Fashion

Pre-requisites
No previous experience required.
Qualification
ICS Diploma
Support and benefits

Complimentary watercolours and colour wheel
Access to a dedicated ICS tutor to mentor and motivate you throughout

















































Key topics

Design for Craft
Consider the importance of colour in fashion and examine how people respond to different colours. Learn how to combine colours successfully. Gain some practical experience of experimenting with fabrics and colour to create designs.

Sewing
Learn how to sew several types of temporary and permanent stitches, and how to produce a variety of basic seams. Discover how to correctly take body measurements.

Dressmaking Processes
Learn how to prepare fabric, transfer pattern marking onto fabric, tack a garment, shape a garment, prepare facings, turn hems, create buttonholes and add buttons.

Decorative Features
Learn how to add zips, collars and cuffs. Discover how to use hooks and eyes, hooks and bars, snaps, trouser clips and Velcro as fasteners.

Fibres and Fabrics
Explore the qualities of different fibres and fabrics, and learn how to choose the right fabric for the garment that you are making. Discover how to correctly handle fabrics which need special attention, and how to remove stains, wash and iron garments correctly.

Miscellaneous Garments
Consider maternity wear, underwear and nightwear. Explore outfits for babies and children. Learn how to attach lace to garments, and how to create pockets and different styles of pleats.

Embroidery and Decoration
Learn how to transfer embroidery designs from paper to fabric. Explore scalloped edges, ruffles, fringes, tassels, rouleau, piping, bows and ribbons. Learn how to apply beads and sequins, and how to make belts and belt loops.

Pattern Alteration and Fitting
Discover how to make bodice, sleeve and skirt alterations, and how to adjust the shoulder and neckline. Learn how to raise or lower a waistline, and how to adjust poorly fitted skirts.

Course Code
D46
Hours of study
18 months / 180 hours
Technical requirements
None



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Outline
You’ll complete sixteen formative assessments during your course and three projects on completion of your course. You’ll also be required to produce a work folder. Multiple choice assessments can be completed online; other formative assessments and your projects must be posted to ICS.
It is simple and easy to complete multiple choice assessments online via the ICS Student Community. When you complete a multiple choice assessment online, it is marked instantly, meaning that you receive your result straightaway. This allows you to progress through your course without delay. It is, however, also possible to handwrite your answers and post these to ICS.
Assessment Breakdown

Formative Assessment 1: 10 multiple choice questions
Formative Assessment 2: a practical assignment requiring you to experiment with different materials, colours textures and designs
Formative Assessment 3: 10 multiple choice questions
Formative Assessment 4: a practical assignment involving sewing
Formative Assessment 5: 10 multiple choice questions
Formative Assessment 6: a practical assignment requiring you to demonstrate various dressmaking processes
Formative Assessment 7: 10 multiple choice questions
Formative Assessment 8: a practical assignment requiring you to create various decorative features
Formative Assessment 9: 15 multiple choice questions
Formative Assessment 10: a practical assignment requiring you to demonstrate your ability to design and plan a dress
Formative Assessment 11: 16 multiple choice questions
Formative Assessment 12: a practical assignment requiring you to create various samples using fine fabrics
Formative Assessment 13: 15 multiple choice questions
Formative Assessment 14: a practical assignment requiring you to demonstrate embroidery and decoration skills and also complete a health and safety exercise
Formative Assessment 15: 10 multiple choice questions
Formative Assessment 16: a practical assignment requiring you to design a dress featuring creative embroidery
Projects
Project 1: design and create either a top (blouse, shirt or jacket) or a dress
Project 2: design and create a skirt, trousers or a decorated waist slip
Project 3: design and create a waistcoat
Work Folder: a collection of items from throughout the course that indicate your abilities
Notes
Each multiple choice question comes with four potential answers. Only one of these answers is correct; the other three are wrong. You must identify the correct answer.
Please note that the assessment fee is additional to your course fees.
Your work from the practical assignments may, if you wish, be included in the work folder for assessment.