About Me

So Who Am I ?

Hey, I’m Colleen G Lea, a fashion designer, entrepreneur, and teacher with many decades of experience working in the fashion industry.

I’m here to teach you the skills, the techniques and the thinking behind every successful fashion creator.

My courses, this websites content and workshops, combined with some very simple strategies and a few key pointers, will get you ahead of the competition and leverage your creative power, skyrocketing you to achieve the best outcomes in every project.

I’ve seen students go from being frustrated and almost giving up, to go on and  achieve personal and even career success.

Now I want to help you do the same!

‘Voted one of the top 5 up and coming UK contemporary fashion designers’

I Simply Love Fashion, But Teaching Is My Passion.

Sharing my skills – For me it’s priceless!

I have designed this website to teach what I know, share my own personal experiences and achievements, and to give you new skills to take forward and add to a new and exciting creative lifestyle.

My focus?  To refashion clothes to support sustainable and slow fashion and to share couture fashion sewing techniques to help produce beautiful clothing without the expense.

My workshops teach you how to use couture fashion sewing techniques to transform old and unloved garments into clothes you can wear and be proud of.  I have a lifetime of knowledge that I simply want to share with like minded people like you!

Learn from my Expertise

I really love teaching.  Ask anybody!

Whether it’s via my workshops, my highly regarded and respected YouTube channel or other  live events I’ll be holding, I’m given the opportunity to help, guide and mentor people who have a creative flair for fashion, to make the most of their skills.

I was born to share my real-world skills, tips, techniques and lessons learned from my own experiences.

Thanks to the net, I’m now able to offer all of this worldwide via this website where I package everything into bite-sized, easily digested articles, tutorials, video’s and demonstrations.  If all that sounds good – welcome to colleenglea.com.

As my mother before me did, she introduced me to sewing at a young age and the ‘hands on’, more ‘practical’ approach proved invaluable.

Now that’s not saying I want to mother you!  However I would be honoured to help you achieve your goals and ambitions.

After all, your success is in part, my success!

My ‘Online Courses‘ and ‘Live Workshops‘ are taught in a way that empowers you to explore all of your ideas and gain creative freedom and control.

Get the technical know-how and creative skills you truly need, without going to University.

Why Do I love Fashion Designing and Mentoring?

I honestly want to support people who want to pursue an interest or career in fashion or business.

Having learned the hard way, I won’t let you make the same mistakes that I did.

My journey into becoming a content creator stems back to my earlier career of teaching ‘off-line‘, lecturing in fashion design at both college and University level.

I enjoyed teaching in the lecture halls and classrooms immensely, but furthering my career back in a time of office politics and bureaucracy was a real struggle. My talent simply wasn’t valued!

Self belief is a must!

I have always believed in my talents and what I could offer to others but my time spent within the fashion industry as a freelance designer didn’t fair much better.

Again, I was overlooked and passed by whenever opportunities arose. Therefore it was time for change.

I have since set up two successful fashion design businesses from the ground up and entered into the ‘online’ education business.

As a young girl I was always told I wasn’t clever enough to have a meaningful career. If only those people could see me now!

This exciting journey has led me to creating my own job on the internet along with a hugely successful YouTube channel where my talent is appreciated, trusted and respected.

I love fashion and teaching is my passion. That is the Moto to which I will always stand by.

I want YOU to achieve your dreams and have someone you can really trust guiding you along the way.

The fashion industry can be difficult to navigate without the right advice.  I don’t want you to face these challenges alone!

I want to give you the best chance of making your dreams a reality.

Using Online Tools to Teach Fashion Design

I believe online learning is the future and the opportunity to combine it with offline workshops is a balance that today’s creative people truly seek.  It helps to become productive in an increasingly digital world.

I have personally seen the impact it has had on learning and how quickly students engage and build long lasting professional relationships.

In the last 10 years, I have been online alongside other content creators who are leaders in their fields and together, creators, learners and even the passive viewers are making real and progressive change.

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Colleen G Lea