Fashion Design Workshops
Do you have Passion for Fashion?
Receive a Certificate of Completion after all workshops.All workshops are held in Penrith in a home based design studio.Courses are run by a professional Fashion designer and teacher Olena Luggassi .Olena has worked at The Whitehouse Institute of Design in Sydney as a lecturer and VET coordinator at schools and developed her Fashion Label " Olena Luggassi".Olena has more then 23 years of Fashion design and teaching experience.Now she is teaching Fashion in her home based studio.Olena has students from all around Australia and even overseas.
Programs and courses:
How to start up a Fashion Label
How to start up a Fashion label is a great short course full of information on Fashion industry and how it works.It is a great course for anyone who wants to run business at home or start up their own Fashion label.
The course includes the following information
1. Registering your business and business name,ABN
2. Business plan
3. Target market and your objectives
4. Copyright and it effect on fashion
5. Fabric suppliers list
6. Manufactures
7. Design process: inspiration, fashion trends; presenting your collection on a professional level; fabric sourcing; pattern making; sampling and manufacturing; buyers and fashion agents.
Price -$180 including material.
Coffee, tea and chocolates will be provided.
Contact Olena to book a place
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In class or distance delivery
Duration: 5 hrs
Cost: $150 per person
This workshop teaches and enables you to utilize your imagination and create diverse, artistic and inspired varieties of shoes using a sheet of paper and inventive colours of your choice. ‘The foot, the shoe, implies the whole nature of a person, and expresses a story’-ANNA PIAGGI The workshop is not simply to learn how to draw shoes, but it is a way to connect with your inner self and discover your preferred style. It allows you to extend your imagination and experiment with various rendering techniques and colours.
Topic Areas Covered:
· Developing a shoe range
· Using various rendering techniques and materials to present your design illustration
· Learn about different shoe styles
· Learn what makes ‘IT’ shoes
· Learn to develop detailed designs
What to bring:·
Set of 24-36 Water coloured pencils
· Ruler
· A3 or A4 Bond Sketch Pad
· Two fashion magazines
· HB Lead pencils eraser, sharpener
· Pair of favourite shoes (optional)
Water colour brush
Shoes Design - Correspondence course
Cost-$150( +$7 P&H in Australia)
Create and develop a Fashion collection workshop
Price-$70
Design development and presentation of a Fashion range based on an occasion, theme or storyline.
What skills you will gain:
- conduct research,analyse market
-prepare storyboards,artwork,drawings
-planning,orginising,problem solving
-communicate effectively with design team
-produce a collection based on an occasion,theme or storyline
-work with fabrics, trims, colours and styles
-calculate costs,working with given budget
What to bring
2-3 fashion magazines, scissors, glue, scraps of any fabrics
Will be provided
3-5 coloured A2 sheets to create a storyboard;fabrics,trims;costing sheets
A minimum of 9 people to create 3 design teams is required for this workshop
Contact Olena to book a place
Sewing & dressmaking classes /workshops
5 hour workshop-$150 or
$300 for 10 hours + one hour FREE
Intermidiate dressmaking classes for people who have some sewing experience-dresses,skirts,tops,pants and more
What to bring:
Pins with heads,sharp sewing scissors,tape measure,cotton thread,cotton fabric-3 m
All classes by appointment-day, evening or weekend hours
Create a Wedding Dress course
Duration -20 hours
Price -$900
Learn how to cut and make a Wedding gown step by step . It's a life time skill that can give you a lot of opportunities .
We will teach you how to produce a beautiful Wedding gown in 20 hours.
Learn how to work with lace and silk ;how to make a great fitted bodice.
What to bring
Pins with heads
Sharp sewing scissors
Tape Measure
Matching thread
Fabric suitable for pattern – speak with me if unsure of correct fabric
Zipper 35 cm long
To enrol,contact Olena Luggassi to deposit $50 to secure your position
Pattern making course- 12 weeks
Price -$700
Week 1 ( class 1-2) - You will learn how to take your own measurements- circumference, horizontal and vertical measurements. Front bodice Draft. Back bodice draft
Week 2( class 3-4) - Fitting the bodice. Skirt front draft.
Week 3 ( class 5-6) - Skirt back draft. Testing the pattern.
Week 4 ( class 7-8) - The basic sleeve draft. Adjusting sleeve to armhole.
Week 5 ( class 9-10) - Dart manipulation. Designing with darts.
Week 6 ( class 11-12) - Dress draft. Princess line foundation.
Week 7 ( class 13-14) - Strapless Foundation.
Week 8 ( class 15-16) - Bias cut dress
Week 9 ( class 17-18) - Shirts
Week 10 ( class 19-20) -Pants
Week 11 ( class 21-22) - Knits
Week 12 ( class 23-24) - Hoods, capes
What to bring
Sharp pencils One on One course for this price is possible!
Pattern making paper-15 m roll
Tracing paper or sew-on interfacing -15 -20 m
Tape measure
Grading ruler – optional
Notepad and pen
Sharp Paper Scissors
Calico (or fabric of your choice) to toile block patterns to check the fit.
To enrol,contact Olena Luggassi to deposit $50 to secure your position
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Basic Patternmaking -workshop
Duration-5 hours
Price-$160
Basic Patternmaking workshop is a great way to start learning Art of Patternmaking. Would you like to design your own clothes and draft patterns?
What you will learn:
Draft basic patterns for yourself!
