We’re proud of our Fashion Futures 2020 students who made it to the workshop on Saturday and made amazing progress in constructing their toiles. We are closely following advice from
In the sixth workshop of the Fashion Futures programme, students completed their paper patterns, and started work on their toiles. After finalising their pattern amendments and adding seam allowances, students
The fifth workshop in the Fashion Futures programme was an opportunity for students to work intensively on the paper patterns for their garment designs. With the help of FAD’s expert
In the fourth workshop in the Fashion Futures programme, students’ design ideas started to come to life, as we worked on technical drawings, explored different fabrics and launched into pattern
In the third workshop of the Fashion Futures series, students continued to build their portfolio of essential fashion skills with sessions on sewing skills and garment design. In last week’s
This week we got to grips with the building blocks of garment construction, exploring draping and flat pattern cutting as complementary methods to bring a design to life. Experimenting with
Fashion Futures 2020 kicked off with an inspiring day of presentations and primary research at the V&A. Young people from 19 London schools and colleges met at the museum’s Sackler
“I based my project on plants and flowers, so I bleached all of the material, and I tried to make it look like stems, and it kind of associates itself
“Having gradually seen the formation and development of my garment, it was like a dream to finally see the outcome on the runway. I felt immensely proud of myself and
“The inspiration for my garment came from Montaña Vinicunca in Peru. The mountain holds colours of blues, pinks, yellows, and oranges, which you usually wouldn’t see in nature. My thoughts