Introduction To Fashion
Taught by
Ms. Amina Jauhar
Course Brief
The course offers an eight-week intensive course designed to maximize your understanding of technical and contextual knowledge within a minimum time-frame through hands-on studio classes enhanced by a supporting theoretical component.
It especially aims to cater to the needs of students who have little or no knowledge about the process of sewing and pattern-making and wish to explore this venue to attain the required skills. This course will build an understanding of machine handling while utilizing techniques of stitching involved during the process of garment stitching. By the end of the course the student will also have a sound knowledge of fabrics and their handling with regard to warp and weft.
Course Duration: 08 Weeks(16 sessions)
Course Dates: 14th June, 2022 – 5th August, 2022
Course Days: Tuesday & Friday
Course Timings: 3.00 pm – 5.00 pm
Course Fee: Rs. 24,000
Learning Outcomes
The student will become familiar with:
- The basic and required fashion terminologies
- International and local fashion designers
- Signs, symbols and annotations
The student will accomplish the following skills:
- Hand stitches and machine seams with their uses.
- Learning body proportions
- Taking measurements from the body
- Pattern making (Tunic (Kameez), sleeve, Shalwar and pant with darts)
- Sewing (tunic, sleeve and Shalwar)
- Drawing a basic fashion croquis and understanding body movements
- Creating mood boards.
Material
- Two yards Calico
- Japanese ruler if work is in cm’s.
- French curve
- French pins
- Clutch pencil
- Eraser
- Tracing wheel
- Seam opener
- Measuring tape
- White and red sewing thread
- Sewing needles
- 6 Offset sheets
- 4 tracing sheets
- Zero Fusing 1 yard
- 6 yrd cotton fabric
- Matching thread
Material Required for 1st Class
- No material required for 1st class.
Session Break-up
- Class 1
- Class 2
- Class 3
- Class 4
- Class 5
- Class 6
- Class 7
- Class 8
- Class 9
- Class 10
- Class 11
- Class 12
- Class 13
- Class 14
- Class 15
- Class 16
- Introduction to fashion presentation
- Hand stitches and their uses
- Machine seams and their uses
- Fashion evolution.
- How to take body measurement.
Calculations - Drafting kameez, shalwar, sleeve pattern and marking allowance
- Cutting the fabric
- Finish cutting and machine operation demo
- Start stitching the tunic
- Stitching tunic
- Stitching shalwar
- Complete stitching
- How to select theme for fashion collection
Creating mood board - Fashion croquis
Stick figures exercise
Understanding different poses - Formal pant pattern
- Complete pant pattern and certificate distribution