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Discover the secrets of fashion design in Los Angeles with classes that teach everything from pattern making and sewing to fashion illustration and styling. Enhance your fashion sense in the vibrant city of Los Angeles through a variety of classes, including courses on fashion merchandising, trend forecasting, and sustainable fashion.

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Fashion Beginner Draping

Lezu Studio @ 370 S Doheny Dr, Beverly Hills, CA

Learn the basic principles of draping fabric over a dress form, including style lines, fit and balance. In this Beginner Fashion Draping Workshop you will be guided in manipulating, then transferring the draped muslin onto pattern paper and fine tuning (truing) the pattern lines to finally creating your own basic garment. In just one session of 6 hours, you will have the tools and knowledge to create a finished basic pattern to use for future...

(1) Beginner 15 and older
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$450
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Fashion Tech Pack I

Santa Monica College @ SMC Bundy Campus, Santa Monica, CA

Ever dream about producing your own clothing line? Then you need to know about the Tech Pack, a vital tool used in today’s apparel manufacturing industry to provide the critical blueprint necessary to mass produce a garment according to modern standards and technology. Learn the fundamental elements necessary to complete a tech pack for an apparel manufacturing company from a digital platform. This course is ideal for anyone interested in a job...

(513) All levels 18 and older
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$139

6 sessions

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Introduction to Fashion Design

West Los Angeles College @ Fine Arts Bldg, Los Angeles, CA

Have you always dreamed of having a career in fashion? This six-part course will help you get started! A broad overview that can help beginners find their niche, it will also benefit those who already have a fashion business or clothing line by teaching the ins and outs of the fashion cycle and how to get your line into the store. Whether you want to be an art director, costume designer, media editor, fit model, photographer, retail store manager,...

(58) All levels 18 and older
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$164

6 sessions

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Introduction to Garment Construction

Santa Monica College @ SMC Bundy Campus, Santa Monica, CA

Want to make your own clothing? Learn how to read a commercial pattern, cut fabric on grain, sew and finish seams, and much more! Choose from pajama bottoms or a skirt (size range for 34-to-50-inch hips; if not within range, contact instructor after registering for class). Both include pockets! Bring to class a sewing machine and project supplies (except pattern; supply list will be emailed upon registration).

(513) Beginner 18 and older
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$89

2 sessions

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Virtual Afterschool Class - Shibori, Batik, Tie Dye

Dragonfly Designs

This is next level tie dye! Learn the ancient Japanese technique of Shibori, the process of twisting, bunching and folding fabric and dyeing it in a stunning indigo blue. You’ll also explore Batik, using wax and dye to create unique patterns and textiles. **Upon purchase you will receive a video that explains how to premix your dye before class. Projects Include: T-shirts Pillowcases Pillows Wall Hangings Tote bags Note: This is...

(5) All levels 8 and older
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Boro Inspired Hand Mending

Craft Sierra Madre @ 49 W Sierra Madre Blvd, Sierra Madre, CA

Traditional Japanese boro cloths have a beauty like no other. Each cloth tells a unique story of its journey through life with patches carefully sewed on and reinforced with stitching, often over generations of a single family. The cloths can be viewed to embrace the concept of 'wabi sabi', that sees beauty in an object's impermanence and imperfection. We will be using modern Sachiko stitches, a functional running stitch for mending and reinforcing...

(97) All levels 13 and older
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Displaced Worker Training: Illustrator Boot Camp

Fashion Business Inc.

We will start by creating a basic t-shirt flat. Then build a number of flats by revising the original basic tee. First, we will convert the basic tee to a “Henley” with a placket and a pocket. Next, we will turn our Henley into a “polo” shirt with ribbing. Followed by converting the polo into a “maxi-dress.”  Then we will add fill and effects. Last, we will bundle all of our flats into a multi page .pdf that...

(1) All levels 18 and older
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Starting A Business Plan for a Fashion Business/Product

Fashion Business Inc. @ 110 E 9th St, Los Angeles, CA

You will learn to create an outline of what it is you need to include in your individual business plans. You will also receive tips on how to do research for your specific niche market. Getting started is the hardest part of writing a business plan.  So many people nowadays are juggling family, work and some people have even gone back to school, so setting aside some free time each day to sit down and write a few paragraphs or pages may be...

(1) All levels 18 and older
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$250

2 sessions

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English Paper Piecing with Ana Petrova

The Knitting Tree, LA

Do you have a shawl that you never wear anymore? Would you like to make it new again?  This class will teach you how to add whole new life to a knitted project. Easily add a splash of color or a touch of texture. Make a wonderful piece of knitting into a fabulous work of art. Materials: Paper piecing kits will be provided by the instructor.  Please bring: Paper-cutting scissors Ballpoint pen Ruler A garment to dress up (shawl,...

