VSC Fashion Design Rating Categories:

Find your skill level using VSC’s fashion design rating categories. This is the most accurate rating system available.

Beginner: The client has either zero OR some basic skills, knowledge and experience in sewing, pattern drafting, French draping or pattern grading.

Intermediate: The client has moderate skills, knowledge and experience in sewing, pattern drafting, French draping or pattern grading.

Advanced: The client has superior skills, knowledge and experience in sewing, pattern drafting, French draping or pattern grading.

Professional: The client has solid skills and experience in sewing, pattern drafting, French draping or pattern grading, and is making a professional living from her/his fashion design skills.

PLEASE NOTE: Inquire about our FREE Bonus Gifts Giveaway. Depending on the Fashion Design Long Program selection our client chooses, we are giving away either one or up to $3,500.00 in FREE BONUS GIFTS, such as the following items:

*FREE BRAND-NEW Singer Domestic Sewing Machine (Retail Value $200)

*FREE BRAND-NEW Designer’s Dress Form, Size 6 or 8 (Retail Value $600)

*FREE BRAND-NEW Juki Industrial Sewing Machine DDL 8300N, including Table and Motor (Retail Value $1,350)

*FREE BRAND-NEW Sewing Feet Attachments for the Sewing Machine – up to 35 (Retail Value $300)

*FREE BRAND-NEW Juki Domestic 4 Thread Overlock Serger (Retail Value $500)

*FREE BRAND-NEW Drafting and Sewing Kits, which include metal L-shape ruler, metal French curve, metal meter stick, pattern notcher, tracing wheel, 24” see-thru ruler, measurement tape, Kai 8” dressmaker shears, Kai 6 ½” sewing scissors, thread clipper, bobbin case, bobbins, pattern awl, Japanese tailor’s ruler, Hong Kong designer’s curve ruler, measurement tape, seam ripper, sewing machine needles, tailor chalk wheel, magnetic gauge, fabric markers, sewing machine zipper foot, bias tape maker, sewing pins and drafting pencils (Retail Value $550)

All Fashion Design Long Program Cost and Duration: Under current Canadian law, we are unable to provide the price and the number of classes online OR over the phone for all Fashion Design Long Programs. However, if you want to inquire and discuss details in-person about the price OR number of classes for any of these Fashion Design Long Programs, please schedule an appointment by calling us at (604) 879-2100 or you can email us at info@sewingclassesvancouver.ca.

Program Title: The Master Fashion Design Program

Fashion Design Rating Category: Beginner OR Intermediate

Program Description: Currently, this is one of the most comprehensive and unique one-of-a-kind Master Fashion Design Programs in the world. In the long Master Fashion Design Program, the client will learn all essential trade secrets, as well as all the different techniques, components, elements, and construction methods used by industry experts and professionals from around the world to design, sew, pattern draft, French drape and pattern grade for women’s wear, men’s wear, children’s wear, and maternity’s wear. The client will learn 100% hands-on to create sportswear, casual wear, athletic wear, evening wear, street wear, costume design, jeans wear, business attire, uniforms, etc. The program will teach and guide the client on how to produce their own line of clothing in Asia, as well as providing valuable manufacturing contacts and referrals. At the end of the program, the client will master all technical fashion design skills, and she/he will create 10-15 showroom garment samples ready for any wholesale tradeshow and overseas production.

Program Accomplishments: The client will learn up to 400 different industrial sewing techniques and up to 25 sewing binders of full-scale sewing samples for their future reference. The client will draft up to 50 different slopers/blocks, as well as create up to 80 complete sets of patterns ready for mass production. The client will be able to sew, draft, French drape and grade up to 80 prototype muslin mock-ups, and complete and finish up to 50 complete garments. The client will receive up to 12,000 pages of notes and formulas from up to 40 different modern technical fashion design textbooks used by fashion schools around the world. The client will receive up to 1,500 names and contacts of suppliers and garment factories in Asia.

