Exploratory Fashion Workshops
Your Creativity, Our Guidance!
Courses & Workshops
Elena encourages students to explore their design ideas from generation stage to its final implementation. She works with each student individually in order to uncover students potential and specific design interest
Unconventional Pattern cutting: Zero-Waste Design
This workshop addresses the need for enhanced creative pattern cutting skills and expertise. You will learn several hands-on approaches to Zero-Waste design. At the end of the workshop' series you will produce partial and full-scale garment samples for further development. Learn more
Advanced Draping for Fashion Designing
Draping is an art of manipulating fabric, the artistic medium that a fashion designer applies directly on the dress form. Although there are some rules to follow, you can effectively use your own imagination and inventiveness. Draping course equips you with hands-on draping skills that will help to translate your creative ideas into a garment. Read more
Fashion Draping Basics course - online
otherwise on request
Advanced Draping: Corset & Contour Design - draping techniques versus 2D patterns + Ruching /pleating techniques, 24 studio hours, 4 days
Advanced Draping: Jacket & Outerwear Design - draping techniques versus 2D patterns
Dior jacket/ YSL tuxedo, 24 studio hours, 4 days
Advanced Draping: Dresses & Gowns - 48 studio hours, 8 days
Tailoring courses
Couture Tailoring: Jacket / Coat - 42 studio hours, 8 days
Note. Basic sewing skills are required for this courses, fabric for the garment is paid additionally or brought by the student
Making a garment prototype for a customer - Pattern-making + fittings and pattern correction
Pattern-making 2D ready-to-wear course (French methodology - ESMOD) – 42 studio hours, 7 days
Fashion Collection - from concept to implementation
This course has helped many students to create formidable fashion collections that were displayed on Fashion Weeks/Design contests. See course details
On-line / Off-line consultations
You will be guided through all fashion portfolio requirements with focus on fashion drawing, fabric manipulation, or technical skills.
Fashion History
Series of interactive lectures that present Fashion History throughout ages. You will learn about styles and shapes of costumes from Ancient Greece and Egypt to Modern time by coming across Rome and its Empire, by exploring Dark Ages and Renaissance, by watching extreme opulence of Louis XIV court, by marching with Napoleon troops …
Fashion and Subculture of 20 century workshop will equip you with knowledge of modern and contemporary Fashion history and its close interconnection with subculture. You will navigate through the turbulent 20th century with its ups and downs where Fashion and Art played a crucial role in constructing social and individual identity hand by hand with flourishing underground and subculture scene.
Art History short trek
-The course gives a dynamic overview of art movements and works of individual artists
-provides a road map of “human creativity in process”
-explains cultural and historical background of major artistic styles appearance and decline.
You will have a unique opportunity to navigate through Western Art history and obtain the ground knowledge about its timeline and events. Besides, you will be encouraged to develop a body of artwork based upon free interpretation of excising masterpieces, automatic drawing, and abstract expression. In order to succeed, you will use your courage, imagination and creativity..
Your Creativity, Our Guidance!
Courses & Workshops
We encourage students to explore their design ideas from generation stage to its final implementation. We work with each student individually in order to uncover students potential and specific design interest
Unconventional Pattern cutting: Zero-Waste Design
This workshop addresses the need for enhanced creative pattern cutting skills and expertise. You will learn several hands-on approaches to Zero-Waste design. At the end of the workshop' series you will produce partial and full-scale garment samples for further development. Learn more
Upcoming workshop location and registration
It is a short micro-course that will lead you through all steps of designing process and ends up with a mini-collection accomplished and put on a show/display. Learn more
Advanced Draping for Fashion Designing
Draping is an art of manipulating fabric, the artistic medium that a fashion designer applies directly on the dress form. Although there are some rules to follow, you can effectively use your own imagination and inventiveness. Draping course equips you with hands-on draping skills that will help to translate your creative ideas into a garment. Read more
Fashion Draping Basics course - online
otherwise on request
Advanced Draping: Jacket & Outerwear Design - draping techniques versus 2D patterns
Dior jacket/ YSL tuxedo, 24 studio hours, 4 days
Advanced Draping: Dresses & Gowns - 48 studio hours, 8 days
Tailoring
Couture Tailoring: Jacket / Coat / Dress &Gown - 48 studio hours per garment
Note. Basic sewing skills are required for this courses, fabric for the garment is paid additionally or brought by the student
The course includes making a garment prototype for a customer (Pattern-making + fittings and pattern correction)
Fashion Collection - from concept to implementation
This course has helped many students to create formidable fashion collections that were displayed on Fashion Weeks/Design contests. See course details
On-line / Off-line consultations
You will be guided through all fashion portfolio requirements with focus on fashion drawing, fabric manipulation, or technical skills.
Fashion History
Series of interactive lectures that present Fashion History throughout ages. You will learn about styles and shapes of costumes from Ancient Greece and Egypt to Modern time by coming across Rome and its Empire, by exploring Dark Ages and Renaissance, by watching extreme opulence of Louis XIV court, by marching with Napoleon troops …
Fashion and Subculture of 20 century workshop will equip you with knowledge of modern and contemporary Fashion history and its close interconnection with subculture. You will navigate through the turbulent 20th century with its ups and downs where Fashion and Art played a crucial role in constructing social and individual identity hand by hand with flourishing underground and subculture scene.
Art History short trek
-The course gives a dynamic overview of art movements and works of individual artists
-provides a road map of “human creativity in process”
-explains cultural and historical background of major artistic styles appearance and decline.
You will have a unique opportunity to navigate through Western Art history and obtain the ground knowledge about its timeline and events. Besides, you will be encouraged to develop a body of artwork based upon free interpretation of excising masterpieces, automatic drawing, and abstract expression. In order to succeed, you will use your courage, imagination and creativity..
