| Department of Fashion and Textile Design |
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Fashion is a fascinating and complex phenomenon, an expression of what people feel and think. Fashion is about evolution and radical, a unique mix of design, marketing, media and business with cultural, social, historical, economic and even political influences. Creative people working in fashion are barometers of their times, anticipating and generating change. The rate of change has never been faster than it is today. At every market level, consumers demand products that are innovative, individual and technologically advanced. The taste of newness creates unprecedented challenges for designers. In order to satisfy an increasingly sophisticated and discerning market, the design process must more than ever build on serious consideration of the consumer’s needs and desires. This department of Fashion and textile design aims at providing the learners with the creative, management and professional skills required to in a globally competitive fashion environment combining a creative and intellectual approach to visually led design innovation with strong theoretical and practical elements. These are the courses for ambitious, enthusiastic, committed designers and are more than just fashion and textile design. Its forecast into the future of fashion creatively as well as terms of the fashion business, is one of the principal tasks developed in this course that will prepare the next generation of professional designers. It has strong emphasis on trends forecasting, pattern cutting and product range development, it provides a fully integrated career-oriented programme of study, geared to producing fashion designers with the skills that are in demand in the fashion industry. It offers a range of successful specialist courses designed to produce qualified fashion and textile professionals who “know” their subjects and who are prepared for employment in the creative industries. It will enhance their career opportunities by developing in-depth understanding of the international fashion industry, its changing processes and contemporary practice. Bachelor of Technology Courses: Fashion Design & Modelling Fashion Design & Marketing Clothing/Fashion Production Management Clothing/Fashion Technology Fashion Journalism Textile Design & Technology Leather Technology Hair Design & Body Adornment Fashion Merchandising Diploma in Technology Courses: Fashion Construction (Drafting, Cutting and Making) Textile Design Fashion Design & Modelling Hair Design & Body Adornment Upholstery & Soft Furnishings Leather Technology Pattern Construction & Grading (Somatotyping) Certificate Courses Creative Pattern Cutting Tie & Dye and Batik Garment Construction Fashion Illustration Modelling Soft Furnishings Screen Printing |