Sarah Gresty

This course will suit students with a very creative design aesthetic in fashion and those who wish to develop and specialise in knit and other related fabrics. It will offer a taster of the BA Fashion Design with Knitwear at Central Saint Martins. You will be be shown how to initiate ideas via your sketchbooks and how to explore your research and develop fashion and fabric designs from it. With a series of workshops covering techniques such as machine and hand knitting, crochet, embroidery and smocking you will be encouraged to design and produce a range of fashion and fabric ideas. You will learn how to edit your work and where to concentrate your technical abilities. You will be supported by professional technicians and pattern cutters. The first two weeks will be spent experimenting and developing your technical expertise. At this point you will chose one fashion look or silhouette to develop and produce during the third week for a presentation on the final day. Throughout the three weeks you will be expected to visit London's museums, markets, cafes and clubs to inform your design development. Your design solutions must be contemporary and relevant. You will receive peer and individual assessment and will potentially develop a strong and successful design project.

This course requires prior experience in Textile Design.  In order to assess your suitability for this course, please complete the following questions and email them to the Short Course office before booking. You can email your answers directly to: shortcourse@csm.arts.ac.uk

1. Where are you currently studying fashion?
2. What interests you most about this course?
3. What do you hope to get from this course?
4. What are your plans for the future?
5. Who is your favourite fashion designer?
6. What made you want to study fashion?

Download the Experimental Fashion Knitwear [PDF 160kb] overview for more course information.

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Sarah Gresty is the pathway leader for BA Fashion Design with Knitwear at Central Saint Martins and a knitwear design consultant who has worked on projects for Versace, Karl Lagerfield, Chloe, Chanel, Lacroix and Balenciaga amongst others.