Our brand-new fashion short courses offer the opportunity to learn essential skills to help you progress in a fashion career in as little as one day.
Whether you're new to fashion and you're looking to develop your knowledge in your spare time, or you're already working in industry and want to gain new skills to help you in your career aspirations, we have a short course to suit.
Our courses are designed to introduce essential fashion skills in areas including personal styling, garment technology and entrepreneurship, and are ideal if you have limited time to learn.
- Learn new skills in as little as one day across a range of fashion-specific skills
- Study at the Fashion Retail Academy in Central London
- Courses taught by fashion industry experts
BROWSE FASHION SHORT COURSES
Each of our fashion short courses is created and taught by industry professionals so you'll learn the most in-demand skills to help you progress your fashion career.
PERSONAL STYLING
Learn about personal styling and understand how to create signature looks for a client, how to use trends and the theories of body mapping and optical illusion to develop your skills as a stylist.
FASHION FOUNDERS COLLECTIVE
Have you started your own fashion business and want to scale up? Do you want to turn your side hustle into your full-time job? This unique programme will show you how to take your idea and turn it into a viable and successful business.
FASHION STYLING
Designed for aspiring stylists and those wanting to create exceptional imagery for their fashion projects, you’ll explore the role of a fashion stylist, current trends and how to research and prepare for a shoot.
STARTING A SMALL FASHION OR LIFESTYLE BUSINESS
Discover how to convert your big idea into a business plan, and then into a successful fashion or lifestyle business. This course offers practical insights into developing your idea and creating an action plan to kickstart your career.
INTRODUCTION TO FASHION DESIGN
Discover the fashion design creative process. Learn about research and inspiration, and then develop practical techniques including drawing and collage.
VISUAL MERCHANDISING
Discover the role of the visual merchandiser, who is responsible for the visual presentation of a store, and learn how to create eye-catching displays.
INTRODUCTION TO FASHION BUYING & MERCHANDISING
This course is the perfect introduction to a career in fashion buying or merchandising. Over two days, you’ll learn about the roles of buyers and merchandisers within a buying office, how they work together, and how they are essential to the fashion retail industry.
GARMENT TECHNOLOGIST - FIBRES & FABRICS
Discover the complex world of fabrics. This course will take you through the production of garments, as well as introduce you to the technical side of garment technology and fabric development.
GARMENT TECHNOLOGIST - FIT & PRODUCTION
Learn about the sampling and production process of clothing in fashion retail. This course will take you through the production of garments, as well as introduce you to the technical side of garment technology.
DATA FOR RETAIL
Discover how to collect, analyse and report data in a fashion context in an easy to understand and practical way, learn how to make better informed decisions and develop skills to be in charge of your own data output.
FASHION RETAIL MATHS
Discover the calculations commonly used within retail buying and merchandising departments and on the shop floor. Learn through a mix of theory, discussion and practical work and develop your merchandising and sales knowledge.
SALES & STOCK MANAGEMENT - THE WSSI
Ideal for merchandising assistants, discover the Weekly Sales, Stock and Intake (WSSI) system and how it is used by retailers to help get the right products to the right place at the right time to develop your merchandising and sales knowledge.
SHORT COURSE STRUCTURE
Our fashion short courses are designed so that you can learn new skills in your spare time.
Courses are taught in person at the Fashion Retail Academy campus in Central London, and may include off-site visits depending on the course. Many courses take place at evenings and weekends to help you fit learning around your schedule. Check the course page for the subject you are interested in to find out what dates and times are currently available to book.
You'll need to attend all classes that are part of your course to gain a certificate of completion.
HOW MUCH DOES A FASHION SHORT COURSE COST?
Our short courses start from just £180 for a one-day course. You'll pay for your course when you register.
REGISTER NOW FOR FASHION SHORT COURSES IN LONDON
Book your place now on one of our short courses and start gaining new skills in fashion.
DELIVERED BY EFI TRAINING
All our fashion short courses are delivered at the Fashion Retail Academy by our training division, EFI Training. Both the Fashion Retail Academy and EFI Training are divisions of Education For Industry Group.
To find out more about EFI Training and the business-focused learning and development solutions it offers, visit the website.
