Creative Fashion Directing
A course by la casita de wendy, Fashion Designer
Learn to design, plan out, and coordinate the creation of fashion garments
Interested in getting a closer look at the process of fashion direction from start to finish? Inés Aguilar—designer, creative director, and founder of la casita de wendy—is ready to guide you through that process. The collections from her well-known brand feature striking prints, colors, and materials that are sold in top stores around the globe.
In another of her courses, Design of Textile Prints, Inés teaches you how to design garments for manual and digital printing with a special focus on understanding the entire design process and on finding inspiration to spur creative direction.
What will you learn in this online course?
13 lessons & 16 downloads
What's included in this course?
To begin, look for a theme that serves as a basis for your fashion collection. Then, research that topic and develop a mood board and a notebook full of inspiring images. Select a color range based on the theme, prepare sketches, design the silhouettes, and choose the right materials to build your collection.
Next, take it a step further by adding more details and preparing the technical sheet, an essential document that lays out the characteristics of the collection for workshops and pattern makers.
Inés then invites you into her studio to get a closer look at the patterns for each garment before showing you how she makes adjustments on a garment prototype, or toile, so you can see the complete production process from the inside.
After that, she unveils the completed garments in their definitive fabrics to discuss finishes, techniques, fabrics, and silhouettes in detail.
Lastly, explore the catalog of the complete collection to gain a better sense and understanding of it in its entirety.
- 99% positive reviews (344)
- 6,769 students
- 13 lessons (2h 22m)
- 16 additional resources (10 files)
- Online and at your own pace
- Available on the app
- Audio: Spanish, English, French, Italian, Portuguese, Turkish
- Spanish · English · Portuguese · Italian · French · Turkish
- Level: Beginner
- Unlimited access forever
What is this course's project?
Devise and design a small fashion collection of three garments using different techniques, as well as your chosen theme and your mood board as the common thread.
Projects by course students
Who is this online course for?
Designers, illustrators, and fashion lovers who are looking to reflect their ideas creatively through clothing.
Requirements and materials
No previous experience is required for this course. In terms of materials, you need a tape measure, pencil, paper, scissors, tape, and colored pencils.
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la casita de wendy
A course by la casita de wendy
Inés Aguilar is the designer and creator behind the brand La Casita de Wendy, founded over 17 years ago. She’s developed collections to sell internationally in prestigious stores such as Anthropologie in the EEUU, Cocktail in Hong-Kong, and Lamp in Tokyo.
At La Casita de Wendy, Inés and her team create garments with simple shapes, allowing the graphic designs or patterns printed on the fabric and the selection of colors and materials to be the real protagonists. Through viewing its garments as a unique medium of communication, the brand strives to tell stories with its designs.
Inés combines her role as creative director of the brand with teaching. She has taught in Madrid at the Universidad Europea, the Higher Technical School of Architecture, and the IED design school, where she currently directs the master's degree in textile and surface design.
Content
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U1
Introduction
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Presentation
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Influences
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U2
Inspiration and elements of composition
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Inspiration
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Composition elements: color, line and material
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U3
Design
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Card of color
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Lines and silhouettes
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materials
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U4
Realization of the garments
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Data sheet
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Pattern
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Prototype
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Final garments
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U5
Collections, garments and finishes
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Garment finishes and different techniques
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Collections
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FP
Final project
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Creative fashion direction
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What to expect from a Domestika course
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Learn at your own pace
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Learn from the best professionals
Learn valuable methods and techniques explained by top experts in the creative sector.
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Meet expert teachers
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Certificates
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Get front-row seats
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Share knowledge and ideas
Ask questions, request feedback, or offer solutions. Share your learning experience with other students in the community who are as passionate about creativity as you are.
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Connect with a global creative community
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FAQs
You’ll learn how to develop a fashion collection from initial inspiration all the way through to completion, applying embroidery, patchwork, color palette selection, pattern making, and creating technical sheets to craft original, cohesive garments.
This is an intermediate-level course, recommended for those with basic knowledge of fashion, design, or sewing who want to deepen their skills in handcrafted techniques and collection development.
You’ll need drawing supplies, a variety of fabrics, embroidery threads, basic sewing tools, access to digital design software (like Illustrator), and visual references for inspiration.
The course covers geometric and traditional embroidery techniques, patchwork, textile print creation, and handcrafted applications on garments to personalize and enhance your designs.
You’ll learn how to select and organize colors, build a coherent color chart, visualize colors on different fabrics and skin tones, and coordinate your palette with your collection’s theme.
Yes, you’ll do sketches, fashion figures, moodboards, reference panels, and detailed technical sheets to clearly communicate your designs and specifications to workshops and pattern makers.
The course teaches you how to research and reinterpret historical and cultural references, applying folk motifs and traditional techniques to create modern, original garments.
Me encantó
super interesante, el curso lo recomiendo para quienes necesiten dar los pasos esenciales y poder crear una colección de moda
Great introduction to the course as well as some of the actual students~~people I will be working with and learning from.
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Molto interessante e pieno di spunti per chi è alle prime armi con il modo del design di moda. Grazie Casita de Wendy
Bueno el curso pero encuentro que igual no va muy en profundidad sobre algunas temáticas