Take your own measurements-vertical & horisontal
Draft bodice-front and back
Draft sleeve
Draft skirt-front and back
What to bring
Pencil and patternmaking ruler(if you have one or you can use one in the studio)
Patternmaking paper(white or brown)-6 m
Tracing paper or sew-on interfacing material(used insted of tracing paper)-10m
Scissors
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Fashion Illustration workshop
Date- Saturday 20 March 2010
Time-10-3 pm
Price-$150
Fashion Drawing and Design workshops are practical workshops that introduce concepts in design and teach skills that are required in different design industries.
One Day Fashion Illustrations workshop-$150 for 5 hour workshop. It is an intensive workshop that includes following:
Fashion Figure drawing
- Design process
- Drawing the human body as a fashion figure
- Proportion and foreshortening
- Hair, head and facial features
- Black and white rendering in lead pencil, tonal and textural illustration techniques
- Drawing the garment on the fashion figure
- Focus on shape and fabric draping
Color rendering and creating collections
- Rendering techniques
-Production sketches
What to bring
Coloured pencils set of 24-36
HB lead pencil
A3 sketch book
Ruler
Black art line pen for production drawings
Pantone or other brand markers (optional)
Fashion Drawing & Illustrations Correspondence course
Cost-$150( +$7 P&H in Australia)
Contact Olena to receive the material
Corset making course
Price-$350
Duration- 8 hours
Learn how to design and create fitted professionally finished corsets. You will learn how to make a lined corset, use shape well and boning. Intermidiate Sewing skills required for this course.This course covers making a high quality corset from initial design, sewing and finishing. The classes focus on advanced techniques for creating constructed corsets.
What to bring:
Satin or cotton fabric-2,5m
Lining-2 m
Boning- 3m
Shape well- 2 m
Polyester thread -matching
Zipper- 40 cm
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Learn to sew a padded Bra
Duration- 8 hours
You can make your own sexy bra at home!
You will learn how to cut and sew a bra using domestic machine.Intermidiate sewing skills are required in order to sew the bra.You will be able to take a pattern of your own bra.
Push up bra and lace bra- choose your style
What to bring:
Fabrics & cotton stretch lining-1m each
Underwire
Hooks and Clips
Bra elastic -3m( 1 cm wide)
Underwire pieces-casing
Sewing Equipment
Fabric scissors
If you are interested in making nice briefs, brasilian cut or other types of underwear, please book two more hours for an extra $60
Swimwear course
Duration 8 hours
Price-$350
Learn swimwear sewing construction techniques. Learn how you can make your own swimwear to fit you at home, using a domestic sewing machine and overlocker. Learn specialty stretch stitches, elastic application and more, to make a professionally finished swimsuit or bikini. You will be able to take a pattern of your own swimsuit.
Swimwear Fabrics & Haberdashery:
Lycra Fabrics -2 m & lining-0.6 m
Hooks and Clips
Swimwear elastic -5 m
Sewing Equipment
Fabric scissors
Pins
Tailors chalk/pencil
To enrol,contact Olena Luggassi to deposit $50 to secure your position. Book now
Fabric beading workshop
Time-10-3 pm
Cost- $ 170 + beads, lace and silk fabrics
Duration -5 hour workshop
World of beads and crystals.Every girl loves them!
Now you can learn how to bead on any Fashion projects-dresses, blouses, swimwear, pants or lace.
You will learn a lot of different designer hand sewing techniques.
Beautiful designs and embellishments will make your Fashion garments look stunning!
Fabric hand printing workshop
Duration-5 hours
Price-$170
What you will learn: organic hand printing-leaves,apples, feathers ;geometric shapes and flowers
Fabric printing basics
How to use stencils,wooden blocks
Fabric stamping
Printing on a cut clothes or finished garment
What to bring: white cotton fabric- 2 m, a T-shirt; Setacolor fabric paint-3-4 colours(can be purchased at Spotlight)
Lined Jacket
Duration- 14 classes
Price-$400
Learn how to make a lined Jacket for cold winter days-
Cut and construction of a lined jacket
Keep warm in a designer
Jacket this winter!
What to bring
Fabric
Lining
Matching cotton
Interfacing
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Fabric manipulation and designing workshop
Duration-5 hours
Price-$200
A hands-on experience with a variety of fabrics, textiles and processes that will explore manipulations through fashion trends. Learn around 20+ ways of fabric manipulation techniques. After this workshop you will be able to create your own fabric!
What to bring
Scraps of fabrics-cotton,silk,organza, fur, leather ect
Cotton thread,needle,scissors
Satin-1,5m
Beads,crystals
The rest of the material will be provided
Lingerie making course
Cost: $350
Duration- 10 classes/hours
Have you ever wanted to design and create your own lingerie? This workshop is for you!Learn how to attach lace to the fabric in a professional way and learn designer secrets of making beautiful lingerie pieces!
What could be more perfect to wear under a designer outfit than expensive lingerie? So why not create your own touch of luxury?Learn how to make silk briefs, little silk dress -all embellished with lace.
What to bring:Lace-5 m,Silk -6m,Matching thread,lingerie elastic-3 m
Making baby's clothes- sewing course
Duration- 10 classes/hours
Price- $350
Amazing course! You will learn how to make beautiful dresses for your baby or older children! Dresses, tops,pants,suits and more
What to bring: talk to Olena
Understanding fabrics,threads and needles
instructions and more
Price-$100
Duration-4 hours