FASHION DESIGNER AND PATTERN MAKER
THIRD year : THE PROFESSIONAL YEAR

THE FASHION TREND AGENCY :

• Assessing students’ creativity in connection with fashion trends.
• Highlighting students’ personality
• Setting up one’s own collection
• Documentary research and sources of inspiration
• Experimenting volume, shapes, material, colours and drawing.
  

Computer graphics :

• Setting up of a portfolio, graphics research, surrounding pages, collection outlines, technical portfolio etc

The workshop :

• Improvement and mastering of the different techniques on compulsary patterns
• Choosing the right technique for the right shape and the right  material
• Creation,assembly and patterning of collection prototypes
• Fitting, project carrying out, setting up of technical files thanks to CAD and industrial assembly
• Project acceptance
• Collection setting up
• Choice of accessories

Fashion companies and their surroundings:

• The textile industry
• Market analysis
• Studying and understanding important fashion periods
• Trend and source analysis,shopping
• Team work with partners in the fashion field within the context of the ‘Company- School’
• International contests

Marketing : Collection coordination :

• From creation to delivery …  or how a ready-to wear collection is set up
• The different positions in the fashion field, job descriptions and what one can be in charge of
• Information flow gathered during the collection setting up and production
• Determining the cost price
• Buying, planning, manufactoring

The sourcing,picking partners:

• The different professional trade fairs
• The different French regions and their historical particularities
• Strong value-added countries
• Manufactoring costs
• Setting up of partnerships with manufacturers and dressmakers, etc…
• Business trips, contacts

The end of the year exam:
Students are granted their degree after:

• Presenting their collection to a jury composed of professionals 
•  Presenting their collection stand – personal universe-
•  A three-month internship assessed by the corporate tutor
• A detailed report
• A technical examination ‘The Suit’

• The fashion show:

• Fashion show Setting up
• Looking for the right background music and choreography
• Model castings