DIPLOMA FASHION
DESIGN & CREATIVE ARTS

• Key Skills You Will Learn:

  • Identify and correctly use fashion terminology, garment styles, and industry language.

  • Develop figure-drawing skills, including gesture, proportion, stylisation, hands, feet, and faces.

  • Illustrate a range of garments, including skirts, pants, blouses, shirts, jackets, and outerwear.

  • Render fabrics using gouache, markers, and coloured pencils (linen, wool, satin, denim, leather, lace, sequins, vinyl, fur, etc.)

  • Create technical flats for spec packages and line sheets.

  • Build concept boards, brand matrices, customer profiles, and mood boards.

  • Understand silhouettes, rhythm, balance, movement, fabric weight, seasonality, and print matching.

  • Conduct effective research for inspiration, trend analysis, and target demographics.

  • Develop a cohesive fabric story and swatch collection for your line.

  • Complete and present a 40-piece illustrated fashion collection with technical drawings, fabrications, layout, and a designer statement.

  This module trains your creative eye, elevates your visual communication, and prepares you to develop strong, original concepts.

You will master core technical skills through:

• Draft foundational pattern blocks (bodice, skirt, pants, dress, waistbands, collars)

• Create dart manipulations, pattern components, pockets, vents, pleats, and closures.

• Understand pattern terminology, markings, labelling, and professional workflow.

• Take accurate body and mannequin measurements and assess garment fit.

• Identify and correct garment fit issues through pattern adjustments.

• Utilise industrial sewing equipment safely and confidently

• Construct sewing samples (stitches, seams, hems, zipper applications, waistbands) to build a personal sample book.

• Prepare textiles for cutting; understand grain, weight, fusing, fabric types, and weaves.

• Draft speciality garments such as button-up shirts, dresses, flared or gored skirts, and men's sweater bodice slopers

• Complete and present a 6-piece capsule collection using pattern making and garment construction techniques.

This module turns your design sketches into real, wearable garments.

• You’ll learn:

  • Understand the major roles within the fashion industry and how teams collaborate.

  • Build industry-standard tech packs and technical specification packages.

  • Produce costing sheets, calculate CPU, markup, and pricing.

  • Build and interpret BOMs (Bills of Materials), estimate yields, and calculate minimums.

  • Plan production calendars, manage timelines, and track fabric and trim lead times.

  • Understand lab dips, colour matching, and DTM trims.

  • Learn sourcing principles, factory allocation, material confirmation, and supplier communication.

  • Map the workflow between Product Development, Sourcing, and Design.

  • Identify domestic and international manufacturers and develop samples from tech packs.

  • Understand factory flow, costing, budgeting, and finance relationships.

  • Study textile science, including fibres, yarns, weaving, knitting, finishing, dyeing, and printing

  • Build prototypes, track revisions, and identify quality control standards.

  • Produce and present manufactured garments supported by full technical documentation.

  You’ll analyse industry opportunities, refine your business acumen, and develop a market-ready approach to production.

You’ll learn:

• Understand branding, merchandising, and fashion positioning.

• Analyse consumer behaviour and target markets.

• Develop marketing materials, lookbooks, and brand narratives.

• Understand pricing strategy, distribution channels, and retail formats.

• Learn the fundamentals of fashion business operations, promotion, and sales.

• Prepare professional presentations for buyers, clients, and stakeholders.

This module ensures your creative work is commercially informed and industry-relevant.

Pick advanced paths based on your career vision:

• Gerber Pattern Making & Grading
  Digitising, pattern manipulation, marker making, and digital pattern production

• Couture Pattern Making
  Advanced construction techniques and high-end garment development

• Technical Pattern Making
  Precision pattern development and fit-focused construction

• Costume Design for Film & Television
  Script breakdowns, character development, set etiquette, dyeing, ageing, and screen-specific fabrication

Each specialisation boosts your resume and strengthens your portfolio for your chosen industry path.