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Data-Driven Fashion Course
This course bridges the gap between fashion design and business by teaching how to use data and analytics to build a profitable brand. You will learn how to forecast demand, analyze retail performance, calculate true…
Duration
3h
Lectures
27
Language
English
Level
beginner
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Course Curriculum
Lessons
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Lesson 1 : From Mood Board to Measurable Signal
Most fashion designers begin forecasting trends through intuition. They create mood boards, follo…
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Lesson 2: Reading the Algorithms
This is the hands-on core of the week. You will learn to pull data from three sources and read each one criti…
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Lesson 3: From Signal to Production Indicator
Data is only useful if it changes a decision. This lesson gives you the four-gate pipeline: a style must clea…
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Practical Activity
Choose a single style you are considering for your next collection and run it through the pipeline. This is d…
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Knowledge Check
Answer these before moving to Module 2. They are diagnostic; if any feel unclear, revisit the matching lesson…
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Lesson 1: Sell-Through Rate & Velocity
Sell-Through Rate (STR) is one of the most important indicators in retail performance because it shows how mu…
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Lesson2 : GMROI
GMROI (Gross Margin Return on Investment) measures how efficiently inventory generates profit relative to the…
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Lesson 3 : Conversion & Regional Performance
Conversion rate measures how effectively interest turns into actual sales. It shows the percentage of visitor…
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Dashboard Walkthrough Reading the Mockup
Think of this dashboard as a Monday trade meeting view. A buyer reads it top to bottom in a fixed decision or…
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Practical Activity:
Work from the dashboard mockup (or one from your own platform) and produce a one-page trade read. 1. Calculat…
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Knowledge Check
Answer these before moving to Module 3. They are diagnostic — if any feel unclear, revisit the matching lesso…
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From Market Analysis to Supply Chain Execution
In this pivotal mid-course segment, we shift our focus from "analysis" to "execution." You have already maste…
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Lesson 1: Open-to-Buy Planning
Open-to-Buy (OTB) planning is a core retail finance discipline that focuses on controlling how much of your s…
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Lesson 2: Killing Deadstock Before It Happens
Deadstock is always cheaper to prevent than to clear, which is why smart inventory planning focuses on contro…
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Lesson 3: Agile Manufacturing & Lead Times
Everything in this module depends on one external constraint: lead time. A supplier with a two-week reorder l…
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Lifecycle Walkthrough - Tracing One Style
Follow a single garment through the real seasonal flow, and you can see how OTB, validation, and markdown rul…
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Practical Activity
Take one style (ideally the one you validated in Module 1) and produce a one-page buying plan. 1. State a tot…
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Knowledge Check
Answer these before moving to Module 4. They are diagnostic — if any feel unclear, revisit the matching lesso…
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Lesson 1: Building True COGS
True COGS (Cost of Goods Sold) is the complete cost required to bring one finished unit into your hands, not…
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Lesson 2: Margin Architecture
Margin Architecture is the system that determines how much profit a product actually generates after all cost…
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Lesson 3: Wholesale vs. DTC Pricing
The same garment needs two different prices because the channels have different cost structures. Wholesale se…
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Costing Sheet Walkthrough — Reading the Numbers
If you trace this sheet the way a financier would, the first thing that stands out is that materials are only…
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Practical Activity
Take one style (ideally the one carried through Modules 1–3) and build its full costing sheet and price ladde…
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Knowledge Check
These close out the course. They are diagnostic — if any feel unclear, revisit the matching lesson.1. A desig…
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Short Answer
Answer in 3–5 sentences each. You are graded on the reasoning, not the length. 1. Signal vs. spike. Explain…
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Course Conclusion
You have completed the four core modules of the Data-Driven Fashion course. You have moved beyond intuition,…
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Capstone Project
Capstone Project: The Data-Validated Mini-Collection Launch This capstone project serves as the final deliver…
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Course Overview
Full Course Description and Learning Context
This course bridges the gap between fashion design and business by teaching how to use data and analytics to build a profitable brand. You will learn how to forecast demand, analyze retail performance, calculate true product costs, and plan production effectively. It also covers pricing strategies to ensure strong profit margins across wholesale and DTC channels.
Duration
3h
What You’ll Learn
Forecast with evidence: Translate social-listening and search-trend data into a defensible demand signal rather than a hunch.
Read a retail dashboard: Interpret Sell-Through Rate, GMROI, and conversion to diagnose what is actually selling.
Calculate real-world COGS: Build a garment costing sheet from fabric yield, trim, CMT, freight, and duties.
Plan production volume: Use Open-to-Buy logic to size a buy that matches validated demand.
Target Audience
Fashion designers
Fashion students
Independent brand owners
Materials Included
Garment costing sheet (downloadable tool)
Dashboard walkthroughs
Requirements / Instructions
Working creative/design ability
No prior analytics required
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