5 Online Fashion Courses To Hone Your Skills During Lockdown.
By Emma Golley 11.18.20
So here we go again, many of us around the globe are experiencing another lockdown due to the pandemic. If you are finding you have some extra time on your hands, why not be productive and further your skills and knowledge with online learning? Whether you’re a student, graduate or professional it’s never too late to broaden your knowledge.
We’ve handpicked 5 online fashion courses we recommend to keep you occupied- and better yet, some of them are FREE!
Brought to you by London College of Fashion and supported by luxury fashion group Kering. Available via Future Learn.
This 6 week online course gives you an introduction to issues, agendas and contexts relating to fashion and sustainability in a changing world. What’s more, it’s FREE - providing you complete the course within the allotted timeframe.
Made Institute is Philadelphia’s premier independent fashion school and they have recently introduced a whole breadth of online certificate fashion courses.
From learning fashion skills via Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop - to Pattern making, they cover an array of essential Fashion Industry skills.
Their newest upcoming course ‘Jump Start’ is for those looking to launch their own collection. While an official start date hasn’t been announced yet, you can put your name down on their waiting list.
Certificate courses are individually priced, please see below links to all courses for more details:
Fashion Illustration 1 Certificate Course
Fashion Illustration 2 Certificate Course
Adobe Photoshop for Fashion Certificate Course
Adobe Illustrator for Fashion Design Certificate Course
The Business of Fashion has some great online short courses as part of their yearly membership.
However if you can’t afford the $294 price tag, you can register for a trial period of one month for just $1, during which you can cancel at anytime. During that trial period you get full access to all of their online courses!
Courses we recommend:
Fashion History For Today with the legendary Colin McDowell.
Fashion Revolution’s 4 week FREE course is available via the Future Learn website.
Throughout the course you’ll learn about the fashion industry’s impact on people and planet, what the Sustainable Development Goals are, and how they are linked.
From its impact on culture and society to consumer behaviour, discover the business of fashion with the prestigious Paris fashion school Institut Francais de la Mode.
This FREE 4 week course is available on Future Learn and gives you the opportunity to study fashion and culture with fashion industry experts from Chanel to YSL.
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