Program Title: The Bachelor Fashion Design Program

Fashion Design Rating Category: Beginner OR Intermediate

 Program Description: The Bachelor Fashion Design Program is a simpler and smaller version of the Master Fashion Design Program that covers womenswear, menswear, children’s wear, and maternity wear. It is a program that no school in the world will have in their curriculum. The program is packed with high technical skills that teach the client how to become an experienced technical fashion designer. This program covers all aspects of real fashion trade skills, such as industrial sewing, industrial pattern drafting, French draping, industrial pattern grading, and preparing a tech pack, how to mass produce a line, how to create a business plan, and how to save costs and increase profits. The Bachelor Fashion Design Program teaches people how to become a skillful, savvy fashion designer in the apparel business. The client will also learn how to create designs from scratch or learn how to copy high-end garments into paper patterns and have them reproduced in South East Asia at a much lower cost to maximize her/his profits. In addition, the client will have the opportunity to design, create and produce her/his line of clothing to sell OR to showcase in a wholesale tradeshow.

Program Accomplishments: The client will learn up to 350 different industrial sewing techniques and up to 20 sewing binders of full-scale sewing samples for their future reference. The client will draft up to 40 different slopers/blocks, as well as create up to 70 complete sets of patterns ready for mass production. The client will be able to sew, draft, French drape and grade up to 70 prototype muslin mock-ups, and complete and finish up to 50 complete garments. The client will receive up to 11,000 pages of notes and formulas from up to 40 different modern technical fashion design textbooks used by fashion schools around the world. The client will receive up to 1,500 names and contacts of suppliers and garment factories in Asia.

Program Title: Fashion Design Vancouver Entrepreneurship Program

Fashion Design Rating Category: Beginner OR Intermediate

Program Description: This program is specifically designed for a client who wants to learn the whole spectrum of technical industrial pattern drafting, industrial sewing, French draping and industrial pattern grading, so she/he can create her/his own clothing line, as well as create their own business brand. This program will help the client understand how garments are created from scratch, cut and sewn, fitted, sized, stitched and mass produced, how to market and how to achieve the perfect product to be sold in retail stores or at a wholesale trade show. The client will learn all women’s tops, skirts, pants, casual dresses, formal dresses, jackets, vests, coats, corsets, bustiers, knitwear, sportswear, denim, etc., as well some menswear designs.

Program Accomplishments: The client will learn up to 300 different industrial sewing techniques and up to 20 sewing binders of full-scale sewing samples for their future reference. The client will draft up to 30 different slopers/blocks, as well as create up to 50 complete sets of patterns ready for mass production. The client will be able to sew, draft, French drape and grade up to 50 prototype muslin mock-ups, and complete and finish up to 40 complete garments. The client will receive up to 10,000 pages of notes and formulas from up to 40 different modern technical fashion design textbooks used by fashion schools around the world. The client will receive up to 1,500 names and contacts of suppliers and garment factories in Asia.

Program Title: VSC Fashion Design Program

Fashion Design Rating Category: Beginner OR Intermediate

Program Description: This is a technical fashion design program for those clients who want to learn and master all facets of technical design trade skills, such as industrial pattern drafting, industrial sewing, French draping and industrial pattern grading, so she/he can work in the fashion industry. This program will focus 100% entirely on professional techniques, high-level-of-difficulty elements, components and constructions, as well as learning all the tricks of the trade.

Program Accomplishments: The client will learn up to 350 different industrial sewing techniques and up to 25 sewing binders of full-scale sewing samples for their future reference. The client will draft up to 40 different slopers/blocks, as well as create up to 50 complete sets of patterns ready for mass production. The client will be able to sew, draft, French drape and grade up to 50 prototype muslin mock-ups, and complete and finish up to 35 complete garments. The client will receive up to 9,000 pages of notes and formulas from up to 40 different modern technical fashion design textbooks used by fashion schools around the world. The client will receive up to 1,500 names and contacts of suppliers and garment factories in Asia.

Program Title: Women’s Ready-To-Wear Fashion Design Program

Fashion Design Rating Category: Beginner OR Intermediate

Program Description: The client will learn all the essential technical fashion design skills to design, pattern draft, drape, cut, sew and pattern grade professionally for women’s ready-to-wear apparel. This program will focus on women’s casual wear, streetwear, and business attire. The client will learn to design and create women’s blouses, tops, skirts, pants, jackets, coats, casual dresses, etc.

