Unleash your creativity and bring your fashion ideas to life through design, textiles, and silhouette. This dynamic course blends hands-on garment construction with forward-thinking design, sustainability, and innovation. From sketchbook to runway, stage to screen, you’ll develop the technical and creative skills to make your mark in the fashion and costume industries both nationally and internationally.

Whether your dream is to design for performance, create your own label, or work behind the scenes in production, this course opens doors to a world of creative possibilities. This course will give you the qualification and experience to immediately dive into the creative industry or progress to third level education, make Carlow Institute of Further Education and Training your home for fashion and creativity.

What Makes This Course Special?

• Strong focus on both creativity and craftsmanship
• Cross-disciplinary collaboration
• Initial concept to finished garment
• Expert teaching team with industry experience
• Industry ready experience
• Excellent and varied progression routes

Course Content

Progression
Progress to further study and careers including:

Entry Requirements

Applicants are required to bring a selection of recent artwork to interview in addition to the standard entry requirements.

Certification
QQI Level 5 Certificate in Fashion Design 5M3865

Costs

• You are required to pay the application and registration charges, but your tuition, examination and awarding body costs are free
  (see costs, fees and finance)

Garda Vetting
See the Garda Vetting details on the Entry Requirements Page

PLSS Code: 499413
Coordinator: Fiona Foley

 
Course is subject to minimum enrolment. The programme content shown is indicative and is subject to change according to Awarding Body requirements as well as enrolment and resources.