Fashion and Textiles
Our fashion and textiles programmes aim to preserve traditional skills, support students to have a positive impact within the industry and promote sustainable practices.
About our programmes
Our Future Textiles programme was designed over ten years ago to address a skills gap within the UK textile industry and encourage new entrants with relevant vocational skills. The programme is targeted at secondary school pupils alongside community groups and adults wishing to enter the industry or to develop their skillset.
Browse Fashion and Textiles courses
Costume Craft Programme
Foundation Training Programme: Sewing Skills for Industry
Future Textiles – Events, CPLD and Public Programmes
Future Textiles – School Programmes
The CHANEL & King’s Foundation Métiers d’art Embroidery Fellowship in Partnership with Le19M
The CHANEL & The King’s Foundation Métiers d’Art Millinery Fellowship in Partnership with Le19M
About our centres
Dumfries House
We have two separate workshops at our Dumfries House headquarters where we teach fashion and textiles – our Textiles Atelier and our Textiles Centre.
We welcome school groups into our Atelier space where we deliver skills-based workshops to equip young people with knowledge and skills to inspire them to work in the fashion and textiles industry. In our second studio space, The Textile Centre, we deliver intensive vocational skills training programmes on industrial machinery for a variety of abilities from foundation level to artisan.
Highgrove Gardens
Our CHANEL Training Atelier is located at The King’s Foundation’s Highgrove education workshops.
We deliver two specialist career development courses in Embroidery and Millinery on-site at Highgrove Gardens in partnership with CHANEL and le19M.
