Fashion Summer Camp: Fashion Sewing

This course examines how changes in fashion, consumer lifestyles, and culture interact. Participants will learn essential methods for identifying emerging trends and forecasting what consumers are likely to purchase several seasons in advance. Additionally, they will discover how to contextualize and interpret information to build the foundation of a trend preview: a well-balanced mix of research and work that goes beyond ‘fashion intuition’. The course concludes with the creation and pitch of a trend forecasting book.

This course is structured over 2 weeks:

Week 1 – 20 hours

Introduction to fashion sewing; fabrics and materials: how to choose the right fabric; hand stitching essentials and sewing machine; introduction to simple patterns.

Week 2 – 20 hours

Working on the final piece: project selection and sketching, cutting the garment, construction and sewing, fitting and adjustments, final showcase.

Classes are scheduled as follows:

• Sunday to Thursday: 4 hours per day (from late morning to early afternoon)