FASHION CLASSES IN LONDON
Based in East London, Fashion Antidote offers a range of daytime, evening and weekend fashion courses specialising in technical and creative skills for aspiring fashion entrepreneurs, industry professionals as well as home sewers and hobbyists.
Courses include Learn to Sew, Professional Sewing Skills, Pattern Cutting, Fashion Business, plus fashion courses for young people and teenagers.
All levels are catered for whether you are an absolute beginner or a fashion professional – we have the right fashion courses for you.
Learn to Sew
Our Learn to Sew courses in London are aimed at absolute beginners. They run in the day, evening and week end and cover the use of the sewing machine and a wide range of sewing techniques.
Home Dressmaking
These courses are for those who wish to make or alter clothes.. You can make a wide variety of garments from beginners to advanced in a fun and social atmosphere.
Professional Sewing
Based in London, our Professional Garment Construction courses are aimed at those wanting to gain professional level clothes making skills, from beginners to advanced levels, across a range of different garments.
Professional Pattern Cutting
Join our Pattern Cutting Courses to learn all the essentials of pattern making. They cover how to create personal blocks for a variety of garment types and techniques for block manipulations to create patterns for your own designs.
Fashion Courses for Children and Teenagers
These courses covering drawing, design, pattern cutting and sewing are aimed at girls and boys aged 8 to 12 and teens aged 13 to 17. You can take them for as a hobby or to gain an understanding of all the possible careers or the educational pathways you could progress onto within fashion.
ONE TO ONE CLASSES & FASHION BUSINESS MENTORING
All our courses can be taken as 1 to 1 classes or you can work 1 to 1 with the tutor to work on projects of your own. We also offer mentoring for fashion business start-ups to support you every step of the way.

FASHION INDUSTRY SERVICES
As well as training for individuals we also provide tailor made training for the Fashion and Textiles industry. We work with companies and industry professionals to deliver professional development workshops…
Susan Backhouse is a successful business woman, highly experienced women’s wear designer with wide experience within the fashion industry and extensive practice in education as a tutor, senior lecturer, course manager and team leader.
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