Fashion Design & Business

The fashion industry is exciting, challenging and rewarding. Designing clothes is more than either having great ideas or drawing gorgeous dresses. Opportunities lie in the fashion industry in many areas other than just design. At AIFD we teach you not just how to design and create your fashion designs, but also every step of the process from creation to marketing to sales and so on, so that you will have the skills and abilities to work within many areas of the fashion industry.

The Australian Institute of Fashion Design (AIFD) is part of the Australian Institute of Creative Design (AICD) and offers a range of courses in various areas of the fashion industry including: fashion design, fashion illustration, drawing, fashion design and portfolio development, computer aided fashion design (CAD), fashion merchandising and marketing, fashion retailing, pattern making, sewing, garment construction and fashion styling.

In response to a demand for practically based, industry relevant training, AIFD offers a number of comprehensive training programs that will equip you for a new career in the fashion industry, including the Advanced Diploma of Applied Fashion Design & Technology (on offer full time) and the Advanced Diploma of Fashion & Textiles Merchandising.

Students in year’s 11 and 12 at high school can complete the Certificate II in Applied Fashion Design & Technology course as part of the VET in Schools program. This will allow students to gain a qualification in fashion design while still at school and will give them unit credits towards the full time Advanced Diploma of Applied Fashion Design & Technology.

AIFD also offers a number of shorter courses for students who are still at school. There are also short courses available for people who are working full time who are wishing to change career, these courses are available on night and weekends. For those who cannot attend our courses face-to-face, then you may be interested in our distance courses - the Fashion Design & Styling Distance Course and the Fashion Business & Merchandising Distance Course.

The AIFD fashion school uses industry standard equipment and CAD software in our training programs. Our teaching staff are passionate, qualified professionals with many years of experience working within the fashion industry, passing on their first hand knowledge and experience to students and ensuring you achieve results that will more than justify your investment into your future career.

Our Courses

Full Time Fashion Courses	Next Start Date
Diploma of Fashion Design - GOLD COAST	7th Feb 11
Diploma of Fashion Design - BRISBANE	14th Mar 11
Diploma of Fashion Business - GOLD COAST	14th Mar 11
Diploma of Fashion Business - BRISBANE	14th Mar 11

 

Part Time Fashion Courses	Next Start Date
Certificate II in Fashion Design - BRISBANE	4th Mar 11
Certificate II in Fashion Design - GOLD COAST	11th Mar 11
Fashion Retailing, Marketing & Merchandising - BRISBANE	12th May 11
Fashion Retailing, Marketing & Merchandising - GOLD COAST	5th May 11
Pattern Making Part Time - GOLD COAST	Feb 11
Pattern Making Part Time - BRISBANE	Mar 11
Fashion Design Product Development - GOLD COAST	Feb 11
Fashion Design Product Development - BRISBANE	Mar 11

 

Fashion Short Courses	Next Start Date
Fast Track Fashion Design Course - GOLD COAST	25th Sept 10
Fast Track Fashion Design Course - BRISBANE	9th Oct 10
Fashion Business & Merchandising - GOLD COAST	25th Sept 10
Fashion Business & Merchandising - BRISBANE	6th Nov 10
Pattern Making - GOLD COAST	9th Oct 10
Pattern Making - BRISBANE	6th Oct 10
Beginner Sewing Classes - GOLD COAST	27th Sept 10
Beginner Sewing Classes - BRISBANE	12th Oct 10
Intermediate Sewing Classes - GOLD COAST	14th Sept 10
Intermediate Sewing Classes - BRISBANE	TBA
Fashion Illustration & Portfolio Development	TBA
Technical Drawing for Fashion Design	TBA
Illustrator & Photoshop for Fashion Design - GOLD COAST	2nd Oct 10
Swimwear Design - GOLD COAST	2nd Oct 10
Handbag Design - GOLD COAST	9th Oct 10
Textile Design - Coming Soon!	TBA
Sewing Workshops - Coming Soon!	TBA
Fashion Buying	TBA
Fashion Marketing - Coming Soon!	TBA
Fashion Business Management - Coming Soon!	TBA
Fashion Journalism - Coming Soon!	TBA
Visual Merchandising for Fashion - Coming Soon!	TBA

 

Fashion Correspondence Courses	Next Start Date
Fashion Design & Styling	Start any time!
Fashion Business & Merchandising	Start any time!