Okanagan Fashion Institute Inc:
Okanagan Fashion Institute Inc, located in beautiful Kelowna, British Columbia, is the place for both young and old to begin making their fashion dreams come true! Okanagan Fashion Institute Inc offers an enriching & creative education in the exciting world of clothing construction and Fashion Design. Modelled after the traditional one-room School house, Okanagan Fashion Institute is a unique, creative, and personable School, designed around the philosophy of "Hands on Learning".
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During the 10 month Fashion Design Diploma Program, students attend classes 2-Days a week, plus one evening, allowing them the means to work full time to support themselves while attending School.
Program Course Overview
Term One 12 weeks
- FD101-History of Costume & Fashion: from Ancient Egypt to Present Day
- FD102-Illustration & Design I: introduction to illustrating the human form, understanding proportions, industry standardized Fashion Figure; drawing draped & tailored garments
- FD103-Pattern Making I: Intro to Flat Pattern Making, Slopers, drafting patterns from individual design ideas
- FD104-Sewing I: Introduction to Sewing, textiles, notions, altering, cutting & finishing techniques
- FD105-Fashion Studies I: Fashion Designers, Careers in the Fashion Industry, Fashion Forecasting, Target Markets, Retail Industry, Design Inspiration, Building Design Ideas
Term Two 12 weeks
- FD201-Sociology of Fashion: Understanding the Fashion Industry, Fashion Theories, Social & Cultural Significance of Fashion, Economics, Production & Consumerism, Advertising & Media Impact
- FD202-Illustration & Design II: Rendering the human form, the industry standardized Fashion Figure, detailed garments, flat contours, mixed media.
- FD203-Pattern Making II: Flat Pattern Design, Draping, Pattern Grading, Drafting Patterns for draped & tailored garments
- FD204-Sewing II: Sewing, cutting, altering, detailing & advanced finishing techniques, working with specialty fabrics and knitwear
- FD205-Fashion Studies II: Fashion Designers, Textile Sciences, Fashion Seasons, Targeting Specific Markets, Product Planning, Storyboards, Designing Individual Collection
Term Three 12 weeks
- FD301-Directed Studies: Working on Individual Collection
- FD302-Illustration & Design III: Storyboards & mixed media illustrations of Individual Collection
- FD303-Pattern Making III: Drafting Patterns for Individual Collection
- FD304-Sewing III: Advanced Techniques, Execution & Completion of Individual Collection
- FD305-Fashion Studies III: Fashion Designers, Advertising, Brand Evolvement, Portfolio, Fashion Entrepreneurship, Developing a Fashion Show
With the culmination of the 10-Month Fashion Design Program, students will be experienced in conceptualizing a Design, visually bringing their imagination to life through Illustration and Pattern Making, to Sewing a finished garment. Upon Satisfactory completion of the Fashion Design Program, students will be awarded a Diploma in Fashion Design.
Please contact us below for information on the next available Fashion Design Diploma Program, including dates, tuition & schedule.
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