Diploma in Apparel + Fashion Technology Course Outline

In this programme, students further develop the skills and knowledge of the two certificate programmes to a more advanced level.

Students use and refine advanced skills in patternmaking, fit, garment construction, and production to create lingerie, swimwear, and tailored garments.

Students learn CAD and Pattern Aided Design (PAD) to make, digitise, and grade patterns, and learn to create digital drawings and storyboards, as well as extending their knowledge of textile technology and garment manufacturing. Commercial fashion design comes to life in exciting design projects, and students will design and make a graduate collection which is presented at the annual Whitecliffe Fashion Show.

 

Why choose Whitecliffe Fashion Tech?

• We offer programme delivery in the practical, hands-on, technical aspects of the fashion industry.

• Each year we have high numbers of successful employment placements within the fashion industry with graduates in skilled positions such as fashion design, merchandising, production, and manufacture, fashion styling/buying/retail, and other areas of production management and commercial fashion design.

• Students in all programmes are immersed in activities that are rich and real; their learning is personally meaningful and is an active processing experience.

• Classrooms are set up to replicate apparel and fashion workrooms, and practical, industry-based sessions replicate working in the industry.

• Our tutors and support staff bring extensive and valuable industry knowledge to the programmes, and in preparing students for a career in the fashion industry.

• Multiple teaching methods and delivery strategies are used to meet the needs of our target learner group and maximise opportunities for students to receive and retain information, promote active engagement with materials, and engage in their own learning and the learning of others.

• Work experience and internships are a valuable and integral part of all our programmes and enable students to put their learning into context.