2008 Fashion Futures 1

It’s a tall order: five days to learn the A-Z of fashion design. But that’s the what FAD Fashion Futures 1 helps Year 10 students to achieve, with week-long fashion workshops where participants create their own, made-to-measure outfit, and model it in a photoshoot and catwalk display.

This year, FF1 students went “On Safari”, to create fashionable outfits inspired by East Africa, combining sand and desert shades with bright tribal patterns and animal inspired prints to create their own unique designs. Fashion Futures 1 covers everything from customising a t-shirt to heat transfer printing, making a garment to fashion illustration; and also offers the opportunity to learn about fashion styling and modelling.

“It shows you a range of skills you can use to continue in the fashion industry, and it gives a taster of what happens in the fashion life.”
VW, Parliament Hill School, Camden

“I enjoyed meeting new friends and working with them. The best things about the course is that the teachers showed us how to do things step by step.”
NT, Swanlea School, Tower Hamlets.

“The teachers were patient and made learning about fashion exciting.”
MM, Mount Carmel School, Islington

“The best thing was being able to create your own ideas and not having restrictions on what you can make.”
AO, St Thomas More School, Kensington & Chelsea

“The whole making thing, and the fashion show and the whole course was EXCELLENT!”
HG, Parliament Hill School, Camden

Central London Partnership at London College of Fashion

Fashion Futures 1 with Year 10 students from schools in the London boroughs of Camden, Islington, Westminster, Kensington & Chelsea and Tower Hamlets. 31st March – 4th April 2008 at London College of Fashion.

Hackney at London College of Fashion

From 7th – 11th July 2008, Year 10 students from the London boroughs of Hackney and Tower Hamlets made the prestigious London College of Fashion their creative home. Fully embracing the ‘On Safari’ brief they created some truly original outfits rich in texture and colour, culminating in an energetic fashion show at the end of the week.

Newham at Newham College

Due to popular demand for FF1 in the borough of Newham, participating schools were divided into two seperate locations, Newham College and UEL.

The Newham college FF1 course took place from 21st-25th July, with students from the following schools: Brampton Manor, Langdon, Lister Community School, Little Ilford, Plashet, St Angela's Ursuline and Stratford.

Newham at UEL

Due to popular demand for FF1 in the borough of Newham, participating schools were divided into two seperate locations, Newham College and UEL.

The UEL FF1 course took place from 14th-18th July, with students from the following schools: Cumberland, Eastlea, Forest Gate Community School, Kingsford, Rokeby, Sarah Bonnell and the Royal Docks Community School.

University of Salford

On the 23rd-27th June 2008, the FAD Fashion Futures 1 team headed north to meet with Year 10 students from Salford. Based for a week at the University of Salford, the young designers worked hard customising t-shirts and constructing outfits, inspired by the 'Safari theme', to create a collection full of colour and interesting textures.

South London at Lewisham College

From the 21st-25th July, Year 10 students from the London boroughs of Greenwich, Lewisham, Lambeth, Wandsworth and Southwark took part in the Fashion Futures 1 project held at Lewisham College.

Led by the same team of Lewisham tutors involved in Fashion Futures 2, the students fully embraced the African theme, with some creative outfits and strong prints showcased on the end of week catwalk.

The Baytree Centre in Brixton

Over two separate weeks in July, FAD worked with local girls from the ages of 12 - 18 years at the Baytree Centre in Brixton. Here are the safari inspired results.

Week 1