Lucia's Thursday, two ways
8 lessons · 24 prompts
A day in the life of a Fashion Designer: what changes with these prompts.
Track progress as a memberLucia, a fashion designer at a small womenswear label.
Lucia is a fashion designer at a small womenswear label. On Thursday morning, she has a spring collection due to her buyer next week. She opens ChatGPT and asks for a summary of seasonal trends for women aged 25 to 40 in city markets, focusing on colors, silhouettes, and fabric directions. The answer gives her a clear starting list.
Next, she needs to choose between two fabrics for a slip dress. She opens Claude and asks it to compare a recycled cotton blend with a Tencel twill, including cost, care, and how each might drape. She adds the note that the dress will be worn in summer. The comparison helps her pick the Tencel twill.
A sample arrives from the factory with a tight armhole and a hem that sits too high. Lucia takes photos and uses Gemini to summarize her fit comments and write a clear revision request. She checks the measurements herself, then sends the request to the factory in Portugal. Later, she uses ChatGPT to draft a production update email, asking about the next sample round and confirming the delivery window.
By 3 p.m., the work that usually takes until 6 p.m. is done. Lucia uses the extra time to sketch a new sleeve idea and take her dog to the park. She leaves the studio with a clear head and a plan for Friday.
Before
- Trend reports pile up and feel endless.
- Fabric choices take hours of back and forth.
- Sample comments get lost in messy notes.
- Factory emails sit unsent until late.
After this course
- Trend summaries give a clear first list.
- Fabric comparisons happen in one short sitting.
- Fit notes turn into a tidy revision request.
- Factory updates go out before lunch.
What you'll learn
- Trend research: Ask AI to scan seasonal trends, colors, and customer signals for your market.
- Concept building: Turn loose ideas into a clear concept brief and collection story.
- Fabric choices: Compare fabrics and trims by performance, cost, care, and sustainable options.
- Tech packs: Draft measurement tables and construction notes for your designs.
- Sample feedback: Plan sample rounds and write clear revision requests from notes or photos.
- Factory emails: Write spec questions and production updates that factories can follow.
- Buyer pitches: Create line sheets and presentation copy that tell your collection story.
- Cost and quality: Build quality checklists and estimate garment costs for production calls.
How this course works
- 8 lessonsOne task of your job each, from trend research basics to quality, costing, and admin.
- Ready-to-paste promptsCopy, fill in the parts in {{brackets}}, paste into ChatGPT, Claude or Gemini.
- Tick and completeTick the prompts you tried and mark each lesson complete.
- Get certifiedFinish and keep the prompts as your own library.