Fashion Design Advanced

With option to specialise in Costume, Tailoring or Dressmaking
QQI Level 6 Certificate in Fashion Design 6M3706 (More about QQI)

The Advanced Fashion Design course focuses on the creative skills of theme and concept development for fashion design. Core technical modules in advanced pattern drafting and garment construction equip the learner with the skills required to make their own menswear, womenswear or costume collections. Learners will also develop art and design portfolios suitable for application to Institutes of Technology and Universities.

This course is suited to learners who have already achieved a QQI Level 5 certificate or equivalent in Fashion Design.

Employment Opportunities

Many of our graduates, having completed this course have gone directly into employment in the fashion industry or set up their own enterprises.

Fashion Designer
Costume Designer/Wardrobe Assistant
Bespoke Designer/Tailor/Dressmaker
Accessories Designer
Fashion Design Production
Pattern Drafter
Visual Merchandiser
Fashion Stylist
Fashion Retail

Course content

Pattern Drafting
Garment Construction
Design Skills
Illustration Techniques & Practice
Drawing
Combined Materials
Work Experience
Team Leadership

Course features and facilities

Course Features

Collection planning and Art and Design Portfolio
Fashion photo-shoot featuring garments made
Toiling fabric, pattern paper and card and many haberdashery items provided
Textile Techniques
Career planning

Course Facilities

A spacious fashion studio, excellently equipped with modern sewing machines and dressmaking stands
Well-equipped art rooms with a variety of materials provided
Adobe Illustrator & Photoshop licence for the year

Entry requirements

QQI Level 5 in Fashion Design or equivalent qualification or experience
Applicants will ideally have passed the core technical modules of pattern drafting and garment construction or equivalent
Applicants will need to submit images of some of their work to date to demonstrate their current abilities e.g.: garments made or under construction; design sketches (drawing work and other examples of fashion or craft-related work can also be submitted if wished.)
Mature applicants welcome
Applicants may be accepted without meeting formal entry requirements

Testimonials

Other courses

Sustainable Fashion Design

Fashion Craft and Making

Fashion Buying, Styling and Visual Merchandising including Content Creation

Advanced Fashion Industry Practice

Costume Design

Education progression

Below are some examples of progression options with this QQI Level 6 award in Fashion Design 6M3706

NCAD

Fashion Design*

Level 8

AD211

For a more detailed list of progression options please www.cao.ie

For more progression options

NCAD	Textiles/ Surface Design/ Jewellery /Objects*	Level 8	AD103
NCAD	Art & Design (Common Entry)*	Level 8	AD101
NCAD	Visual Culture	Level 8	AD215
NCAD	Education and Design*G	Level 8	AD202
IADT	Design for Film*#(Costume Design)	Level 8	DL845
IADT	Graphic Design*#	Level 8	DL826
IADT	Arts Management	Level 8	DL822
TU Dublin City Centre	Design – Visual Communication*	Level 8	TU973
TU Dublin City Centre	Creative and Visual Culture	Level 8	TU978
TU South	Art and Design*	Level 8	LC110
TU South	Art and Design Teacher Education*G	Level 8	LC115
Munster TU	Contemporary Applied Art*	Level 8	MT820
South East TU	Design- Visual Communication	Level 8	WD137
South East TU	Visual Communication and Design	Level 7	CW047
South East TU	Visual Communication and Design	Level 8	CW088
South East TU	Design	Level 7	CW707
Atlantic TU	Design (Common Entry)	Level 7	GA274
Atlantic TU	Design (Common Entry)	Level 8	GA284
Atlantic TU	Creative Design	Level 7	SG232
Atlantic TU	Creative Design	Level 8	SG245
Atlantic TU	Fashion with Promotion*	Level 7	LY447
Atlantic TU	Design (Common Entry)*	Level 8	LY408

Private Colleges (Fees Payable)

Griffith College	Fashion Design	Level 7	GC495
Griffith College	Fashion Design*	Level 8	GC494
Griffith College	Graphic Communication Design*	Level 8	GC462

*Portfolio Assessment or Audition # Portfolio Assessment / Audition / Project Day G Garda Vetting Required Advanced Entry Graduates of this QQILevel 6 course may also be considered for advanced entry to related degree programmes. Students may be eligible to progress to the second year of a course where they fulfil the college’s entry requirements.