Fashion

This Certificate III in Design Fundamentals (Fashion and Textile Design) course is your introduction to the world of Fashion and Textile Design. North Metropolitan TAFE's program is delivered in our state of the art Fashion and Textile facilities in the heart of Northbridge and the Cultural Centre of Perth offering great exposure to industry.

We are the only training provider in WA offering a vocational course in textile design as well as exposing students to the full range of fashion design skills  and a studio facility.

Successful completion of this course can lead directly into the MST50119 Diploma of Applied Fashion Design and Merchandising.

 Gain these skills

• Sewing skills
• Textile design basics
• Pattern making
• Digital drawing
• Fashion drawing

Are you ready to get serious about a career in fashion?

Do you aspire to a career as an assistant fashion designer, CAD operator, CAM (Computer Aided Manufacturing) operator, fabric and supply technician or patternmaker?

The Diploma of Applied Fashion Design and Merchandising course builds on student fashion skills. 

Gain these skills:

• conceptual design development
• fashion illustration
• textile development and manipulation techniques
• digital print development
• digital fashion and production technologies 
• specialist patternmaking
• CAD patternmaking and grading
• specialist garment construction including bras and swimwear, tailored fully lined jackets, boned bodices and leatherwork

Start on the runway to a successful career in the fashion industry

Learn to design in the creative and cultural heart of the city. 

Gain these skills:

• fashion design and colour principles

• fashion forecasting

• technical fashion drawing

• fibre and textile investigation and sourcing

• sustainability and ethical production

• digital technologies for fashion design

• patternmaking and grading

• specialist garment construction such as tailored shirts and a denim jacket

Fashion business skills in a global industry

Do you want to have a career in a fashion business environment? The Fashion Business and Merchandising pathway at Bentley immerses you in creative fashion business skills such as fashion forecasting and buying; visual merchandising and digital engagement; and marketing and social media.

You will learn the legal, financing and trade essentials for fashion enterprise and the import and export of product.

Gain these skills:

• international fashion sourcing;
• sustainable supply and manufacturing;
• creation of accurate costings
• tech packs for managing offshore production.

This course includes an internship component in a fashion business environment.