Design a Handbag Collection

A Complete Technical Guide to Professionally Plan, Design, and Communicate Your Project -


Melissa Bruscoli
Melissa Bruscoli
5.0 (13)
Instagram followers 3k followers

  £313 (PayPal Pay in 3 available)

Overview of What You Will Learn
Initially, you will learn what to research, understand and look out for before starting to design your collection.
Then you will learn about creating a moodboard, understanding the importance of handbag construction, types of finishing and decorative-functional details, considerations for the crucial aspect of choosing materials and fittings, how to design the different technical views of a handbag, how to create 3D drawings, how to smoothly communicate technical information with a manufacturer and much more.
This course allows you to explore your creative side, develop an understanding of essential skills in accessory design and enables you to convert your ideas into reality.
Why This Is Not The Usual ‘Design Your Collection’ Tuition
This 3-hour long course is designed by a team of designers, prototype makers and handbag manufacturers.
It is both a theoretical and practical course which will teach you what the industry requires from designers in order to be able to understand and correctly translate their ideas into finished products.
This course is not about creating pretty drawings but is focused on giving you an overview of the complexity and extensiveness of the process that designing a collection of handbags requires.
The course will help you in understanding what you need to search, study, look out for, find out and decide before and during designing your styles, enabling you to avoid a long, expensive and sometimes frustrating process when it is time to prototype and manufacture your collection.
Why We Created This Type of Tuition
After years of experience in designing and developing collections for our customers, we realised that there was a substantial lack of clear information available about what designing a collection of handbags and fashion accessories requires and how it is achieved.
We created this course with the aim of helping the new generation of designers, as well as designers who are still struggling, in developing their ideas and empower them to clearly and correctly communicate them to whoever is going to prototype their collection.
We essentially have created this tuition based on the needs and problems of our customers, hoping to promote and facilitate creatives in the realisation of their projects.
Who Is This Course For
This course is designed for aspiring designers seeking professional advice from industry experts, designers at the start of their career in need of guidelines to optimise their design process or for those who are simply looking to develop their drawing techniques for their enjoyment. No previous experience is required.
What Does This Course Include
Once the course is purchased, you will have access to a streaming link and you will be able to watch the videos at your pace, as many times as you wish, for 90 days.
Besides the access to the videos, you will also receive access to a collection of handouts providing relevant information and useful resources.
Furthermore, the purchase of the course will also entitle you to a half-hour video consultation with the teacher to discuss your project and answer any questions you might have.
Topics Covered During The Tuition
  • Overview of the importance of understanding your target audience, identifying your competitors and understanding your market
  • Define crucial aspects of your collection
  • Create a moodboard and get inspired by it
  • Create a collection plan
  • Create technical drawings
  • Learn how to draw a bag in perspective
How Will The Topics Be Taught
During the video, the teacher will explain and show the techniques in easy-to-understand English, and the video will also be fully subtitled in English.
New methodologies and terminology will be explained to you so that they are clear and easy to understand even if this is the first time you approach the topic.
Knowledge required
Beginner friendly
What to bring
To complete this course, you will need the following drawing tools:
  • Pencil or retractable pencil
  • A4 Office paper
  • A3 paper and graph paper (optional)
  • Eraser
  • Pen eraser (optional but recommended)
  • Kneadable eraser (optional but recommended)
  • Light pad (optional but recommended)
  • Ruler
  • Grid ruler (optional but recommended)
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Melissa Bruscoli
Melissa Bruscoli

5.0 (13)
Instagram followers 3k followers
female Women-owned

We founded The London Leather Workshop in 2012, bringing together our backgrounds in fashion, accessories and leather goods as Italian design graduates. Over the years, our passion for making grew into a South East London studio where design, prototyping, product development and craftsmanship come together. Sara leads the teaching, drawing on specialist training in fashion and bag making in Rome, Milan and Florence, while Melissa brings deep experience in sourcing, materials and studio operations.
What we love most about teaching is helping people discover that leathercraft is something they can genuinely learn and enjoy with the right guidance. Our workshops are taught in small groups in a real working studio, so students receive individual attention, learn professional techniques and leave with a finished piece they can feel proud of.
Over the past ten years, we have taught students from around the world and shared our knowledge through workshops, one-to-one training and wider community work. We love creating a space that feels welcoming, practical and inspiring, whether someone joins as a complete beginner, a curious maker or an aspiring professional.

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2026-07-03 15:00:00
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