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SCHOOL
OF
TAILORING
2018/19
PROSPECTUS
London School of Tailoring
24A Battersea Business Centre
99-109 Lavender Hill
London SW11 5QL
Contact: Sandra on mobile: +44 (0) 7780 440 232
Landline: +44 (0) 203 627 8754
Email: admin@londonschooloftailoring.co.uk
Email: Sandra.k@londonschooloftailoring.co.uk
Website: http://londonschooloftailoring.co.uk/
BREAKING
NEWS
LONDON SCHOOL OF
TAILORING IS LAUNCHING
A NEW DIPLOMA COURSE
SUBJECT TO VALIDATION
(refer to page 17 for details)
London School of Tailoring gets you work ready for industry as its
curriculum is made up of theory and work-based hands-on practical
application.
Philip Branch, trouser and coat maker for the acknowledged ‘founders
of Savile Row’ Henry Poole, was the teacher who taught her trouser and
waistcoat cutting and making.
Francis Redican, coat maker for two of the finest tailors in London with
international reputations, Kilgour French & Stanbury and Sandon & Co
Ltd; as well as Tommy Nutter, who is widely credited with reinventing
the Savile Row suit in the 1960s - where he made suits for luminaries
such as the Beatles, Mick Jagger and Elton John - taught her how to cut
and make coats.
Colin Stovell, head of the then tailoring department, who worked for a
prestigious tailor in the Strand, taught Sandra advanced tailoring
techniques.
Sandra wants to continue the teaching tradition she benefitted from. She
has made it her lifelong ambition to revitalize the teaching style that
motivates and encourages learning and, to that end, develop teaching and
learning resources breaking down retail bespoke cutting and handcraft
tailoring into easily digestible chunks, to aid the teaching and learning of
this specialist subject to smaller groups.
Sandra has carried out extensive research in this field to support her
teaching.
I was once told that the key to becoming a good tailor or cutter is
experience and practice. These are not the sort of skills that can be
transferred by lecturing large groups from a distance. Students learning
to draft a pair of trousers will observe the teacher in the front of the class
going through the drafting sequence until a completed pair of trouser has
been drafted.
Course structure
The course offered at London School of Tailoring is a one-year course
in trouser or jacket drafting, styling, cutting and making designed to
develop abilities in preparation for a professional career at the luxury end
of the tailoring industry. The course is aimed at students with no previous
experience and aims to provide a platform of basic skills that students
would find useful in a tailoring career.
What would I study on the course?
The selected units from the ABC portfolio tailoring pathway are:
Pattern construction and Handcraft tailoring
The pattern construction unit deals with research into the history of
tailored garments. It examines the underlying theory of developing
garments to fit the individual size and shape, therefore the study and
investigation of the human anatomy, growth, muscle developments and
physical proportions is encouraged. Garment sizing, size chart
examination, taking of individual body measurement. Blocks are drafted
to standard body measurement and assessed for fit, tolerance, balance and
proportion. Working blocks are created and used in further adaptation and
styling work.
Indicative Content
Application Procedures
To apply, please fill in the application form at the back of
this prospectus:
Please ensure you include all relevant information with your
application form, since failure to do so may delay your
application.
1. Evidence of commitment and suitability for the course,
including a 1 - page essay (personal statement)
describing what your expectations are, your objectives
beyond the course, and how the course will serve those
objectives.
2. Appropriate examples of work will be beneficial but not
necessary. It is acceptable to submit photographs of any
work in this area.
3. Records of educational attainments at secondary school
level, or beyond or photocopies of certificates of
attainment and/or qualifications.
Please scan and email or send all the above to:
London School of Tailoring
24A Battersea Business Centre
99-109 Lavender Hill
London SW11 5QL
Contact: Sandra on mobile: +44 (0) 7780 440 232
Landline: +44 (0) 203 627 8754
Email: admin@londonschooloftailoring.co.uk
Email: Sandra.k@londonschooloftailoring.co.uk
Website: http://londonschooloftailoring.co.uk/
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ADDITIONAL SUPPORT NEEDS (The School is committed to
improving its provision for people with disabilities. If there is anything
that might affect your learning that you think we should know please
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YOUR AGREEMENT
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form, or other data, which may be obtained, from me or other people,
whilst I am a student. I agree to the processing of such data for any
purposes connected with my studies or my health and safety whilst on the
premises or for any other legitimate reason.
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