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THE FASHION PATTERN-MAKING WORKSHOP SERIES

To register for a Fashion Pattern-Making Workshop Series course, please click on the "purchase/register" link at this bottom of this page or click here to register.

Fashion Pattern-Making Series Registration

INTRODUCTION TO PATTERN MAKING

FASHION PATTERN-MAKING: LEVEL I

Learn how to create custom patterns, including creating your own basic set of patterns {sloper} that you will be able to use and build upon. You will also learn the vocabulary of pattern making and we will more then start you on the road to basic pattern manipulation... {Expect homework!}

Meeting Place:

SoNo Design CoOperative

24B Monroe Street

Norwalk CT 06854

Number of Workshop Meetings:

4 Workshop Sessions

Workshop Times & Dates:

Weekday Section: Thursday 6:30-8:30pm

Weekend Section: Saturday 8:30-10:30am

Workshop Tuition:

Tuition Cost: $275 (plus supplies)

INTRODUCTION TO PATTERN MAKING

FASHION PATTERN-MAKING: LEVEL I

{Beginners Level}

Learn how to create custom patterns, including creating your own basic set of patterns {sloper} that you will be able to use and build upon. Draping and flat pattern-making techniques will be intoduced. You will also learn the vocabulary of pattern making and we will more then start you on the road to basic pattern manipulation... {Expect homework!}

Meeting Place:

SoNo Design CoOperative

24B Monroe Street

Norwalk CT 06854

Number of Workshop Meetings:

4 Workshop Sessions

Workshop Times & Dates:

Weekday Section: Thursday 6:30-8:30pm

Weekend Section: Saturday 8:30-10:30am

Workshop Tuition:

Tuition Cost: $275 (plus supplies)

INTRODUCTION TO TAILORING

FASHION PATTERN-MAKING: LEVEL II

{Some Skills Required}

Pattern-making with flavor: In this class you will learn how to make skirts and tops pattern. This is an introduction to basic tailoring. For this class you need to have a sloper… {Expect homework!}

Meeting Place:

SoNo Design CoOperative

24B Monroe Street

Norwalk CT 06854

Number of Workshop Meetings:

4 Workshop Sessions

Workshop Times & Dates:

Weekday Section: Thursday 6:30-8:30pm

Weekend Section: Saturday 8:30-10:30am

Workshop Tuition:

Tuition Cost: $275 (plus supplies)

TROUSER & JEAN CONSTRUCTION

FASHION PATTERN-MAKING: LEVEL III

{Advanced Skills Required}

In this advanced workshop you will create and learn how to make patterns for trousers & jeans {trousers & jeans with a good fit, a fit will be so fabulous that you might want to design your first line of jeans before this workshop ends}. Fabric characteristics will be introduced in the class. For this class you will to have a sloper... {Expect homework!}

Meeting Place:

SoNo Design CoOperative

24B Monroe Street

Norwalk CT 06854

Number of Workshop Meetings:

4 Workshop Sessions

Workshop Times & Dates:

Weekday Section: Wednesday 4:30-6:30pm

Weekend Section: Saturday 1:00-3:00pm

Workshop Tuition:

Tuition Cost: $275 (plus supplies)

JACKET CONSTRUCTION

FASHION PATTERN-MAKING: LEVEL II

{Advanced Skills Required}

In this advanced pattern-making workshop you will create a pattern for a lined jacked with a notch collar. This workshop is a perfect workshop for understanding how to make it easier and more practical for you to complete your next (or even your first) outer wear project... {Expect homework!}

Meeting Place:

SoNo Design CoOperative

24B Monroe Street

Norwalk CT 06854

Number of Workshop Meetings:

4 Workshop Sessions

Workshop Times & Dates:

Weekday Section: Wednesday 6:30-8:30pm

Weekend Section: Saturday 3:00-5:00pm

Workshop Tuition:

Tuition Cost: $275 (plus supplies)

PATTERN-MAKING: One-On-One

PATTERN-MAKING FOR FASHION DESIGNERS

{Advanced Skills Required}

If you need an hour {or a couple of hours} of special pattern-making helps as you work towards creating your first samples this custom made offering is for you. Whether you are seeking a very special beginning, some intermediate help or need help with those techniques that you will take to an advanced level helps are available, and some special One-on-One time with our instructors may be just what you need… {Expect happiness…and homework!}

Meeting Place:

SoNo Design CoOperative

24B Monroe Street

Norwalk CT 06854

Number of Workshop Meetings:

4 Workshop Sessions

Workshop Times & Dates:

By Appointment Only

Workshop Tuition:

Tuition Cost: $80/Per Hour (plus supplies)

DECÖ WORKSHOP REGISTRATION/APPLICATION:
All DECÖ students/members are asked to complete their student application prior to the start of their registered workshop(s). For new DECÖ students/members this provides an important introduction of students/members to faculty and for returning students/members ensures an up-to-date understanding of your ongoing progress. The completion of your application is an important piece of the education process because it allows our faculty to customize the workshop curriculum in light of student background, learning and professional objectives as well as provides the necessary knowledge to allow our faculty to accurately advise students to help them achieve their objectives in the world of fashion+design. To complete the student/member application please click on the link below:
ENROLLMENT FORM: Student Application

ABOUT DECÖ DECÖ is the World Fashion Council's professional education counter-part. Our workshops are in high demand because they are taught by industry and educational professionals (many traveling from the best fashion education programs in the US such as Parsons, Pratt & FIT). We restrict enrollment in each of its classes to provide an intimate learning environment and ensure that each of our students has the opportunity to learn, grow and succeed in the field of fashion.

This reflects our educational philosophy, our personal commitment to our students and our ongoing efforts to reclaim the role of professional training, apprenticeships and real-world learning in fashion education. In addition to exciting programs such as the Fashion Stylist Workshop Certificate and our Fashion Trend-Forecasting Certificate we also offer a Fashion Sewing Workshop Series and a Fashion Illustration Workshop Series.

ADDITIONAL OPPORTUNITIES OF INTEREST INCLUDE:

(1) Our special fashion portfolio workshops (a favorite for those preparing to apply to the best fashion colleges and universities in the world).

(2) Our new online Fashion Stylist and Fashion Trend Forecasting Certificates, which makes our workshops available internationally and to World Fashion Council members wherever they might be.

(3) Our unique one-on-one training and consulting for designers who are just starting are and who are gearing up to participate in the next Fashion Week.

(4) Membership in the World Fashion Council and the opportunities for community, networking and professional development that membership opens.

LOCATIONS:

In addition to our regular schedule of online workshops and workshops in Fairfield County Connecticut, in 2009 we will also begin offering a regular schedule of workshops and classes in the Hartford-Springfield Massachusetts area and we will be introducing a regular schedule of workshops in the San Francisco Bay area beginning with a special fashion illustration workshop series taught by the award winning fine artist and fashion illustrator Kiril Hristov. In addition to his numerous awards and shows throughout Europe and North America, Mr. Hristov has also taught fashion illustration courses in both the New York and San Francisco area (including his current teachin at FIDM and the Art Institute of San Francisco).

PRIMARY LOCATION:

ADDRESS: 24B Monroe Street, Norwalk Ct

PHONE: +1-203-345-0030

EMAIL:         deco@worldfashioncouncil.org

WEB:         http://www.worldfashioncouncil.org

DIRECTIONS TO OUR FAIRFIELD COUNTY CONNECTICUT OFFICE:

METRO-NORTH STOP: South Norwalk