This course is now fully booked - we are introducing a new 3 week course in Advanced Fashion Design for the same dates.

Heather Sproat, Erika Trotzig & Stephanie Cooper

Central Saint Martins' fashion alumni like John Galliano, Alexander McQueen and Stella McCartney have changed the way that the world looks at fashion. In this course you will use research as the key to the design process, using London's streets, museums and people as the starting point. You will then go on to develop your ideas into designs and explore a range of different illustration techniques to present them to finished portfolio standard. You will be expected to push your ideas to expand and explore what is possible through the design process. During the class you will also visit specialist fabric shops and the costume collection at the Victoria & Albert Museum. You will be assessed on research in a sketchbook, sketches and rough design ideas, with designs developed from these ideas presented as illustrations to portfolio standard. This course is open to all students, from ambitious beginners to those with more experience. 

Find out more by downloading the Fashion Design [PDF 156kb] overview or contacting  shortcourse@csm.arts.ac.uk for further information.

Heather Sproat teaches BA Fashion at Central Saint Martins. She gained her BA in Fashion from the college and worked subsequently for Dior and Louis Vuitton in Paris.

Erika Trotzig is a graduate of Central Saint Martins and a tutor on the BA Fashion Design course.

Stephanie Cooper is a tutor on BA (Hons) Fashion course at Central Saint Martins and visiting tutor at the Royal College of Arts.