Clothing, Fashion Design
&
Tailoring
Course Description
Art
Fashion Design is the application of art, creativity and
aesthetics to clothing and other lifestyle accessories.
Textile and Apparel Design, commonly referred to as Fashion
Design, relates the physical properties of textiles to our human need for
functional and fashionable clothing and home accessories.
This option combines the art of design and the perspective of
history in a rich, challenging learning environment that prepares you for
dynamic business opportunities and careers at the creative forefront of the
textile industry. It is a global business and one of the largest employers of
the world’s workforce. This exciting, lucrative and growing market sector has
many rich employment and business opportunities for fashion students, sourcing all
linked Retail and On-line Operations.
By choosing to study Clothing, Fashion Design and Tailoring at
Sage By Dee Entrepreneurs Academy, designers must possess an acute visual
sensibility informed by the leading aesthetic, social and technical forces of
our time. In this Department of clothing, Fashion design and tailoring will be
incorporated with merchandising, and you will be offered a challenging and
concentrated foundation in:
1.drawing and design fundamentals
2.draping
3.Pattern making
4.construction
5.fabric analysis.
Our clothing, fashion design and tailoring coursework is
complemented by supporting courses in product development, merchandising,
textile science, and in the historical, cultural and psychological aspects of
textiles and dress.
This inclusive
preparation provides you with background necessary to enter a diverse array of entrepreneurial
and careers in textile and apparel-related business, in design, product
development, promotion, pattern making, and freelance studio work related to
the textile and apparel professions.
It is initially a gate way and a pleasant opportunity to launch
your own clothing line. This field also focuses on the management of fashion
items and the trade that consists of this type of products and involves an
in-depth understanding of the different steps of creation, production and
marketing of items.
This course encompasses a series of sub-disciplines, such as
women and men clothing designs, jewelry design and production,
all covering the whole production and supply chain of this industry.
We aim at teaching students how to design their ideas and
transform them into products that satisfy all potential requirements and
sustainable business development.
This field will encourage and enable students to draw upon the
creative and artistic problem-solving solutions in structures and materials of
clothing. Students will also pursue an analytic and critic approach to trends
and events, develop creativity and talent as well as practical ability and
technical understanding.
This very comprehensive and innovative course will
give you a professional insight to all the different business opportunities
that exist within the fashion industry. You will have the opportunity to learn
not only the theoretical and practical skills required of a fashion design
role, but also essential personal skills such as self-confidence, presentation, organization, the ability to work with others and an opportunity to discover
and express your own creative identity.
The Clothing, Fashion Design and Tailoring training offered at Sage by Dee Entrepreneurs Academy is designed to accomplish high academic standards
in an exciting exploration of the latest techniques and processes of the
Fashion Industry.
Aim is to influentially establish you to own your own labels. Sage
By Dee Entrepreneurs Academy has been designed as an inspirational place to
think, create and learn, equipped with the needed facilities expected of a
modern education center.
Our academic staff are highly experienced and have all
worked in this demanding industry for years.
We teach and encourage design creativity, originality and
imagination combined with commercial business sense across most areas of
Fashion. Ranging from street wear, sportswear, contemporary fashion, evening
wear. We cover “A to Z” of this fantastic industry and we will guide each
individual student through the different stages of structured formal education
and creating a successful business.
Clothing, Fashion Design and Tailoring is big business.
Being a Clothing,
Fashion Designer is a great business with many opportunities to either create
and stand out with your own brands and collections or to gain employment in one
of the numerous fashion houses.
Our tailoring course is ideal to get you started. We can teach
you all the basics including an understanding of your sewing machine, accurate
stitching and basic problem solving (or avoiding!).
Late Registration: 30 September 2023
Course Start Date: 26 October 2023
Duration: 3 Months Total Course Hours: 144hrs
Registration
and Connection Fee: N$ 980-00
Monthly fee: N$1950-00
Course Completion Benefits:
Certificate
1
x Sewing Machine and a Fashion dictionary.
Free
3 Months mentorship
Discounted Subscription membership for 6 months.
Ms. Sophia Nendongo- Fashion Designer
My name is Sophia Nendongo 33 years of age, born and raised in Walvis Bay Namibia. At an early age I started designing paper dresses and cutting them out and dressing paper dolls. It all ended up as my passion to do designing.
When I completed high school, I went to college of the Arts. I did a 3 year diploma course in fashion design 2008, awarded as best student for the year. In 2010 I represented Namibia as one of the young designer at the world Expo Shanghai China and received recognition for 3 outfits during same year. In 2014 I had my first solo fashion show and 2015 I dressed 2 finalists for Miss Namibia.
ln 2019 I took part in the first Namibian Katutura fashion week which is
one of the remarkable yearly event.
Ms. Ursula Kandu- Tailor
I am Ms. Ursula Kandu, with over 30 years of experience, I appreciate sharing my skills, knowledge and experiences in the Tailoring industry with individuals who are passionate about this industry. I deliver the best of my capabilities when it comes to service delivery. I trained so far +-over a 100 individuals who have grown very well in this industry.
I started my career in 1991 at Namib Clothing till 1994. In the early 90's I had the opportunity to create uniform for the South African Police force, including our Namibian Police force.
Joined Damar Clothing in 1995 - 2000,and by 2001 till 2003 I work for Panduko Textile, of which I was scouted to go work for Ramatex during my late 2000's. From 2008-2017 I worked for the dynamic Eagles Upholstery.