Fabrics and Materials for Fashion Brands: Choose, Test and Source the Right Fabric
FREE COURSETaught in English
Fabrics and Materials for Fashion Brands: Choose, Test and Source the Right Fabric
A free, practical course that teaches fabric from the ground up: fibres, construction and weight, matching fabric to the garment, colour and prints, swatch, lab and roll inspection tests, where fabric comes from and its MOQs, working out fabric consumption and cost, trims, honest sustainability claims, then a fabric library and a 90 day plan.
- 6 modules
- 18 lessons
- 6 quizzes
- 6 templates
- Certificate
Ramez BasmajiFashion consultant, founder of Fabusse
Requirements
- No previous experience with fabrics is needed.
- An idea for a piece or a collection, because the exercises are applied to your own project.
- About two hours a week for the lessons and exercises.
Features
- Understanding natural and man-made fibres, blends and what each is good for.
- The difference between woven and knit, what weight (GSM) means, and finishes.
- Matching fabric to the piece, the season and the customer.
- Colour, prints and dye lot differences.
- Simple tests at home and lab tests, and roll inspection with the four point system.
- Working out fabric consumption and the true cost of a piece.
- Where fabric comes from, minimum quantities, lead times and reorders.
- Honest sustainability claims and composition and care labels.
Target audiences
- Designers who want to understand why fabrics behave as they do and how to choose between them.
- Owners of fashion brands who want steady quality and a cost they understand.
- Anyone who finished From Idea to First Collection or Sourcing from China and wants to go deeper into fabric.
Fabric is the biggest cost line in most pieces, and it decides how a piece feels, falls, lasts and is priced. Yet many brand owners choose it from a photo, then are surprised by shrinkage, a colour that changed, or a cost they never worked out.
This course is the fourth part, after From Idea to First Collection, Fashion Brand Marketing and Sourcing from China. It joins fabrics into one path of six modules. Every lesson has concrete steps and an exercise you apply to your own product, and it ends with a fabric library and a 90 day plan.
What you will leave with
- A practical understanding of fibres, construction and weight.
- A comparison sheet for your candidate fabrics.
- A test log and a method for inspecting rolls.
- Fabric consumption and the true cost per piece.
- A bill of materials with your trims.
- A fabric library and a 90 day plan.
The numbers in the lessons are illustrative examples used to explain the method. They are not market prices and not promises of a result. Always replace them with the numbers of your own project.
What you will get done in this course
- A practical understanding of fibres, construction and weight
- A comparison sheet for your candidate fabrics
- A test log and a method for inspecting rolls
- Fabric consumption and the true cost per piece
- A bill of materials with your trims
- A fabric library and a 90 day plan
The toolkit: 6 free Excel templates
Spreadsheets with ready made formulas. Fill the yellow cells and the rest is calculated for you. The numbers already in them are illustrative examples that explain the method, not market prices.
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Curriculum
- 6 Sections
- 18 Lessons
- 6 Weeks
- Module 1: Fibre and fabric basics4 Items
- Module 2: Choosing fabric for the product4 Items
- Module 3: Testing fabric4 Items
- Module 4: Sourcing fabric4 Items
- Module 5: Cost, trims and sustainability4 Items
- Module 6: Care, the library and the plan4 Items
