Fashion Design and Fashion Aesthetics Training

For high-end fashion and luxury brands, the Creative Director is the core pillar that upholds the brand. Their role has evolved from solely focusing on product design in the past to encompassing the overall brand image shaping. ASDAN China, in collaboration with the International Foundation of Fashion Technology Institutes (IFFTI) member SIFEC, exclusively introduces customized fashion design and jewelry design programs for high school students. Students will create their own brands, determine the direction of clothing and jewelry accessory design for their brands, and undertake the design process from moodboard creation, graphic design, three-dimensional tailoring to clothing presentation. The project offers an exceptional 1:5 mentor-student ratio, and an immersive experience in design and tailoring, providing space for innovative expression and originality.

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SIFEC
SIFEC, the Shanghai International Fashion Education Center, is a professional fashion education institution with a history of over 60 years. It is a member of IFFTI (International Foundation of Fashion Technology Institutes) and has established extensive cooperation with more than ten renowned design schools worldwide. Additionally, SIFEC holds several prestigious positions:
- Vice President Unit of the Shanghai Textile Association
- Director Unit of the Shanghai Garment Trade Association
- Vice President Unit of the Shanghai Knitted Garment and Apparel Industry Association
- Organizing Unit for the Fashion Production Technology Competition in the Shanghai Division of the World Skills Competition
- Training base for the Fashion Technology Project of the WorldSkills Competition in Shanghai
- Sole accreditation institution for clothing pattern makers in Shanghai
- Established a joint school area with the Istituto Marangoni to cultivate international talents in fashion design and marketing

Zhou Jing - Vice Dean, Lecturer/Senior Technician at SIFEC

National Vocational Qualification Senior Evaluator for Clothing Pattern Maker.
Member of the Shanghai Technician Association's Clothing Professional Committee.
With over 20 years of experience in clothing, Zhou Jing has served as a lecturer at universities such as Donghua University and as a technical engineer at multiple clothing enterprises. She primarily focuses on teaching and researching clothing structure design, three-dimensional clothing cutting, and digital modeling for clothing.

Yu Qianwen - Fashion Design Teacher

Zhou Zilin - Fashion Design Theory Teacher

Master of Arts and Crafts, Senior Advertising Designer, Fashion History.
With a rich teaching experience in art aesthetics theory and clothing aesthetics, Zhou Zilin has been teaching systematic courses on fashion design aesthetics at Shanghai Sanda University, Shanghai Open University, and the Istituto Marangoni in recent years. She combines the development history of clothing with clothing design to show the historical evolution trajectory from Western clothing art to China's diverse and splendid artistic culture, interpreting the main clothing styles, typical costumes, and prominent phenomena of the clothing industry in different countries and historical periods. Through history, she aims to help students understand the beauty of clothing culture in Chinese and world history, outline the development of clothing history, provide rich theoretical knowledge and inspiration sources for students in clothing design practice, promote traditional Chinese costume culture, and help students build cultural confidence.

Duan Ling - Specially-Invited Lecturer of SIFEC

Ph.D., Senior Engineer.
Graduated from Donghua University with a major in Textile Materials and Textile Design, with nearly 20 years of industry experience, Duan Ling has served as the Fabric R&D Manager at a well-known textile enterprise. Currently, she is the Director of Business Development, Research Department, and Fiber Laboratory at the Shanghai Textile Museum, a member of the China Textile Engineering Society, a member of the Shanghai Textile Engineering Society, a specially-invited teacher at Jiaxing College, and a tutor for the China Science Popularization Research Union. Her main research areas include textile material structure and properties, fabric analysis design and reconstruction, textile testing and characterization, textile relics protection and restoration, and analysis of ancient textile patterns. She has authored several series of books, including "Fiber Cognition," "Fabric Identification," "Physicochemical Testing," and "Fabric Care," and has published numerous works in well-known journals both domestically and internationally, including SCI, EI, ISTP, and Chinese core journals.