Foundation course in Fashion Design & Business
Course Summary School: ESMOD Paris
Location: France, Paris
Education: Diploma
This program is an in depth introduction to the French Fashion Industry and its cultural and artistic influences. Students will acquire a solid base in art-history, fashion culture, sculpture, fashion design, figure drawing and patternmaking. This 6-month foundation course helps students develop their creative voice and prepares them for the rigors of an art and design program. An optional module of French as a second Language is also available.
This program is available in both French and English
This multidisciplinary course includes seminars, creative workshops, and offsite visits in Paris.
Taught by industry professionals each specialized in various domains in the fashion Industry.
Module Foundation Course
- Exploring the city of Paris through its architecture, art and fashion history.
- Artistic techniques
- Sketching, sculpture,photography,videos,illustrations, graphic design, color studies.
- Fashion Design
- Fashion drawing, style books, portfolio design, color stories, textiles
- Patternmaking
- Introduction to 3d draping
- Introduction to flat patternmaking
- Fashion Culture
- Important brands and designers in France and the world
- Important trends and forecasting offices
- Introduction to marketing
- Evaluate the importance of marketing, underlining brand concept, target audience, product collection, distribution and merchandising for a successful fashion business.
- Introduction to communication
- How to make a designer visible and how to talk about the brand?
- Begin to understand how to organize a powerful communication as well as events to attract consumers to buy a fashion product.
+ French as a foreign Language module
Throughout the 6 months students are taught French with an additional week of classes in September as a refresher.
8900 €
Written and oral techniques
French Fashion Vocabulary
