Top Courses in Fashion

Swiss Mode was created with the intention of transforming its students into individual fashion creators with valuable knowledge and skills across the entire fashion design process.

In the Fashion Designer course, you are shown how to reconcile your individual imagination with professional workplace requirements. You will learn how to express a concept and implement it by learning about every element of the fashion design process including materials, colouring techniques, manufacturing and most importantly how to give shape to an idea so that it can become a realizable item of clothing.

Upon completion of this course, you will have the necessary skills to work as a Fashion Designer.... [-]

The Business of Beauty Course is an intensive one-week programme designed to give students a detailed introduction to the inner workings of the beauty industry. This course is suitable for anyone interested in beauty who would like to find out more about how this booming sector works.

During the course, students will learn about the inner workings of the beauty industry, touching on everything from beauty editorial, beauty blogging, beauty retail, beauty advertising, beauty brands, beauty trends, beauty PR & marketing, and beauty business.

23 - 27 September 2019

There are 30 places available on this course, allocated on a first come, first served basis. Please note that your place on the course is not reserved until we have received the full tuition fee, which must be paid in full and upfront. ... [-]

Through the Fall Semester in Jewelry Design students acquire the basic skills in order to comprehend the profession of designing and creating jewelry objects. The educational path is sketched out so to help students to understand and acquire a working knowledge of jewelry artistry, from cultural notions related to the history of jewelry and the jewelry manufacturing techniques, up to the methodology and the designing of jewels.

Schedule: Lessons run from Monday to Friday morning and/or afternoon.

Level and prerequisites: This course is intended for motivated students interested in learning the fundamentals of jewelry design and wish to pursue further study or a career in the field.... [-]

The designer is the heart of the fashion system, but it is no longer only the creative who draws a drawing and colors it: the pure and simple talent is no longer enough nowadays because the designer not only creates clothes but also lifestyles.

In addition to the design technique, the designer must have assimilated the culture of the past to be able to have the sensitivity for the future, he must know the pattern making, merchandising, production, research techniques and cool hunting, computer graphics, marketing, and product communication. The designer, in fact, is not simply the one who creates the collections: there are many outlets and professional figures, ranging from women's, men's and children's collections, to collaboration at the style studios, from research to product, from the field of publishing and the specialized press.... [-]

The fashion system is a vast, articulated, even unpredictable territory where the classic sense meets the most thrilling experimentation. There are no recipes to emerge. There is predisposition to work, a desire to know and measure with the outside world and its thousands of cultures: high, pop, ethno ... There is an acute eye - to be trained - able to capture the smallest detail. An eye familiar with traditional tailoring methods but is not afraid to offer irriverent elegance.... [-]

This course is held in the English language

The Fashion Design: Design your Capsule Collection enables students to experiment with the basic tools of design. Theoretical lessons are enhanced by creative workshops, trade fairs, and possible seminars with industry professionals.

Florence, with a centuries-old tradition in the world of fashion and its manufacturing excellence, has an enviable international reputation in fields ranging from fashion and artistic craftsmanship to design and technological innovation. In such an incomparable place, students will observe and analyze current creative realities and trends.

This course is intended for motivated students interested in learning the fundamentals of fashion design and have no prior knowledge or experience in the discipline. This is an introductory course, no previous studies within the field are required.... [-]

Legal knowledge and practice for fashion Managing Fashion & Luxury companies requires a deep understanding of the legal framework that is characterizing the core internal processes of the companies, as well as the relations with clients and other external parties. Thanks to the participation of both academics and industry insiders, the "Fashion Law" course will focus on the introduction of the main fashion business models and the processes of collection and product development, in order to concentrate on the key industry-based legal issues from a practical point of view:

Brilliant and successful managers across the world devote their time, knowledge and creativity to what is coined as the fashion and luxury industry. It is now your turn to join a timeless and innovative sector, filled with the very means to bring you unyielding success.

The European School of Economics prides itself in the assurance that our students will gain insider knowledge of industry strategies on a global level, in addition to a strong grasp of key business skills within the magic world of fashion and luxury.

Working closely with key figures within the fashion and luxury goods industry, the programme will equip the students with an invaluable education and skills base. It will ensure that the candidates develop a competitive fashion business curriculum, allowing them to become the leading fashion innovators of tomorrow.... [-]

A hands-on experience of Milan Fashion Week at Accademia del Lusso, the Italian School of Fashion & Design exclusively located on Via Montenapoleone at the heart of Milan’s fashion district.

