Programme Overview
There are various essential skills used by a designer to build a successful business as a fashion designer such as thinking like an entrepreneur, finding out how businesses work, and making relationships with a wide range of people like manufacturers, investors, and buyers.
However, becoming a successful Fashion Designer is highly creative and artistic, with strong drawing skills, an understanding of texture, colour, and fabric, strong visualization skills, the ability to work well with a team, etc.
Programme Objective
The Programme will provide participants with the ability to:
Learn all the essential tools and processes to create a fashion collection and a fashion
Understand how to balance the colours, fabrics, and patterns within their design.
Acquire skills to analyse existing fashion trends and create innovative new styles.
How to Invest in the African Fashion Industry
Programme Content
Participants in the programme will focus on the following modules:
Module 1: Introduction
• Learn Fashion Design Skills
o Creativity and Proactivity
o Interpersonal Skills
o Visualization and Sketching Skills
o Communication Skills
• Working Out Which Fashion Is Your Passion
o Decide which design field is your Principal Interest
o Downsize Ego
o Ask Customers what they Need
• Make Concessions
Module 2: Become a Successful Fashion Designer
• Highly Creative and Design Skills
• Mastering in Fashion Design Software and Technology
• Create the Best Portfolio
• Excellent Communication and Interpersonal Skills
• Interest in Current Fashion Trends
Module 3: Start a Business as a Fashion Designer
• Think Like an Entrepreneur
• Know Who your Clients are
• Start Small with One Product
• Set Right Prices
• Put Everything on a Website
• Vision for Brand Identity
• Promote the Brand on Social Media
• Distribute Flyers and Brochures
Module 4: Design Clothes
• Learn about Fabrics and Textures
• Explore Colour Theory
• Use CAD for Fashion Design
• Use Design Software
• Pattern-Making
• Get Inspiration from History and Film
Who Should Attend?
The programme is suitable for a wide range of professionals but will be specifically beneficial to:
All participants who want to know more about Africa Fashion Industry
Foreign students who want an exchange programme in Ghana
Registration
Click HERE to register
Facilitators
Mr. Emmanuel Bonnie / Mr. Michael Tetteh