Fashion Cycle 3 immerses students in the full cycle of fashion production as they continue to apply and build on skills learned in Fashion Cycles 1 and 2 and other courses. Students will experience a fast-paced production process, from design conception to sales, and will work with a pattern grader to develop a size range from their base pattern. Students will work in small groups to produce a woven top.
Note: FSHN 1209 taken prior or concurrently. FSHN 1211 taken prior or concurrently.
Prerequisites
FSHN 1103, FSHN 1105, FSHN 1107, FSHN 1109, FSHN 1111, FSHN 1113.
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What you will learn
- Trend and market research
- Designing to a brief
- Flat illustrations & spec sheets
- Pattern drafting techniques & preparing a pattern for factory production
- Pattern grading / working with a pattern grader
- Creating a layplan
- Sewing and construction techniques
- Sourcing & selecting fabric
- Calculating yield
- Components of product (branding, care label, trims, etc)
- Creating a sequence of construction
- Creating an assembly line
- Costing
- Branding
- Sales and marketing
- Planning a production cycle
- Reflection and evaluation
How to register
This course is offered as part of a VCC program only.
Course schedules
Select your program to see the available course schedules.
Contact us
If you have any question, please email at advising@vcc.ca.
† This information is intended as a guideline only. Program and course details are subject to change with the approval of VCC's Board of Governors.