WOMEN'S & MEN'S TAILORING CERTIFICATE
Program Duration: 8 Weeks x 20 Hours a week
Your Instructors: Nargas Khabazha
Instruction: 160 total hours
Prices: Domestic $3,495.00 (Installment Plans Available)
Prices: International $3,495.00 (Installment Plans Available)
Start Dates: June, Sept, Nov, Feb
WOMEN’S & MEN’S TAILORING CERTIFICATE
This 8-week, full-time certificate program is designed to provide students with comprehensive, applied training in both foundational and contemporary tailoring techniques. The program focuses on developing practical skills in pattern drafting, garment construction, and fitting, using industry-recognized methods and standards.
Throughout the program, students will produce a range of tailored garments, which may include trousers, vests, and jackets. Instruction emphasizes precision, garment structure, appropriate fabric selection, and professional finishing techniques, including hand sewing and pressing.
PROGRAM DETAILS
Learning activities are structured to ensure students progressively develop competency through supervised, hands-on practice.
Students may elect to focus their project work on either women's or men's tailoring, allowing for alignment with individual learning goals while ensuring achievement of the program's established learning outcomes.
Upon successful completion of the program, graduates will have demonstrated the technical skills and knowledge required to produce custom-fitted garments at an entry level. Graduates may pursue employment in tailoring, garment alterations, or custom garment production, or apply their skills in self-employment contexts.
At the end of the program, students complete two final projects from four options, assessed for accuracy, fit, construction quality, and overall finish.
Program Structure & Hours
Duration: 8 Weeks x 20 Hours a week
Total Program Hours: 160 Hours
Weekly Schedule: 8 hours a week Instructor Led;12 hours Lab Time (per students request)
Time: Wednesday 6PM - 9PM
Saturday 2PM - 6PM
Delivery Method: In-class and Live Online Hybrid
Students participate in lectures, couture drafting labs, garment construction workshops, live fittings, critiques, and technical portfolio reviews.
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This 8-week, full-time certificate program is designed to provide students with comprehensive, applied training in both foundational and contemporary tailoring techniques. The program focuses on developing practical skills in pattern drafting, garment construction, and fitting, using industry-recognized methods and standards.
PROGRAM JOURNEY
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Draft and develop accurate garment patterns for trousers, vests, and jackets using industry-standard techniques
Learn professional pattern-making tools and methods used in bespoke tailoring
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Construct tailored garments for women or men, applying professional sequencing and construction methods
Focus your project work on either women's or men's tailoring based on your own goals
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Perform fittings, assess garment fit, and implement pattern and garment adjustments
Develop the eye for structure and fit that defines quality tailoring
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Apply hand-sewing techniques including canvas work, buttonholes, and tailoring finishing details
Execute professional pressing and finishing techniques for a polished, tailored result.
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Select appropriate fabrics, interfacings, and materials based on garment design and function
Learn to work with wool, lining fabrics, horsehair interlining, and coat interfacing
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Interpret and create technical flats and basic design concepts for tailored garments
Demonstrate safe and effective use of sewing machines, tools, and equipment in a workshop environment
LEARNING OUTCOMES
Upon successful completion of the program, students will be able to:
✔ Draft accurate patterns for trousers, vests, and jackets using industry-standard methods
✔ Construct custom-tailored garments using professional construction techniques
✔ Perform garment fittings and execute pattern and fit adjustments
✔ Apply advanced hand sewing techniques, including canvas work and tailored finishing
✔ Select appropriate fabrics, interfacings, and tailoring materials for garment construction
✔ Execute professional pressing and finishing techniques to achieve high-quality results
✔ Interpret and create technical flats and garment design concepts
✔ Safely operate industrial sewing equipment and tailoring tools
✔ Produce professionally tailored garments to entry-level industry standards
Graduates leave the program with the technical knowledge and practical experience required to produce custom-fitted garments for women or men. Their portfolio showcases proficiency in pattern drafting, garment construction, fitting, and professional finishing, preparing them for careers in tailoring, alterations, custom garment production, or self-employment.
CAREER PATHS
If you've dreamed of turning your passion into an exciting career in fashion, as a designer or in production, this is your chance to bring that dream to life.
Perhaps you're in the industry and need to upgrade your skills? Or do you want to develop your existing skills to further a hobby? Or maybe you're ready to launch an exciting second career.
One-on-one education with some of the most creative brains in the business and first-hand experience in a professional workshop will help you build the technical foundation for a career in tailoring, garment construction, or custom fashion production.
Career occupations this program prepares students for:
Tailor
Alterations Specialist
Custom Garment Maker (Made-to-Measure Specialist)
TUITION & GRANTS
Domestic Tuition: $3,495.00
International Tuition: $3,495.00
Payment Plans are Available (Doesn't include books and materials, check program outline for details)
ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS
To apply, you must meet the following criteria:
High School Diploma or equivalent, or mature student status (19+ on the first day of study).
Students under 19 require a parent or guardian signature on the enrolment contract.English Language Proficiency: evidence of 3 years of full-time secondary (Grades 8–12) or post-secondary education completed in English in a country where English is a principal language; or IELTS (Academic) 5.5, TOEFL iBT 75, PTE Academic 43, or Duolingo English Test 95, for international students unable to meet the above.
MEET YOUR INSTRUCTORS
Nargas Khabazha
Nargas opened her first studio in 1997 as a pattern maker for private label of her own clothing line and developed her skill for specializing in special sizes for women. She was featured in the Vancouver Sun and north shore news as a realistic designer. In 2002Nargas launched her ready to wear collection for the chic sophisticated baby boomer woman, which sold across country. She then opened her own studio on west 8th Avenue to create and control a high-end garment. Nargas has over 40 years of extensive experience as a fashion technical instructor in pattern, draping, fitting and textile development. She has supported her students to showcase their design through a fashionable collection twice a year at the Vancouver Fashion Week from 2008 to 2025. Nargas share her passion and knowledge with her students and supports them as a caring mentor to the successful walk to the runway show. I moved to Canada in 1984 as anew arrival who chose metropolitan Montreal to settle in. A year later Nargas opened her own handcrafted shore store without any prior experience in the trade, in downtown Montreal. Soon she became specialist as a shoemaker or men. Few years later Nargas’ passion for design, landed her in the fashion design program at Lasalle college in Montreal. A year later she moved to Vancouver and continued at KPU Polytechnic college in the fashion program. Nargas opened her first studio in 1997 as a pattern maker for private label of her own clothing line and developed her skill for specializing in special sizes for women. She was featured in the Vancouver Sun and north shore news as a realistic designer. In 2002Nargas launched her ready to wear collection for the chic sophisticated baby boomer woman, which sold across country. She then opened her own studio on west 8th Avenue to create and control a high-end garment. Nargas has over 40 years of extensive experience as a fashion technical instructor in pattern, draping, fitting and textile development. She has supported her students to showcase their design through a fashionable collection twice a year at the Vancouver Fashion Week from 2008 to 2025. Nargas share her passion and knowledge with her students and supports them as a caring mentor to the successful walk to the runway show.
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This program has been approved by the registrar of the Private Training Institutions Branch (PTIB) of the Ministry of Post-Secondary Education and Future Skills.
The Cut Design Academy is designated with PTIB