European Fashion Designer

Driving the Development of the European Fashion Designer Qualification

Leonardo Da Vinci - Transfer of Innovation 2008 - 2010

With increasing globalisation of the fashion business, the role of the Fashion Designer has been transformed with greater emphasis on communication, technology, business and technical skills, as well as the need for greater mobility throughout Europe.

Working with project partners in the Netherlands, Lithuania and Italy, this innovative project is the first of its kind for the fashion sector and is helping to support the development of a network of Europe-wide fashion qualifications mapped to the European Qualification Framework (EQF).

edUKation Newsletter (Issue 14)

Wikipedia Webpage

Employer Research

We are currently conducting research with European employers in the sector, the findings from this research will be mapped against existing qualifications in Universities and Fashion Colleges across Europe to establish how many of these competencies are currently being taught and where necessary develop new modules and units of learning to meet employers needs.

• Employers and sector specialists expectations in the recruitment and development of fashion designers
• The skills which take priority in the workplace for a designer in different European fashion businesses
• The competencies and skills required to support mobility to allow designers to work throughout Europe
• Qualifications to be easily recognised by employers

If you are an employer in the fashion sector and would like to participate in the research: Take Survey

Continued Professional Development - Self Assessment Tool

An outcome of the reviews undertaken from our research with employers and sector specialists, has been the development of a CPD tool for employees employed in the sector.  It can be used to determine areas of learning and further development that could help with your continued professional development: 

Download click here, Click 'Save' button and save the file to your PC.  Requires MS Excel.

European Fashion Designer Competition 2010

European Fashion Designer is working with Fashion Awareness Direct www.fad.org.uk to promote the European Fashion Designers student competition for 2010.  To raise awareness of the projects work and the benefits of studying and working within the European fashion sector.  Entrants will have their design entries judged by the iconic Textile Designer Zandra Rhodes.  Winners will be brought to London to see their winning garment created and shown on a catwalk show during September 2010's London Fashion Week.

For more information on our competition: click here

Project Partners

Kenniscentrum Handel International - Netherlands www.kchandel.nl

Projekona - Lithuania www.projekona.lt

Citta Studi - Italy www.cittastudi.org

Project Activity - Latest News

This section will be updated with key project activity and products as they happen.

• 16 July 2010 - Winners Announced - click here

• 12 July 2010 - Judging Panel of Zandra Rhodes Studio, Fashion Specialists, FTM Curator choose the winning entry.

• 6 July 2010 - Project & Competition included in edUKation Newsletter Issue 14, click here to dowload

• 5 July 2010 - First round of judging by the EFD Team

• 7 June 2010 - Competition Photo Gallery goes live - click here 

• 4 June 2010 - Competition Registration closed - over 30 fashion groups across Europe entered, click here.

• 28 May 2010 - Meeting with NOCN and Skillset to review QCF Fashion Qualification Suite and link ECVET points, click here.

• 10 May 2010 - European Fashion Designer Competition Launched across Europe.

• 6 May 2010 - European Fashion Designer Competition goes live - details on how to enter available to download.

• 10-11 June 2010 - Project Meeting in Biella, Italy organised

• Discussions with NOCN for the promotion and fine adjustments to the Fashion qualifications in the UK

see http://www.nocn.org.uk/qualifications/qcf-qualifications - FASHION section

• Development of the qualification units and modules

• 11-12 February 2010 - Project Meeting in Amsterdam

Contact - More Information

Please email - info@cipsonline.com quoting EFD

Author: ChristopherBLee, NCFE