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Fashion (cert.): Design stylish looks for yourself or entire collections

Fashion has many faces - and so does working with it. Would you like to learn how to crochet properly? Or learn from scratch how to make a made-to-measure garment? Or find your own personal style and help others do the same? Or do you dream of being a fashion designer and having a say in the fashion of tomorrow?

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Fashion training: Learn to develop your own fashion design with a course

Do you want to develop your own fashion design? Would you like to live out your creativity and create your own models from fascinating materials and develop your own style? To make this wish a reality, you not only need creative ideas, but also a basic knowledge of craftsmanship and art from a fashion apprenticeship so that your future collection will be something to be proud of.

Are you looking for a course or school that offers courses in this area? On the large education portal Ausbildung-Weiterbildung.ch you will find a selection of suitable institutes. Get the current course program on the subject of "Fashion Design". To do this, you can simply and conveniently fill out the online contact form. You will then receive the requested information on fashion training courses sent directly to your home.

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Styling training provides information about:

  • Information about figure types for women and men
  • Tips for flattering clothing
  • Effect of light-dark contrasts, colors, structures, patterns, materials and volumes
  • Visual effect of different cuts
  • Knowledge of face shapes / necklines / collar shapes

The following options are available for training as a fashion designer:

  • Fashion designer AFPE
  • Designer CHE product design, specializing in fashion design
  • Education at a Universities of Art and Design with a Bachelor's degree UAS in Fashion Design
  • Bachelor UAS in Design, specialization Trends & Identity
  • Education at a private school (with a corresponding non-federally recognized qualification)

In a fashion design course you learn the following:

  • Deepening knowledge of pattern construction and processing technology
  • Material science
  • Own top/dress: from your own design to production
  • Using the overlock sewing machine
  • Processing stretchable materials
  • Expanding and deepening sewing skills
  • Work diary

The contents of the Product Designer CHE degree program with a focus on fashion design are as follows:

  • Ergonomics, shape, color, material
  • Drawing
  • CAD (Computer Aided Design) and visualization
  • Visual communication and presentation
  • Creating prototypes
  • Legal basis
  • Project management and business administration
  • Trends and marketing
  • Design history
  • English or 2nd national language
  • Projects and internship

This is therefore a very comprehensive fashion designer training program that lasts two to three years.

There are various options for training as a clothing designer:

  • Federal VET Diploma clothing designer
  • Clothing designer FPE
  • Clothing designer AFPE

In a fashion apprenticeship you learn:

  • Basics of tailoring, processing and cutting techniques
  • Materials and costume studies: textiles and their properties, history and trends
  • Design drawing: Means of design, methods of representation and realization of own ideas
  • Color theory: sensitization, color qualities, symbolism
  • Pattern realization: pattern derivation and realization of an own design (e.g. based on individual body measurements) in fabric, based on the basic cuts of a jumper or trousers.

The requirements for training as a fashion designer are:

  • Creativity
  • Sense of aesthetic and functional connections
  • good imagination
  • great interest in fashion, art, culture and history

Possible prerequisites for training in fashion design could be

  • You have a keen interest in fashion and enjoy your own creative process
  • You would like to expand your tailoring and sewing skills
  • Willingness to self-study
  • German language skills at least level B2

As the requirements are set individually by each school, you should check them again to be sure.

In a Product Design CHE degree program with a focus on fashion design, you learn the following:

  • Clarify and analyze order
    • Analyze needs or market requirements on the basis of a specification sheet
    • Negotiate conditions such as budget and deadlines with the client
    • Clarify requirements and possibilities
  • Designing and developing garments
    • Turn initial ideas into sketches, drafts or mood boards
    • produce, test and continuously improve several prototypes with different tools
    • Organize regular meetings with customers
    • manufacture the final product and create the production plans and computer graphics of the product on the computer
  • Delivery and production of the garment
    • Handover of the end product to the customer or project management
    • Search for design publishers to clarify licensed productions or the sale of rights
    • monitor the individual production steps and implement feedback for improvement
  • Promote and sell fashion
    • participate in marketing campaigns or organize and design showrooms
    • present new clothing collections to the press or potential buyers
    • develop digital communication strategies and present your own creations on various channels

Training for fashion designers covers the entire design process from creation to sales.

