fashion design courses

Azureus

in thinking about doing fashion design in college but cant seem to find much information on it! does anybody know of any good (non private) fashion courses preferably in/near dublin excluding NCAD?

Shrimp

IADT do one i think..

Azureus

IADT? that dunl? i checked it out and they dont! some other great courses as second options though

masteroftherealm

Oi you what u doing online!

Larianne

There's a fashion degree course in NCAD. ALso one in Limerick, I think.

There's the Grafton Academy of Fashion. There's also a FAS course in Dublin that's to do with cutting fabric or something like that which would probably lead on to fashion.

Then there's a PLC course in Sallynoggin I think in Costume.

Azureus

masteroftherealm wrote:

Oi you what u doing online!

internet cafe i just got into town have to wait for peoples ... :rolleyes:


grafton academy do some great courses but only if you can afford them!

Larianne

Azureus wrote:

internet cafe i just got into town have to wait for peoples ... :rolleyes:


grafton academy do some great courses but only if you can afford them!

Well check out NCAD open days. I went to the fashion lecture and it looked deadly! But it also made me realise that you have to be very enthuiastic abuot fashion and willing to work extremely hard! My love of handbags didn't do it that much for me now. And NCAD is a tough college to get into!!

No fashion courses in DLIADT. They're more film based or then there's fine art, graphic design etc.

Azureus

Larianne wrote:

Well check out NCAD open days. I went to the fashion lecture and it looked deadly! But it also made me realise that you have to be very enthuiastic abuot fashion and willing to work extremely hard! My love of handbags didn't do it that much for me now. And NCAD is a tough college to get into!!

No fashion courses in DLIADT. They're more film based or then there's fine art, graphic design etc.

ive been to the NCAD open days and the course there looks amazing!! only problem is ,as you said, it is a really tough college to get into! so im trying to figure out other options just in case !

Larianne

Azureus wrote:

ive been to the NCAD open days and the course there looks amazing!! only problem is ,as you said, it is a really tough college to get into! so im trying to figure out other options just in case !

Well do you have a portfoilio started? If not it'd be a good idea to do a portfolio course or get some help with the portfolio. I've done one, so if you a bit of help of what to put in it, PM me and I'll try and help you. I know DLIADT do summer portfolio preparation courses. And then there's PLC courses like Colaiste Dhulaigh in Coolock.

Also if you could get some work experience with a designer or even doing work experience with a display team in a department store.

Here's a link to Limerick's course. http://www.lit.ie/Departments/ArtDesign/DipFashion.html

Or would you go further afield to England and study at London College of Fashion?? This place is meant to be amazing!!!! And at this college, because there's course in Photography and Make-up, you get to make really good contacts, get people to photograph yuor work and showcase at fashion shows they hold at the college. And they always get checked out by people in the business.

Here's a linkage to other linkages of courses in Dublin.
http://www.nightcourses.com/search.html?query=fashion&strict=yes&timescale=night&county=Dublin&belongs_to=0