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ADMISSION AND COURSE DESCRIPTION

The program is prepared on four years with 30 at 32 hours per week, from september to the end of june.

The program is based on the idea of preserving the educational elements that have made the school famous without ignoring the technological developments that continue to redefine the fashion industry.
This strategy rests on the emphasis of traditional savoir-faire and the exploration of the mass-market aspect of this profession.
All courses are given in French.

The course comprises three main pedagogical orientations :

- Knowledge of the garment based on the criteria of quality and fit
- Development of creative flair
- Knowledge of the professional environment

The average length of each class varies according to the subject taught.

4 years program
- The aim of the 1st year is to enable students to acquire all the basic principles of the artistic, technical and technological fields.

- These principles are applied and developed in the 2nd year and in parallel students are taught how to use the computer software specific to C.A.D. (Lectra Systems).

- The 3rd year is a synthesis of all knowledge acquired when the different techniques (manual and computerized) necessary for the different professions envisaged are put to use in the framework of professional projects and the work that these involve.

- The 4th year is a year of specialization and students are offered the choice between two options :
* A design/image option
* A product development/studies office option

During the first three years of the course, the students' training is multidisciplinary with a common-core syllabus

Fashion design
- Graphic knowledge, sketches on live model, color initiation, figurine fashion.Clothes and accessories creation, fabric printing (manual and computer PHOTOSHOP)).
- Creativity, artistic culture, esthetic sensibility, visual communication.
- Stylism.
- Study project: target identification, shoppings, color and material research.
- Collection process.
- Collection file: Haute Couture, ready to wear, knitwear, accessories (manual and computer PHOTOSHOP).

Modelism
- Study of human morphology: measurements, shapes,
- Draping, balancing, proportions, volumes.
- Muslin on mannequin from fashion design, body volumes and mouvements, study of balance and proportion.
- Pattern making: basic construction, transformation from sketches, graduation, placement of pattern pieces, calculation and measurement (manual and computer).

Material and tool technology - sewing technics
- Specific study of fabrics: the weaves, treatment, knitting, ….
- Fabric vocabulary, " form / material balance ".
- Traditional and industrial sewing technics, step by step creation of model studied.
- Technical forms (manual and computer).
- Garment production technics (industrial).
- Calculating cost price.
- Technical and fabric files in relation to collection.

Files: from design to prototype
- Elaboration of collections, inspiration plan, color range, target, market, concept, restrictions. Clothes creation, fabric printing, accessories, in the same style.Material choice. Draping, pattern making, graduation, placement, calculation and measurements. Calculating cost price. Executing prototypes and accessories, to be presented to professionals during the final fashion show
(end of the fourth year).

History of costumes/of fashion
- Getting to know history in order to put contemporary fashion into better perspective. Becoming familiar with theimportant movements of contemporary fashion design.

Knowledge of the sector and its professions
Talks given by a recruitment agency.
Getting familiar with the professional fashion sector :
- The different cycles.
- Different activities and professions
(design, creation, production, communication,
marketing and purchasing).
- Different statuses.

New technology
Learning how to use PHOTOSHOP during the first year of the course.
From the 2nd year onwards, introduction to and development of the use of LECTRA software programmes (KALEDO, MODARIS V5, DIAMINO)

Fashion english
Learning English fashion vocabulary, particularly linked to the fields of design, conception and production.

Introduction to marketing and management

The 4th year course is a common-core syllabus with the following orientations :
- General and artistic knowledge,
- Knowledge of the economic and industrial environment,
- Marketing and communication.

In order to take either of the specialization options, students must pass their end-of-third-year exams and be assessed
by a jury of professionals.
- Design/image specialization :
Fashion and design culture, “image-based” products, creative development, design, accessories, communication strategy, brand communication policy, visual merchandizing…
- Product development/studies office specialization :
Industrialization/production, sourcing, purchasing, planning and managing a collection, cost analysis, marketing, new technology such as LECTRA MODARIS…

LIAISING WITH COMPANIES
- Talks given by professionals from the fashion sector on varied subjects.
- Professional projects carried out by students in liaison with companies.
- Internships
Experience of the professional world via compulsory internships/placements :
* 5 months between the 2nd and the 3rd year (from the beginning of May to the beginning of October) culminating in a written report on the internship,
* 5 months from the beginning of November to the beginning of March of the 4th year culminating in a written report.
The internship is one of the chief ways of applying the teaching received. It makes the acquired know-how concrete and represents a real professional experience. During the internship, students are still the responsibility of the Chambre Syndicale de la Couture Parisienne and maintain the advantages of their student status. An agreement between the company and the school is signed prior to the internship.
- Following the normal program, an additional year is reserved for a limited number of students with a promising, strong creative potential. Each of them is selected during the last year of training by a company partner.

No financial participation corresponding the extra course is asked of the students.

