Associate Degree in Fashion Design and Technology
Associate Degree in Fashion Design and Technology
Your journey starts here. You will develop creative and technical skills while working closely with the fashion industry. Study design, pattern making and cutting-edge technology to produce everything from ready-to-wear through to made-to-measure fashion. You’ll learn to blend theory with practice through a series of industry-driven and live international projects…
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COURSE DESCRIPTION
Your journey starts here. You will develop creative and technical skills while working closely with the fashion industry. Study design, pattern making and cutting-edge technology to produce everything from ready-to-wear through to made-to-measure fashion.
You’ll learn to blend theory with practice through a series of industry-driven and live international projects and activities.
Through your studies you will gain the skills required to be industry-ready, developing the knowledge and know-how to secure jobs in the fashion industry – especially in computer-aided design (CAD) and the global supply chains.
You will develop a broad range of skills and study the underpinning theory of the design process, including fashion range development, trend research, specification development, design and production management, and pattern and garment construction skills.
In your studies you will learn:
fashion design and drawing
computer-aided design
patternmaking and grading
computer-aided patternmaking and grading
fashion trend research
production planning
specifications
garment construction
supply chain management
sustainability
These experiences will provide you with the skills and knowledge you need to work locally or internationally as part of a design team or to start your own business.
This program will unlock your creative potential, enabling you to pursue a career in fashion design or start your own fashion business.
Career
This qualification 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.
Graduates have found employment with leading fashion organisations in Australia and overseas as designers, pattern makers and graders, product developers, specification technicians, quality assurance officers, production controllers, illustrators and small fashion business owner/operators.
Graduates can apply to complete one additional year of study to gain the Bachelor of Fashion (Design Technology).
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
EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION
Since its establishment in 1887, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology University (RMIT) has been meeting the needs of the community surrounding it. Originally a Working Men’s College, RMIT showed its flexibility during World War Two, training over 20,000 servicemen in communications to help with the war effort.Now, it is a true pioneer in international education, championing cross-border study opportunities with campuses in various countries. Granted formal university status in 1992, RMIT is ranked 21st in the world for universities that are less than 50 years old.RMIT is the largest higher education institution in Australia, currently with more than 82,000 students. With nearly 20% of those students coming from overseas, it is a university that truly welcomes diversity and is a melting pot of different cultures. RMIT has three campuses in Vietnam, a European hub in Barcelona, an office in Indonesia, and partners with 200+ institutions in 42 countries to provide study opportunities worldwide.
