Intro to Fashion Design for Teens: Sept 2024 (Mon) Grades 6-12th

Summary: Learn how to create your own fashion collection just like a professional! In this class, a fashion designer will teach you how to create a cohesive collection with style, color and materials. You will learn how to create a mood board, color and materiality, draw illustrations and technical flats. We will also learn the fundamentals of digital patternmaking using a popular software program used in the industry.
 
Prerequisites
None
 
Supplies
Fabric Swatches
Marker Paper & Tracing Paper
Markers, Black fine point pens, Pencils
Laptop or Desktop computer, 3-click mouse, Clo-3D software (30-day free trial)
Detailed list provided after registration
 
Class Details
Instructor: Amy B.
Grades: 6th-12th
Start Date: September 9, 2024
Meeting Time: 3:00PM - 5:00PM
Meeting Day: Monday
Meeting Dates: 9/9, 9/16, 9/23, 9/30,10/7, 10/14, 10/21, 10/28, 11/4, 11/18, 11/25, 12/2
Cost: $840
Class Length: 12 Weeks
Minimum Number of Students: 4
Maximum Number of Students: 8
Meeting Link: Your pod instructor will provide all meeting links and course content via email after registration. Please ensure that you have stable internet connection during each class session.
 
About the Instructor
Amy B. is an apparel designer, entrepreneur and educator. Her background includes a business and marketing degree from California Polytechnic University at San Luis Obispo and an apparel design degree from the Fashion Institue of Technology in New York (she graduated magna cum laude.) While in New York, she learned the techniques of draping, patternmaking, sewing, tailoring, illustration and working in leather.
 
As a designer, she worked for several companies including, Nanette Lepore, Calvin Klein, Chaps Ralph Lauren and Pacific Sunwear. Upon returning to Los Angeles, she launched a women’s clothing collection in 2004 called Seed Clothing.
 
With a desire to give back to the community and teach the craft of patternmaking and sewing, she started developing workshops. She has been teaching for over 10 years and is currently an instructor at Art Center College of Design and teaches workshops at the Glendale Library Makerspace.