Fashion Design & Business

fashion schoolThe 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 students in classroom learning swimwear construction techniquesincluding: 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 fashion training programmes 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.

student sitting at an industrial sewing machine, sewing components of a garmentStudents 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 programme. 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 programmes. 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
Advanced Diploma of Applied Fashion Design & Technology - Gold Coast24th Feb 14
Advanced Diploma of Applied Fashion Design & Technology - Brisbane24th Feb 14
Advanced Diploma of Fashion & Textiles Merchandising - Gold Coast24th Feb 14
Advanced Diploma of Fashion & Textiles Merchandising - Brisbane24th Feb 14

 

Part Time Fashion Courses

Next Start Date
Certificate II in Applied Fashion Design & Technology - Brisbane7th Mar 14
Fashion Retailing, Marketing & Merchandising - Gold Coast30th May 13
Fashion Retailing, Marketing & Merchandising - Brisbane30th May 13
Pattern Making Part TimeTBA
Fashion Design Product DevelopmentTBA
Certificate III in Visual Arts (Textile, Print & Surface Design) - Gold Coast14th Mar 14
Certificate III in Visual Arts (Textile, Print & Surface Design) - Brisbane14th Mar 14
Certificate III in Design Fundamentals (Fashion Design) - Gold Coast14th Mar 14

 

Short Courses

Next Start Date
Fast Track Fashion Design - Brisbane27th Jul 13
Fashion Business & Merchandising - Gold Coast15th Jun 13
Fashion Business & Merchandising - Brisbane31st Aug 13
Beginner Sewing LessonsTBA
Pattern MakingTBA
Illustrator & Photoshop for Fashion DesignTBA
Start Your Own Online Business CourseTBA
Visual MerchandisingTBA
Swimwear DesignTBA
Textile Design - Brisbane2nd Aug 13
Intermediate SewingTBA
Fashion IllustrationTBA
Fashion JournalismTBA
Fashion BuyingTBA
Handbag DesignTBA
Textile Design Try a Career WorkshopTBA
T-Shirt Design CourseTBA
Beginner Sewing IntensiveTBA
Introduction to Pattern MakingTBA
Fashion Design & Business Try a Career WorkshopTBA
Footwear Design - Brisbane16th Aug 13
Fashion Design & Pattern-MakingTBA
Introduction to Fashion DesignTBA
Introduction to Swimwear DesignTBA
Handbag Design Intensive (2 Days)TBA
Stretch WearTBA

 

Correspondence Courses

Next Start Date
Fashion Design & Styling DistanceStart Any Time!
Fashion Business & Merchandising DistanceStart Any Time!

 

 

 

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