Postgraduate in Design, Bagmaking and Leather Goods

Whereas before it was inconceivable to ruin a model’s silhouette with a bag on a catwalk, today fashion shows are organized for selling, mainly accessories ( bags, shoes, jewels, glasses…) Accessories have become the economic crux in fashion. They are not mere accessories but elements that define the look and personality beyond a model’s clothes.

Bags and other leather goods hold a very important place in our current dress. The expert and fashion adviser Jean Jacques Picard said, during his visit to Barcelona, that he didn’t quite know why bags drive women crazy so much so that they have to update them constantly until having one for each occasion. This passion has not been ignored by luxury brands that, as well as captivating women with new models each season, are trying to attract men with fashion designs for each style and use.

Aims

• To acquire knowledge in order to design and make bags as well as small leather goods without needing to use important technological infrastructures.
• To know how to use different materials.
• To use the correct methodology, in each case, through patterns.

Syllabus

The postgraduate course has 20 credits: 170 theoretical/practical hours and 30 hours used for carrying out a research project.

MODULE I: Bags and leather goods design

• Introduction
• Accessories History Designers and outstanding firms. Specific vocabulary.
• Design
• The creative process. Interpretation of trends. Volumes application, ideas and forms. Product lines creation. One Collection development: materials choice, skin, design and specifications.
• Computer design
• Software: Illustrator and InDesign.

MODULE II: Making Bags and Leather goods

• Introduction
• Technical aspects of bag patterns. Specific vocabulary. Material types. The inside. Lining, frames…Other elements: accessories, handles, thread.
• Pattern designing
• Development of pattern designing. Volumes, means and restrictions. Assembly processes.Clothing industry.
• Production
• Order book and service dates. Analysis of the articles to manufacture. Need of materials by model. Delivery dates and production effects. Manufacturing processes: from cut to finished product store. Quality control during process and final quality control. Production.

MODULE III: Research project