Program Accomplishments: The client will learn up to 250 different industrial sewing techniques and up to 15 sewing binders of full-scale sewing samples for their future reference. The client will draft up to 20 different slopers/blocks, as well as create up to 40 complete sets of patterns ready for mass production. The client will be able to sew, draft, French drape and grade up to 40 prototype muslin mock-ups, and complete and finish up to 25 complete garments. The client will receive up to 7,000 pages of notes and formulas from up to 20 different modern technical fashion design textbooks used by fashion schools around the world. The client will receive up to 1,500 names and contacts of suppliers and garment factories in Asia.

Program Title: The Complete Menswear Fashion Design Program

Fashion Design Rating Category: Beginner OR Intermediate

Program Description:  This program is all about menswear design. The client will learn all the essential fashion design technical skills for industrial pattern drafting, industrial sewing and pattern grading. The client will learn how to create men’s casual wear, streetwear, athletic wear, and formal wear design, including shirts, casual and dress pants, hoodies, track pants, shorts, vests, jackets, coats, etc.

Program Accomplishments: The client will learn up to 200 different industrial sewing techniques with up to 10 sewing binders with over 150 full size scale sewing samples; draft up to 15 different slopers/blocks; and create up to 30 complete sets of patterns ready for production. The client will be able to sew, draft and grade up to 30 prototype muslin mock-ups, and complete and finish up to 10 garments. The client will receive up to 3,000 pages of notes and formulas from up to 10 modern technical fashion design textbooks used by fashion schools around the world.

Program Title: Apparel Knock Off Fashion Design Program

Fashion Design Rating Category: Beginner OR Intermediate

Program Description: The Apparel Knock Off Fashion Design Program is a new fashion design program that teaches clients how to copy and replicate finished garments from any fashion house, anywhere in the world, by using industry basic to advanced drafting techniques, as well as French draping techniques to copy and transfer the garment patterns onto paper patterns for mass production. The client will learn how to draft basic slopers/blocks and manipulate them to copy real garment designs by learning how to measure, size and grade. The client will have the choice of copying womenswear or menswear designs in this program.

Program Accomplishments: The client will learn up to 250 different industrial sewing techniques and up to 15 sewing binders of full-scale sewing samples for their future reference. The client will draft up to 20 different slopers/blocks, as well as create up to 30 complete sets of patterns ready for mass production. The client will be able to sew, draft, French drape and grade up to 30 prototype muslin mock-ups, and complete and finish up to 20 complete garments. The client will receive up to 4,000 pages of notes and formulas from up to 10 different modern technical fashion design textbooks used by fashion schools around the world. The client will receive up to 1,500 names and contacts of suppliers and garment factories in Asia.

Program Title: The Complete Dress Making Program

Fashion Design Rating Category: Beginner OR Intermediate

Program Description: This program is about the art of dress making. The main curriculum emphasis will be on learning all essential technical fashion design skills, such as industrial sewing, industrial pattern drafting, French draping, and industrial pattern grading. The client will learn how to create made-to-measure garments OR custom-design casual to formalwear dresses from photographs, Instagram, magazines or red- carpet award shows.

Program Accomplishments: The client will learn up to 200 different industrial sewing techniques and up to 15 sewing binders of full-scale sewing samples for their future reference. The client will draft up to 20 different slopers/blocks, as well as create up to 25 complete sets of patterns ready for mass production. The client will be able to sew, draft, French drape and grade up to 25 prototype muslin mock-ups, and complete and finish up to 18 complete garments. The client will receive up to 4,000 pages of notes and formulas from up to 12 different modern technical fashion design textbooks used by fashion schools around the world. The client will receive up to 1,500 names and contacts of suppliers and garment factories in Asia.

 Program Title: The Complete Bridal Couture Fashion Design Program

Fashion Design Rating Category: Beginner OR Intermediate

Program Description: This program will focus on the art of bridal dress making. The curriculum focus will be on helping the client understand and learn all essential skills, such as designing, industrial pattern drafting, French draping, industrial sewing and industrial grading techniques. The client will learn how to measure and create custom-design wedding gowns and eveningwear dresses. The client will learn how to design and construct all different silhouettes and styles of bridal dresses from all different time periods, right up to the 21st century. Clients will also work with laces, beads and appliques.

