Fashion
Our fashion courses help learners to become highly competent in design, with professional, specialist, practical and technical skills.
With daytime and evening courses to choose from, WAES classes are taught by professional and highly qualified tutors who work within the fashion and textiles industry and are respected for their technical skills and creativity.
At WAES you will:
- Use new bespoke fashion workshop facilities
- Gain a thorough introduction to design, sewing-machine skills, fashion embellishment, fabric manipulation, pattern cutting and garment construction techniques
- Learn to make and market your own product
- Learn to create scarves, bags, skirts, dresses and tops
Learn new techniques and improve your career prospects
Whether you’re a beginner looking to study our one-day taster sessions or an advanced student considering a career in fashion or self-employment, our aim is to improve your future study and career prospects.
Browse our courses below or contact us for more information.
For the following courses, you may be eligible for full or partial government funding or a loan, depending on factors like your age, location, residency status, employment situation, or income.
This UAL accredited course is designed to introduce you to the creative and practical skills required to study at a higher level in fashion design with the intent to work in the fashion design or related industries.
On this year long course, you will gain key knowledge, skills and understanding of the fashion design process so you can create your first designed garments. These be showcased in the end of year fashion show.
This UAL accredited course is designed to develop your creative and practical skills required to work in the fashion industry. Through research, skill-based workshops and experimentation with a range of techniques and materials, you will begin to develop your knowledge of a wide range of creative fashion techniques. The garments you create will be showcased in the end of year fashion show.
Please note: This is a year-long course.
Please note: This is a year-long course. In term one and two, this course runs on Thursdays and Friday, 09.30-16.00. In term 3, it runs on Thursdays only, 09.30-16.00
This UAL accredited course is designed to progress further your creative and practical fashion design skills.
This Level 1 NCFE Award is for beginners, or those with little experience. It will introduce you to the technical and creative skills used in the Fashion Design industry. It will teach you skills necessary to progress onto our UAL Level 2 course in Fashion starting in September.
The following courses must be paid for in full before starting, but in some cases there may be discounts available depending on eligibility.
This course is for clothes making beginners. In this course will learn how make a basic top in calico (unbleached cotton fabric) and then make the garment in your chosen fabric.
Learn how to make your own clothes on this short beginner's course. It will teach you how to use the sewing machine, as well as basic sewing techniques and processes. You will learn to construct a simple garment.
This course will introduction you to the core skills of pattern cutting, enabling you to use basic blocks to create simple patterns. You will learn how to drape on the stand and how to extract a pattern from your design and reproduce it in toile fabric.
Corsetry is about structure, silhouette and engineering in fabric. In our new and exciting 16-hour beginner corsetry course, you will learn how to draft construct and lace a custom-fit corset.
This course is where fashion meets engineering and where fabric becomes form.
- Highly qualified and professionally experienced tutors
- Accessible Central London centres with bespoke facilities and great transport connections
- A wide range of in-person, online, distance learning and community-based courses
- Unique work experience opportunities through partnerships
- Guest speakers offer introductions to career pathways in a variety of sectors
- Excellent progression to employment, apprenticeships or further learning including university