This additional year was introduced by the “Cercle Saint Roch”, which is constituted by Human Resources Manager of the member companies of “Chambre Syndicale de la Couture”.
One of its main objectives is to define the structural and educational means which can strengthen the links between the students of l'Ecole de la Chambre Syndicale de la Couture and the various companies. Another objective is to obtain a certain competences in the “savoir faire” know-how of the industry and profession.
From his foundation in 2004, “the Cercle Saint Roch” worked at the signature of an agreement of partnership between l'Ecole de la Chambre Syndicale de la Couture Parisienne and the “Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Arts Décoratifs”. The two schools decided that the development of their collaboration permitted a certain education to their students concerning jobs within the fashion industry. The education is completed and multi-disciplinary, including and tying in creativity and “know-how” of the industry from a technical training as well as an artistic training.

The “Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Arts Décoratifs” (ENSAD) and “L'école de la Chambre Syndicale de la Couture Parisienne” provide their students with a choice to follow supplementary classes linked to their original formation at the partner school. During the first quarter of this program, the students follow specific course at ENSAD: some students integrate the textile industry, photography, and others go through the garment sector. At the beginning of December, a cycle of conferences is organized by “L'école de la Chambre Syndicale de la Couture Parisienne” concerning the theme being The management of the fashion companies. Last but not least, from February until October, all the students join the companies which sponsored them after having been on placement for nine months.

They develop a completed professional project which is validated by the company.

STATUS
Students benefit from a student status : every student under the age of 28 must be affiliated to the Social Security regime and proof of contributions given at the beginning of the school year. Older students can be affiliated to a personal insurance regime with fixed contributions at a reduced rate.
The general regime of the Chambre Syndicale de la Couture Parisienne School is one of a day school.
Once registered at the school, students are automatically insured against accidents taking place at school and they are also covered during their internships in France and abroad.

EXAMS
An exam is organized at the end of each school year, the results of which determine if a student moves up into the next year or not.
Each assessment gives rise to a mark out of 20, the pass mark therefore being 10 or above.

ADMISSION CONDITIONS
- The minimum age required for admission is 18 years old.
- Students must have the baccalaureate or an equivalent qualification.
- They must have notions of drawing and a creative flair.
Selection is made on the basis of a student's school record, portfolio of personal work, accompanying letter and an individual interview.

Preregistration sheet, click here.

Contact François Broca

. A one year process, specialising in draping pattern-making

OBJECTIVE
This process specialising in draping/pattern making program focuses on the notions of quality, comfort and well fitting as they relate to garments. It prepares students for jobs as the fashion interface between design and production. The teaching focuses on further developing skills in these fundamental areas by practicing sophisticated draping and pattern-making as well as mastering traditional techniques in fashion design.
The aim is to optimise the knowledge of all the steps in the creation-manufacturing-
production process, through professional knowledge and use of skills specific to

THE COURSE
The course lasts a total of 10 months, or 30 weeks, from the beginning of October to the end of May, i.e. 840 hours, at a rate of 28 hours per week. The course work covers a variety of areas through cross-disciplinary projects:
- Learning sophisticated draping and pattern making by understanding complex
structures, bias cuts, drape, etc.;
- Learning what distinguishes the work of certain key couturiers or designers by
examining not only the aesthetics of their work but also the structure of their designs and products, updating those elements to design personalised files, making the patterns,
developing the toiles and making the prototypes in the final fabrics;
- Designing a personal collection of products based on a given theme: determine and carry out all the stages of product development from the design to the completed prototype.

The program is taught in French.

ADMISSION
This program is open exclusively to students who have already completed a post-graduate degree in fashion and apparel and who wish to gain a greater knowledge of the range of activities relating to garment design and development. Selection will be based on an individual interview and on presentation of the applicant’s portfolio. Applicants will be required to produce a certified copy of the certificate or other documents proving that the relevant studies have been completed. Applicants may also send the full set of documents, along with the attached information sheet, by mail or e-mail.

VALIDATION OF THE COURSE
Those who successfully complete the end-of-course examination will be awarded this Process Specializing specific Certificate of the Ecole de la Chambre Syndicale de la Couture Parisienne.

Contact François Broca

. A work/study center offering "Apprentice Contracts" and "Qualification Contracts." Students work towards different diplomas :

Contact Nadine Estève

The work-study program allows young people to learn a trade that is adapted to the sector and to the needs of companies within it, while simultaneously preparing students for integration into the work place.

Its strength lies in the dual nature of the teaching and the fact that the program unites two places of learning: the school (technical, technological, artistic and general training) and the workplace (in direct contact with the realities of the business, the student gains practical experience). In addition, students benefit from having two types of instructors: teachers and working professionals.

A "Qualification Contract" dress designer work-study program is established from January 2001. A professional baccalaureate, B.T. or B.P. is required.

Continuing Education Center for Industry Professionals

In the goal of acquiring and perfecting skills, shorter programs are organized for working professionals.

These are structured around the ideas of quality and the "rightness" of clothing.