Program Accomplishments: The client will learn up to 200 different industrial sewing techniques and up to 14 sewing binders of full-scale sewing samples for their future reference. The client will draft up to 18 different slopers/blocks, as well as create up to 25 complete sets of patterns ready for mass production. The client will be able to sew, draft, French drape and grade up to 25 prototype muslin mock-ups, and complete and finish up to 18 complete garments. The client will receive up to 3,000 pages of notes and formulas from up to 15 different modern technical fashion design textbooks used by fashion schools around the world. The client will receive up to 1,500 names and contacts of suppliers and garment factories in Asia.

Program Title: VSC 1 Haute Couture Fashion Design Program

Fashion Design Rating Category: Beginner OR Intermediate

Program Description: This brand new innovative program was created for designers OR beginners who want to learn how to combine haute couture and fashion design together. Clients will learn and challenge themselves by creating something exquisite and unique from head to toe. Clients will learn all the couture techniques by combining sewing, French draping, beading and using hand sewing techniques to create one-of-a-kind garments that look and feel like they belong in Milan and Paris Haute Couture runway shows. The client will learn all the tricks of the trade to produce a masterpiece creation. In addition, the client will have the opportunity to experiment with creative design from start to finish. This is a great program for someone who wishes to challenge herself/himself to create something truly spectacular.

Program Accomplishments: The client will learn up to 200 different industrial sewing techniques and up to 10 sewing binders of full-scale sewing samples for their future reference. The client will draft up to 18 different slopers/blocks, as well as create up to 15 complete sets of patterns ready for mass production. The client will be able to sew, draft, French drape and grade up to 15 prototype muslin mock-ups, and complete and finish up to seven garments. The client will receive up to 3,000 pages of notes and formulas from up to eight different modern technical fashion design textbooks used by fashion schools around the world. The client will receive up to 1,500 names and contacts of suppliers and garment factories in Asia.

Program Title: The Complete Children’s Wear Fashion Design Program

Fashion Design Rating Category: Beginner OR Intermediate

Program Description: The client will learn all the technical skills to design, pattern draft, cut, sew and pattern grade children’s wear. This program will focus on designing a children’s apparel line.

Program Accomplishments: The client will learn up to 150 different industrial sewing techniques and up to 10 sewing binders of full-scale sewing samples for their future reference. The client will draft up to 18 different slopers/blocks, as well as create up to 15 complete sets of patterns ready for mass production. The client will be able to sew, draft and grade up to 20 prototype muslin mock-ups, and complete and finish up to 15 complete garments. The client will receive up to 3,000 pages of notes and formulas from up to 10 different modern technical fashion design textbooks used by fashion schools around the world. The client will receive up to 1,500 names and contacts of suppliers and garment factories in Asia.

Program Title: Women’s Knitwear Fashion Design Program

Fashion Design Rating Category: Beginner OR Intermediate

Program Description: The client will learn and understand how to design and work with knit fabric to create well fitted garments. The program focuses on knit tops, bottoms, jackets, bodysuits, leotards, leggings, hoodies, swimwear, and dresses, as well as athletic wear and sportswear. The client will learn and master all the technical skills to design, pattern draft, drape, cut, sew and pattern grade women’s knitwear. This program will focus on designing and creating knitwear apparel for the modern career woman.

Program Accomplishments: The client will learn up to 100 different industrial sewing techniques and up to 9 sewing binders of full-scale sewing samples for their future reference. The client will draft up to 15 different slopers/blocks, as well as create up to 25 complete sets of patterns ready for mass production. The client will be able to sew, draft, French drape, and grade up to 25 prototype muslin mock-ups, and complete and finish up to 18 complete garments. The client will receive up to 3,000 pages of notes and formulas from up to 15 different modern technical fashion design textbooks used by fashion schools around the world. The client will receive up to 1,500 names and contacts of suppliers and garment factories in Asia.