Learn from the fashion gurus at iAcademy

What better way to learn about fashion design than from professionals in the field. From September 18 to November 13 join fashion gurus like Inno Sotto and Lulu Tan-Gan at the iACADEMY on 3F, Philfirst Building, 6764 Ayala Avenue in Makati every Saturday for a day of fashion-forward fun and learning.

For more information, call 994-5592/0918-8031322, email [email protected] or visit www.iacademy.edu.ph.

Check out what workshops are available below:

DRAPING 1

Fee: P9, 600

Time: 9-11:30am

Instructor: JojieLloren

Description: This workshop introduces the student to another method of pattern making by draping. The student will work with fabric instead of paper to create a basic pattern set consisting of the front and back bodice slopers; front and back skirt slopers and the basic sleeve.

DRAPING 2

Fee: P9, 600

Time: 12-2:30pm

Instructor: JojieLloren

Pre-requisite: Draping 1

Description: Draping is an intuitive and enjoyable way to create fashion ideas. By twisting, pleating, folding, gathering and/or layering fabric on a dummy, you can get the most unexpected results. The reality is that most figures are not made to standard measurements and often experience difficulty in finding clothes that fit perfectly. Working with basic blocks, you will learn how to draft patterns according to specific measurements. Emphasis on achieving a good fit will be taught through the stages of constructing a garment from muslin to finished product.

DRAPING 3

Fee: P9,600

Time: 9-11:30am

Instructor: JojieLloren

Pre-requisite: Draping 2

Description: This advanced draping class is designed for current design practitioners. This workshop teaches students how to study the characteristics and drapability of fabric and is effect on the final constructed garment. Students will learn dart manipulation, added fullness, contouring and steeliness. Draping methods will be used to resolve problems in design development

FASHION STYLING

Fee: P9,600

Time: 3-5:30pm

Instructor: Noel Manapat

Description: Fashion Stylists"are high in demand these days. Styling is an essential factor in making or breaking an image. Students will learn what it takes to be a stylist as well as techniques of fashion styling through class and on-site styling assignments. Great stylists can become fashion editors or fashion consultants to big brands. Students will come out of the workshop with a stylists portfolio.

FASHION DESIGN MODULE 1

Fee: P10,500

Time: 12-2:30pm

Instructor: Joey Samson, RobiLolin, Lulu Tan-Gan

PATTERN DRAFTING

Fee: P9,600

Time: 12-2:30pm

Instructor: JojieLloren

Description: Students will learn to draft basic slopers/patterns, the building blocks of a style pattern, in order to learn the tools, terms, and methods used for flat pattern drafting.

GARMENT CONSTRUCTION 1

Fee: P9,600

Time: 3-5:30pm

Instructor: Pidge Reyes

Pre-requisite: Creative Exercises in Sewing or knowledge in use of sewing machine)

Description: This workshop is an introduction to the unit method of clothing construction women’s / men’s wear (using commercial flat patterns). In this workshop students will learn how to sew garments together using flat patterns.

FACULTY

JojieLloren attended the Ecole de la ChambreSyndicale de la Couture Parisienne after winning the grand prize at the Concours International des JeunesCreateurs de Mode in Paris. This UP-B.S. Clothing Technology, graduate has won many prestigious fashion awards and continuous to be one of todays most respected fashion designers. JojieLloren is a judge and the mentor in Project Runway Philippines.

Lulu Tan-Gan is a Fine Arts and Fashion Design graduate of UST and the Madonna School of Fashion, respectively. Known as the “Queen of Knits,” she continues to further her studies through short courses at AIM and London ’s Central St. Martins.

Inno Sotto is an alumnus of both Parsons School of Design and the San Francisco School of Fashion Design. As a young designer, he won the Saga Mink and the Young Fashion designer’s Competition in America. Known as the Prince of Fashion, Inno has had 30 years of industry experience and has been the Creative Director of Alumni of both Parsons School of Design and San Francisco School of Fashion Design; Inno Sotto has had 30 years of industry experience and has been the Creative Director of Rustan’s for the past three years.

Joey Samson is an alumnus of La Salle and Slim’s Fashion and Arts School. Those with an eye for detail and who are willing to push the style envelope best appreciate his aesthetic. His pieces permeate his signature: apart from the androgynous trademark, they thread the fine line between trendy and wearable

The multi-talented Robi Lolin is an alumnus of the UST, Bachelor of Fine Arts major in Advertising. He has lent his fashion design and illustration talents to various fashion magazines and international fashion competition. Over the past three years, he has worked as the head designer at Folded and Hung.

An alumnus of UP, BS Clothing Technology, Pidge Reyes is a full time sculptor who applies the technical skills of garment production into his artworks. Pidge also does product development for garment factories particularly in active wear and also creates various fabric-based products such as hats, throw pillows, bags and the like for select brands and specialty stores.

Noel Manapat is a graduate of Commercial Art from the Ateneo. His styling directions based on brand identities is culled from his previous experiences in advertising and publishing as copywriter and editor-in-chief. His continuous exposures led him to expand his styling work into product development, brand design and consultancy. As a freelance stylist, his clients include celebrities, major television networks, top fashion designers and the retail giant, Bench.