About
1st Class Patterns is a learning environment that reflects the transition from design education to the fashion industry, offering lifelong learning skills in pattern making. We want not only to educate you but also to inspire you with essential techniques to create clothing patterns that fit the wearer. Starting with industry Tools and Equipment, using professionally drafted women's Digital Block Patterns or a garment stand as a starting point. Each digital block pattern is professionally drafted and graded with detailed instructions to help you create professional clothing patterns with confidence.
We’ve got you covered if you're creating a Fashion Portfolio, starting in fashion education. We aim to make learning fashion design, the technical processes of pattern making uncomplicated.
Work at your own pace with our pattern making courses, step-by-step video lessons, downloadable resources and online support when you need it most. Each lesson has been designed to build off the previous one, making it easy to follow and develop your overall understanding of the techniques so you can put what you’ve learned into action.
Are you at an intermediate level and want to further your pattern making skills? We would be honoured to assist you on your pattern making journey in our course, Create Your Wardrobe.
Ezmé caught the sewing bug at a very young age from her mum, who was a meticulous seamstress, and her love of shoes from her dad, who was a self-taught shoe cobbler from their teens. It was often a toss-up between pursuing a career in fashion design or shoe-making. She soon realised her passion was sewing clothes and later pattern making.
She studied fashion design at a prestigious fashion university, where she fell in love with pattern making after being inspired by her pattern cutting tutor, Christina, would constantly say to the students, "You have to have the 4 P's: Patience, Passion, Persistence and Perseverance" to become a successful pattern maker.
After graduation, Ezmé began her fashion career in couture as a junior women’s wear designer, pattern cutter, and sample maker. She followed this with luxury high-end label brands as a creative pattern maker. Her industry experience is extensive and spans various specialisations, including tailoring, daywear, outerwear, eveningwear, bridal wear, and draping. Ezmé holds a PGDHE in fashion education and taught on various fashion courses at different levels, specialising in women’s, men’s, and children’s wear.
Join Ezmé here with over three decades of expertise, as she continues to hone her skills as a creative pattern maker, sharing her passion, inspiring and guiding students to elevate their craft from the comfort of their creative space.
1st Class Patterns assists students with a strong foundation in fashion pattern making/cutting. We are fashion industry professionals and fashion lecturers who have worked with members of the British, European and Middle Eastern Royal families, music and film personalities, producing couture commissions, made-to-measure, red carpet gowns, high street brands, design houses, global luxury brands for fashion weeks; and teaching across various levels of fashion courses in some of the world’s most prestigious universities.