(75) All levels 13 and older
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Free Orientation for Fashion Design

West Los Angeles College @ Fine Arts Bldg, Los Angeles, CA

Have you always dreamed of having a career in fashion? Let us help you get started! Our six-part course will help beginners find their niche, and also benefit those who already have a fashion business or clothing line by teaching the ins and outs of the fashion cycle and how to get your line into the store. Whether you want to be an art director, costume designer, media editor, fit model, photographer, retail store manager, or wardrobe consultant,...

(58) All levels 18 and older
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Free
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Knit a Shawl While Yarn Tasting With Cascade Yarns

The Knitting Tree, LA

Knit a Shawl While Yarn Tasting With Cascade Yarns One of our favorite yarn people is coming back!  Shannon Dunbabin, co-owner of Cascade Yarns will lead us in creating a gorgeous shawl, while you get to know and work with 6 new yarns!

(75) All levels 13 and older
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Knitted Cables Workshop

The Knitting Tree, LA

Have you seen knitted cables and wondered how to make them? Do they look complicated to you? Adding cables, braids, and other twists to your knitting is actually much easier than it looks. Join us at this skills workshop and you will learn how to make basic cables, and work your way up to more complex versions. Materials: Smooth, light-colored yarn in DK or worsted weight Knitting needles in an appropriate size for your yarn DPNs, same size...

(75) Intermediate 13 and older
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Starting a Fashion Business

Fashion Business Inc.

Topics covered during this 3 hour workshop will include: How to turn your creative ideas into a viable fashion business. What licenses you need -- Where and how to get them. How to find out what legal entity is right for your situation. Selecting the right business model for your financial situation. Determine how much money you need for a successful launch. How to position your product to get sales reps and showrooms interested to rep your...

(1) All levels 18 and older
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Fashion Illustration Using Photoshop

Fashion Business Inc. @ 110 E 9th St, Los Angeles, CA

This class has been re-designed for the latest software! New features have been added:   A variety of new prints  New shading techniques  The use of 'Smart Objects' to increase production/output  Using this additional output to create a line sheet  Adding text to our line sheet   In this workshop we will be taking a 'layer managed flat' that has been exported from Illustrator and using various techniques, we will...

(1) Beginner 18 and older
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$125
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Intermediate Flats Using Adobe Illustrator

Fashion Business Inc.

In this course we revise the basic blouse flat by removing and lengthening the sleeves, and then we’ll integrate Excel by adding the technical flats to an Excel line sheet. We will do further revisions in the form of opening the blouse into a short sleeve cardigan and then add plaquets and buttons, etc. This class is for intermediate skill level.

(1) Intermediate 18 and older
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The Lion's Den

Fashion Business Inc.

Present your business and find out what the experts think. Introducing our very own version of the popular tv show, Shark Tank!  During LA Textile Week, we will have four industry experts including a financial investor who will be there to review new companies, lines and ideas. Each company chosen will present their prepared business DECK and show their product to the panel.  The time allotted to each company will be 15 minutes each....

(1) All levels 18 and older
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Illustrator for Textiles

Fashion Business Inc.

You will learn how to use Illustrator to create repeating patterns for your textile designs. This class is great for beginner/intermediate level users who plan on taking Illustrator (Basic Flats) class. It covers all the basic toolsets, while introducing a new way to use this program for your textile designs and repeatable prints.

(1) Beginner 18 and older
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Adobe Illustrator Basic Flats

Fashion Business Inc. @ 110 E 9th St, Los Angeles, CA

Learn Adobe Illustrator to draw professional quality technical flats! Beginners are welcome in this hands-on workshop. No lengthy demonstrations or lectures. In this course, we will learn to draw flats by using the software. We will start with an overview of Illustrator’s user interface and tools; Approximately 20 minutes.  We immediately go into drawing using basic shapes to create fashion items and how to store these assets...

(1) All levels 18 and older
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Adobe Illustrator Basic Flats Part 2

Fashion Business Inc. @ 110 E 9th St, Los Angeles, CA

This workshop is a continuation of Adobe Illustrator Basic Flats Part 1. Topics will include. Brief review of the basic flat Revising the basic flat adding plackets and buttons Creating and adding stitches Integrating Microsoft Excel (moving the drawings into a line sheet) Importing and using a croquis for reference (we provide the croquis) Note: Taking this class will prepare you thoroughly for the Illustrator Tech Pack class that follows....

(1) Intermediate 18 and older
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$125
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Apparel Workshop

Fashion Business Inc. @ 110 E 9th St, Los Angeles, CA

This two hour workshop will explain the various steps of starting and growing a successful apparel business. Topics will include: Identifying a market niche, Legal issues of setting up your business, Financial planning, Finding the Funding, Sourcing from development through to production, Marketing, Online Selling.  This will be moderated by Frances Harder.

(1) All levels 18 and older
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