Persons are admitted to a Mode course if they:

  • have minimal sewing skills as a basis
  • have your own sewing machine for self-study
  • are prepared to invest additional time in self-study.

However, the admission requirements vary from school to school and should therefore be checked on a case-by-case basis.

After training as a fashion designer, the following activities can be pursued:

  • They design individual pieces, collections and accessories and present them at fashion shows.
  • You are experienced in developing ideas and have knowledge of PR and planning.
  • They combine creative talent with technical skill.
  • They are competent in dealing with forms, colors and materials, deal with the zeitgeist, but also know the cultural-historical background and can place their work in this context.

Fashion designers design products for all areas of the fashion and clothing industry. They design and create model collections. This includes the development of a design concept, the creation of model sketches, the selection of materials, colors and shaping details as well as the creation of a prototype, taking into account fit and production technology.

The following knowledge is acquired in the fashion consultant training:

  • Color theory
  • Color analysis
  • Style ladies
  • Workshop
  • 1x1 of styling ladies and gentlemen
  • Make-up
  • Textile science
  • Hairstyles
  • Accessories workshop
  • Color and style consulting practice day

Further topics of the Fashion Stylist training can be:

  • Hairstyles for advertising, film, television and theater
  • Using wigs correctly
  • Insertion of hairpieces
  • Twist in hair
  • Blow dry
  • Fantasy hairstyles with accessories
  • Updos
  • Period hairstyles (all hairstyles are made up according to type and accessorized with various accessories)
  • Assigned tasks (e.g. forest spirit, star sign etc.)
  • Sketching the work with the help of fashion drawings
  • Preparation of hair (wigs, hairpieces, etc.) and headdresses
  • Styling of scarves, ribbons etc.
  • Color psychology
  • Learning the manicure
  • Attaching artificial fingernails
  • Shading the hands
  • Production of a hat/shoe finish

Admission to the Fashion Design CHE degree program is open to those who

  • have a Federal Diploma of Vocational Education and Training (VET Diploma) as a clothing designer

or

  • have other previous textile training

and want to continue their design training or study fashion design.

The admission procedure includes a letter of motivation, a CV and work and training certificates. Anyone wishing to pursue CHE studies as continuing education, further training in the field of fashion must therefore carefully check in advance whether he or she can be admitted.

Do you acquire the following skills with a fashion designer apprenticeship?

  • Understanding and drawing the proportions of the figure, the fashionable movements of the body
  • Understanding the basics of fashion design
  • Sketching, drawing and coloring garments
  • Display materials and patterns
  • Customize fashion drawings
  • Getting to know and using different coloring techniques

Tips, tests and information on "Fashion (cert.)"

What does "fashion" mean? What courses and further training are there in the fashion sector?
» Definition, course types
Courses in styling - Training in fashion consulting
» Finding your own style / advising others individually and professionally
Courses in fashion illustration
» Additional skills for fashion designers

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F+F School of Art and Design
R+F offers state-recognized degree courses in Film (part-time), Photography, Art, Fashion Design and Visual Design leading to a College of Higher Education (CHE) - Professional Bachelor. The offer also includes the two specialist classes in photography and graphics with Federal VET Diploma apprenticeship qualification and the preliminary course/preliminary course as well as the vocational preliminary course. The wide range of further education courses in design and the youth courses are open to all interested parties.

R+F is the largest independent art and design school in Switzerland. To this day, it has remained a laboratory for design and artistic creation that thrives on its large and dynamic network of lecturers. Public events such as exhibitions, project presentations and lectures make the R+F a meeting place for the Swiss art and design scene.
Strengths: State-recognized training courses: 5 courses of study at the higher technical college and specialist classes in photography and graphics with EFZ/BM. Preliminary design courses and course programs for young people and adults.
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