Study design, pattern making and cutting-edge technology to produce everything from ready-to-wear through to made-to-measure fashion. With a focus on design and technology, you will develop your creative and technical skills while working closely with the fashion industry, blending theory with practice through a series of industry-driven and live international projects. You will learn about: specifications technical development computer-aided design (CAD) logistics technology global market. You will gain the skills and knowledge you need to work locally or internationally as part of a design team or to start your own business. You will work on design briefs from local and international companies such as Adidas, Cotton On and Nobody Denim, working to specifications relating to demographic, colour, fabric, trends and budget. This program will unlock your creative potential, enabling you to pursue a career in fashion design or start your own fashion business.

This program provides you with high-level skills in fashion design and expert skills in specialist pattern making, managing design and product development. With experience, you can be working as a designer or product developer, or in management positions within international fashion businesses. As a fashion designer your work activities may include: researching emerging trends in fashion, fabrics, colours and shapes creating design concepts and presenting them using hand-drawn or computer-aided design sketches developing fashion ranges working within a team to develop patterns or adapt existing patterns and designs for either boutique or large scale production overseeing production liaising with design teams, buyers and forecasters sourcing, selecting and buying fabrics, trims, fastenings and embellishments developing sample garments.