GREENWICH/HACKNEY
GCSE students from Greenwich and Hackney
learn how to be a star designers and models!

That was the aim of Fashion Futures 1, a summer project for GCSE students from Hackney Schools. In five days in July 05 at the London College of Fashion (LCF), students got the lowdown on fashion design, learning the A-Z of garment creation.

Step one was inspiration - students were taught by fashion professionals how to find inspiration for the Fashion Futures 1 briefs 'Artisan' and 'African Root'. They were taught
how to find and reflect inspiration on a 'moodboard' composed of sketches, fabric swatches and images. Step 2 was practical: the nitty-gritty of creating clothes. This included insider industry tricks: how to pin and drape fabric on mannequins, the art of pattern-cutting and how to use heavy industrial machines.

SALFORD
FAD goes to Salford!

After four consecutive years of success in London, FAD was able to take the Fashion Futures project this summer to Salford for the first time! The project was run in collaboration with Salford University and Aim Higher Salford who supported it. Fifty students from two schools in the area were chosen to be the pioneers of what we hope will become a yearly event!