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Fashion Design and Styling (Stage 2)

Fashion Design and Styling (Stage 2)

Ages: 12-15
Term: Summer
Length: 8 weeks

Overview

On this highly engaging and practical course, young fashion designers aged 12-15 will immerse themselves in the world of sustainable fashion and set their imagination free.

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What you need to know

When does it run?

Summer term 2025

Saturday 26 April – 14 June 2025

How long is the course?

8 Saturdays

What time are the classes?

09.30-12.30

Who's this course for?

This course has been developed for aspiring fashion designers and stylists aged 12-15.

Does my young artist need any qualifications or experience?

Your young artist doesn't need any previous experience, just buckets of enthusiasm! However, it will be beneficial if they've already completed our Fashion Design and Styling (Stage 1) Saturday Art School course or possess some fashion design skills that they'd like to develop.

I’m not sure if this is suitable for my young artist. Can I speak to someone?

Yes of course! If you'd like to discuss if this course is suitable for your young artist, get in touch with us: email saturdayartschool@aub.ac.uk or call +44 (0) 1202 363222.

How much does this course cost?

£239

What's included in this price?

All course materials and resources
Everything your young artist will need to take part in the course will be provided by us – no hidden costs!

Classes are practical, so wear clothes that you don't mind your young artists getting messy.
Drinks and snacks for break time and duration of class; please ensure snacks don't contain nuts.
It's strongly advised phones, tablets and other valuables aren't brought to class. Any personal possessions are the responsibility of your young artist and AUB won't be liable for any loss or damage.

About this course

This course focuses solely on eco-friendly and sustainable fashion where pre-loved clothing items and surplus materials are repurposed through the process of deconstruction and then redesign and styled to produce innovative, green, fashion concepts and fully functional items of stylish clothing.

Throughout this course, your young artist will examine approaches in reconstructing valuable materials and fabrics, explore the design process and experiment with individual styling methods. This'll include prototyping designs fitted and draped on mannequins to produce a range of distinctive, exciting garments ready for the catwalk.

They'll explore numerous construction methods and design techniques, and experiment with a wide variety of fabrics and materials to transform their ideas into actual repurposed fashion prototypes. In doing so, they'll develop their creative personal identity, widen understanding of design approaches, expand abilities, and explore methods in which to support sustainable fashion, now and into the future.

Your young artist will undertake a series of projects that explore the best working practices and methods in creating sustainable clothing, and how to readapt from today’s throw-away fashion culture, so-called 'fast fashion'.

How the fashion industry is changing and the direction in which the fashion industry is moving
Introduction to fashion illustration and design methods
Garment construction through demonstrations
Introduction to various embellishment techniques
How garments can be combined to create full outfits

At the end of the course your young artist will:

Possess improved drawing and artistic techniques, including fashion illustration
Discover new approaches to sustainability in fashion
Possess necessary skills, techniques, and methods for garment construction
Have increased confidence in their own skills as a fashion designer and stylist
Have boosted creativity and imagination
Feel inspired by the new skills they've learnt and from sharing ideas with new friends
Have the foundations to continue creating beyond this course
You can request a certificate to confirm your young artist's achievements, providing they have 100% attendance record. To request a certificate please get in touch with us at shortcourses@aub.ac.uk and confirm name of your young artist and the title of course they've completed

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Fashion gallery

A worn pair of jeans. Sunflowers have been painted on the denim.

A student is draping pieces of deconstructed clothing over a mannequin and pinning in place

A pair of worn jeans being deconstructed and repurposed.

A student is pinning a garment to a mannequin.

A pair of worn jeans on a mannequin. Butterflies have been painted on the jeans.

A pair of worn jeans lay on a table next to a black paint pot. The jeans have butterflies painted on them in the black paint.

Meet your young artist's tutor

Molly Cheeseman

Whilst completing her masters in Fashion Design from Winchester School of Art

Beyond the course

This could just be the start of your young artist's creative journey! After this course, your young artist could further their artistic skills with alternative Saturday Art School subjects or look forward to the future and the next step(s) in their creative journey by exploring AUB's Foundation Diploma in Art, Design and Media.