Fashion Design 12 is a course that provides students with both the theory and practice needed to create a self-designed fashion line. Students will explore many of the fashion illustration and pattern drafting skills as well as the construction processes needed to bring their ideas to life. This course will explore past and present fashion trends and examine how their own designs reflect those influences. This course will explore all aspects of the fashion industry; elements and principles of design, fashion illustration, textile science, technology and design, ready to wear industry, haute couture, eco-fashion movement, merchandising and retailing. Students will also be made aware of post-secondary options to prepare them for entrepreneurial and career opportunities. Students will find it helpful to have taken Fashion Design 11 before this course. Basic sewing skills required for Fashion Design 12.