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 | 15th Feb 10 |
| Diploma of Fashion Business | 15th Mar 10 |
Part Time Fashion Courses |
Next Start Date |
|---|---|
| Certificate II in Fashion Design | 4th March 10 |
| Fashion Retailing, Marketing & Merchandising | 25th March 10 |
| Pattern Making Part Time | TBA |
| Fashion Design Product Development | TBA |
Fashion Design Short Courses |
Next Start Date |
|---|---|
| Fast Track Fashion Design Course | 27th Feb |
| Pattern Making | 24th Apr |
| Beginner Sewing Classes | 10th Feb |
| Intermediate Sewing Classes | TBA |
| Fashion Illustration & Portfolio Development | TBA |
| Technical Drawing for Fashion Design | TBA |
| Illustrator & Photoshop for Fashion Design | 10th Apr |
| Swimwear Design | 7th Mar |
| Stretchwear - Coming Soon! | TBA |
| T-Shirt Design - Coming Soon! | TBA |
| Textile Design | TBA |
| Handbag Design | 21st Mar |
| Footwear Design - Coming Soon! | TBA |
| Sewing Workshops - Coming Soon! | TBA |
Fashion Business Short Courses |
Next Start Date |
|---|---|
| Fashion Business & Merchandising | 6th Mar |
| Fashion Buying | 20th Mar |
| 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! |
- Fashion Courses
- Full Time
- Advanced Diploma of Applied Fashion Design & Technology
- Advanced Diploma of Fashion & Textiles Merchandising
- Part Time
- Certificate II in Applied Fashion Design & Technology
- Fashion Design Development
- Fashion Marketing & Merchandising
- Pattern Making
- Short Courses
- Fast Track Fashion Design Course
- Fashion Business & Merchandising Course
- Fashion Illustration Course
- Sewing Classes
- Pattern-Making Course
- Swimwear Design Course
- Technical Drawing Course
- Illustrator & Photoshop for Fashion Design Course
- Fashion Design & Pattern-making Course
- Stretch Wear Course
- Handbag Design Course
- Fashion Buying Course
- Fashion Marketing Course
- Fashion Business Management Course
- Visual Merchandising Course
- Footwear Design Course
- Textile Design Course
- T-Shirt Design Course
- Sewing Workshops
- Correspondence Courses
- Fashion Design & Styling
- Fashion Business & Merchandising
- Other
- Fashon Styling & Image Courses

