Fashion Illustration and Design courses and coaching

FASHION DESIGN ONLINE COURSES

WELCOME HOME

to soulful, inspired fashion design and illustration education for creatives, students and professionals wanting to go deeper. Bring out your individual voice through practicing principles, processes and projects engaging in experiential learning.

Based on my 30 years teaching at the iconic Parsons School of Design in NYC (plus creating their first fully online and international fashion design studio course in 2008 (and teaching it globally for over a decade), I was inspired to found this much needed platform for learning with heart, vibrance, and encouragement.

So women could study from ANYWHERE and bring their unique and personal style to the fore through classic art and design skills to bring forth innovation and creativity.

We focus on celebration, craft, color, curiosity, discovery, and deep love for the arts of fashion design, its history, improvisation, and humanity itself . These values are at the core of what we do inside my entire suite courses.

Traditional roots in sketching, Illustration, draping, fabrics, and patternmaking are the pillars of this journey into your memories, meaning and message in fashion- yet with a sense of freedom and flow that keep it fresh and real.

TRUST YOUR GUT in choosing a course: I have taught all of these courses to hundreds, thousands of students and seen how they bring out the creativity and capabilities from inside!

Learn on YOUR schedule, at YOUR pace. Start where you are at. Pause at any time to develop a new technique. There are no prerequisites– my courses are designed to meet you where you are at and pull you into your next creative edge.

THE GOAL IS TO BE CREATING, EXPRESSING AND GROWING in your unique voice and style.

>>>CHECK OUT MY BOOK: THE LANGUAGE OF FASHION DESIGN: 26 Principles Every Fashion Designer Should Know

online journeys into fashion design: skills, creation, expression.

SUPPORT, FEEDBACK, RESOURCES

Discussion boxes are built into courses.for sharing, asking, support are essential to your progress! You are not alone!
ADD-ON COACHING PACKAGES for deeper 1:1 work with Laura

FLEXIBILITY AND MOTIVATION FROM WITHIN

No commuting. NO B.S. Login on your schedule, and benefit from my 27 years of fashion design teaching -- I've created a unique approach that focuses on learning through inspiration, encouragement and personal motivation to imagine, express and create.

FIND YOUR VOICE THROUGH Exercises, Projects and Practices

will walk you through each new technique and build intentionally to take you from beginner to experienced and fluent.
Watch and rewatch videos, until you incoporate the concept.

FLUENCY through Experiential Learning

Discover your questions. Ask . Try each new technique.., as you FILL YOUR SKETCHBOOK and PORTFOLIO in the process.
These skills are creative AND professional. Credentials are one thing, real SKILL is another

EXPLORE DIGITAL, GOUACHe, AND MARKER TECHNIQUES for special fabrics and Dramatic silhouettes- in one course

GET STARTED TODAY! uncover, deepen and learn to present your individual style THROUGH ILLUSTRATION AND DESIGN sketching techniques

Student Praise:

Don’t take my word for it– my students speak for me

“Laura is the most open-minded, precise, and caring teacher I’ve ever had. Her guidance was never vague or generic — every piece of feedback she gave was clear, insightful, and exactly what I needed to grow. In just half a month, I went from not being able to draw a proper figure to sketching confidently, illustrating clothing, adding color, and even exploring fabrics at the market. If I hadn’t taken Laura’s summer program, I don’t think I would have found the courage or direction to pursue fashion design today.”

“I have nothing but good things to say about your portfolio class.

You helped me in many ways but one of the most valuable holes you filled for me was on how to organize my thoughts when sketching....

Your drawing and the Portfolio are some of the most valuable things I got from Parsons as a whole. So thanks a bunch.

You revved up my engine and Im still travelling on that momentum”

Lauren Utter-Jones

fashion Illustrator, Designer, Print Designer

“I was fortunate to have such a wonderful professor for my Fashion Industry Design class.

Laura is a talented designer/ illustrator, amazing tutor, and deep personality.

Her open-mindedness, support, warm and kind attitude creates absolutely magical atmosphere in class.

Laura is so alive, sincere, joyful and creative, it touches everyone.

There is no chance a student can stay away from such great energy!”-. NYC

Ev Bessar

Fashion Knitwear Designer

"To find a teacher in the arts who offers up everything they know and more, and whose sole purpose is to see you ‘fly’- … is extremely rare.

Laura is one of those teachers.

She set us up for success in so many ways. Generosity, creativity, and encouragement– plus a solid foundation in basic art– were all part of her teaching.

I created some of my best work in her Fashion Drawing 1 class and still rely on many of the techniques. I consider myself extremely lucky to have been her student.” -

J. Heloise

Fashion Illustrator