Fashion Design and Garment Technology
The Diploma in Fashion Design and Garment Technology is a specialized program designed to equip students with the essential skills and knowledge in the field of fashion design and apparel production. The program covers multiple aspects, including the fundamentals of sewing, advanced fashion design techniques, and fabric technology. Students learn how to create innovative designs, select appropriate fabrics, and develop garment patterns to transform ideas into final products. The program also emphasizes production management and fashion marketing, preparing graduates to manage the entire process from concept to market effectively. With its focus on practical applications and real-world projects, the diploma enables students to enter the fashion industry with confidence and professionalism.
Graduates of this program will be able to:
• Identify suitable clothing styles for different body types, emphasizing elegance and personal expression through colors and design.
• Understand the relationship between beauty, aesthetics, and clothing choices.
• Connect the history and art of clothing with world civilizations, including textiles, colors, embroidery, and jewelry, and their ties to cultural traditions.
• Execute various sewing techniques, such as cuffs, collars, pockets, buttonholes, and pleats.
• Apply theoretical and practical foundations of garment technology, including zippers, seams, cuts, gathers, and finishing.
• Design and sketch skirts, trousers, children’s wear, formal dresses, and bridal gowns, as well as create body outlines for garment fitting.
• Work with crochet and patchwork, choosing suitable threads and tools to produce jackets, decorative items, and household textiles.
• Demonstrate creative thinking, conduct applied research in the field, and apply entrepreneurial skills in managing small fashion-related projects.
Graduates of the program can work in:
• Government institutions related to fashion, textiles, and apparel.
• Clothing, fabric, embroidery, and textile centers.
• Training institutes specializing in fashion design and garment production.
• Tailoring workshops, fashion houses, and garment factories.
• As professional fashion designers.
• As consultants in jewelry, fashion, and clothing.
• Customer service and sales in fashion-related businesses.
• Teaching and training students in fashion design and garment technology.