Dress Dreamworks: Sewing Your Signature Style
Description
In this advanced Fashion Design course, students will tie together their previous fashion courses to understand dress construction. Students will begin with the basics & learn about major styles, materials to measurements. After they have mastered this technique, students will start understanding the basics of draping on a mannequin for evening gowns creating interesting, beautifully organic shapes.
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What does the course cover?
- Dress prototypes
- Major styles with dress
- Activity: research dress – download styles
- Dress technical drawings
- Typical materials used for dress design
- Standard body measurements
- Activity: mannequin measurement activity
- Seams with dress design
- Dart manipulation
- Introduction to embellishing techniques
- Introduction to draping with fabric for evening gowns
- Create a working design visual for a dress
- Estimate the cost and time required to make a dress
- Fabric preparation for pattern cutting
- Calico fabric for sample pieces
- Develop a statement of intent
- Produce a range of samples specific to a chosen design
- Pattern construction and making: in scale size ¼
- Measurements and pattern cutting
- Creating a pattern block from cardboard scale size 1/1
- Preparation of materials for cutting
- Introduction to pressing and ironing techniques
- Lay plan for cutting with sustainable material waste
- Construct dress using machine stitching to a selected design
- Finish & final fitting for dress
- Present the dress following a design specification
- Produce a cost sheet
- Produce production timescales
- Evaluate completed dress.
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Dates
• JAN 14th to FEB 4th Tuesday – In Studio 9:00AM to 1:00PM
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Cost
- In Studio- 2500 AED
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Available for online training?
No
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Requirements
Fashion Foundations: Introduction to Fashion Design
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Materials
- Paper scissors ( one per student)
- Large fabric cutting scissors (one per student)
- Small fabric scissors ( one per student)
- Small box with pins
- Small box with safety pins
- Loop turner
- Set of sewing needles
- Thimble
- Unpicker
- Tape measure
- Notcher
- Tracing wheel
- French curve
- Square
- Chalk / chalk pencil
- Pencils
- Thread set
- Hooks and eyes set
*Spare equipment is available in class
**Sewing machines are provided for class however, it is recommended to have a sewing machine at home for practice.
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Internship & Work
Internships and the work placement program is only in conjunction with the Diploma. If you would like work placements it is recommended to take the Fashion Design Diploma.
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Price:د.إ2,500.00 (exc. 5% VAT)
- Start Date: 14-01-2025
- Duration: 4 Weeks
- Difficulty: Intermediate