralearningspace.co.uk This then allows you to buy previous lessons in topic packs either for revision purposes or to do a topic yourselves. We recognise that this will have some issues for those that do not wish to be on camera so the new format of the class is that the visual register and any informal discussions happen before and after the lesson itself is recorded. The teachers will all have their settings set to speaker view so that the thumbnail of whoever is speaking will only be highlighted when or if they speak. If you do not want your child to appear in the recording it is your responsibility to ensure the camera is switched off after the visual register unless they have an agreed password then it can remain switched off at all times.