
Gain the skills you need to break into the fashion and design industry with this free online diploma course. This diploma course explores the history of fashion and explains how past trends influence today’s market. We provide practical design skills and study different textile fibres, yarns and fabrics utilized in clothing production, including where to source them. We also show you how to construct garments to create, finance and market your own clothing label. This course suits anyone intrigued by fashion and opens doors into this exciting industry.
| Course Category | Fashion Design, Beauty |
| Course Type | Online Learning |
| Course Qualification | CPD Diploma |
| Course Duration | 10-15 hours |
| Course Fee | Free |
| Entry Requirements | Like all courses on the Alison Free Learning platform this is a free, CPD-accredited course. A Graduate can choose to buy a certificate or diploma upon successful completion of a course, but this is not required or necessary. At Alison we believe that free education, more than anything, has the power to break through boundaries and transform lives. Alison is the world’s largest free online empowerment platform for education and skills training, offering over 5000 CPD accredited courses and a range of impactful career development tools. It is a for-profit social enterprise dedicated to making it possible for anyone, to study anything, anywhere, at any time, for free online, at any subject level. Through our mission, we are a catalyst for positive social change, creating opportunity, prosperity, and equality for everyone. |
| Career Path | In This Free Course, You Will Learn How To • Identify the ‘fashion cycle’ and trends in the fashion industry • Recognize important fashion influences from the past • Interpret the elements and principles of fashion design • Create ‘mood boards’ and understand the sample stages of a garment • Compare textile fibres, yarns and fabrics and explain how to source them • Generate patterns, construct garments and develop ‘garment tech packs’ • Develop a business plan, market your clothing line and prepare for Fashion Week |
| Course Code | 325 |



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