This 5-day course gives you the chance to explore for yourself the inner workings of Milan fashion week, understand more about Made in Italy and the Italian luxury & fashion system, and also gain entry to the events of Milan Fashion Week!

Lectures run by our teachers who are all professionals who currently work within the fashion sector. Subjects covered include topics such as: trend forecasting, textiles, fashion design, and case studies of successful Italian fashion and luxury brands.... [-]

The Fashion Design Course aims to provide an introduction to Italian Fashion Design and the development of a collection, with a particular reference to the Italian fashion-plate, its practical creation and the study of accessories. The Fashion Design course aims to introduce students to fashion through multiple pathways, helping them not only to enhance their practical skills for Fashion Design and illustration, but also to acquire a more specific and multifaceted sensitivity toward anything that involves fashion, such as, new trends, technical clothing aspects/styles, influences of history on clothes and the theoretical approaches to develop and create fashion collections.

The students involved in this program will discover a unique way of recycling previously un-wearable items or old clothing, creating a more sustainable way of shopping, creating and thinking. This program was initially created to plant a seed, now that Upcycled Fashion is trending this class now offers the opportunity to step into the world of Sustainable Fashion. Since Sustainable Fashion is the future of retail, our future depends on us to be smarter with our textile waste. With over 21 billion kilos of clothing landing in our landfills every year (the US alone), not only is this class fun but a necessity, worldwide. IFA Paris and Born Again Vintage will open the international doors of Sustainable Fashion via this Upcycling and Clothing Reconstruction Class.... [-]

Industrial pattern making requires a high level of flexibility in order to adapt the designers’ indications to industrial rules.

This profession was born after the industrialization of the clothing and apparel industry, as the process required standardization of sizes. Industrial pattern makers translate sketches and prototype sheets into a multi-size pattern.

You can choose one of the following areas: Womenswear, Menswear, Casual, Children, Beachwear and Sportswear, Corsetry and Lingerie.

Things you will learn

You will learn how to develop standard and irregular sizes, how to transform the sketch created by the designer into an accurate pattern and follow its development phases.... [-]

Fashion is in the air in Milan. As one of the “big four” fashion capitals (along with London, New York, and Paris), Milan is home to many high-end fashion houses such as Armani, Dolce & Gabbana, Miu Miu, and many others; and nearly all of the “big names” are represented. Prepare to be inspired by the Milanese standards of elegance and obsession with style—from the runway to the street.

Our Fashion Design & Merchandising Program offers a holistic fashion experience. Encounter the sources of global trends in business, design, tailoring, fabrics and materials, modeling, and marketing. Learn about the business of fashion from local experts and professors from the best universities in Milan. Join the Milanese design and tailoring scene through practicum courses at professional fashion institutes offering hands-on lessons in clothing and accessory creation.... [-]

THIS COURSE IS TEACHED ON THE PORTUGUESE LANGUAGE

The course offers a systemic view of the jeweler market, putting in perspective factors that potentiate, organize and make feasible the strategic design. The participant will learn the most current techniques for making handmade and industrial jewels.

Idealized for professionals or interested who want to know or extend their knowledge in the world of jewelry. It is aimed at those who want to work in national and international brands, as well as those who wish to undertake or improve their business.

From the Design of Jewels and collections to the experimentation of jewelery techniques, through the knowledge of the History of Jewelery and Gems and by the management of business. The student will be led to an immersion in the jeweler universe, through research and practice.... [-]

Stylists are the secret stars of the fashion and creative industries - the visual power of images determines the attention, positioning, success and image of a brand. The in-service styling training at AMD provides you with comprehensive insight into the fascinating world of styling, photography and production processes within 10 weeks.

Get to know stylists' practices and experiment with different styling disciplines in shootings. Based on a theoretical foundation, the conception, the project management, the compilation of the outfits or theme worlds, the creation of a lookbook and the execution of a shoot follow.

Passion to work! Gain experience and references and develop a portfolio to meet the needs of potential customers in a professional and confident manner. Stylists create theme and picture worlds for products of all kinds, are experts for placements at the point of sale, are used at trade fairs and in the media. They work for brands, personalities and designers. Clients are companies, commercial film productions and photographers.... [-]