Create a portfolio and turn your creativity and passion into a career in fashion design with this free online course.

Imagine models strutting up and down a runway wearing the designs you created to the delight of the audience. Although the fashion industry is highly competitive, certain skills and tools can set you apart. The experts from the Academy of Skills designed this course to teach fashion drawing to absolute beginners and anyone who wants to learn how to capture their sense of style on paper. We explain how to create a mood board, portfolio and produce a successful fashion show.

This fashion course explores the design principles used to create beautiful clothes. We discuss the role of elements like balance, scale and proportion in designing a garment or collection. We show you how colours and patterns are used in fashion drawing to bring your creative vision to life. The course goes through some important fashion history and discusses the magnificent couture and ready-to-wear trends that evolved in the second half of the 20th century. We explain how contributions from various designers and cultures created the trends we buy today.

We then discuss textiles and examine the qualities of different fabrics. We identify designs to which they are most suited and discuss the role of sustainable fashion. We help you to appreciate the intricate details that go into the production of a fashion show. Finally, the course looks at the business side of fashion design and highlights the best practices for creating a strategic marketing plan for product sales. We explain how to define your target customer and promote the clothing line you have created with your newfound skill. Creating new clothes can be a wonderful creative enterprise and lucrative career. Sign up to learn how to turn your sense of style and creativity into a career in fashion design.