Diploma in Fashion Design
1 Year (JD Institute)

Diploma in Fashion Design – 1 Year (JD Institute)

BSc in Fashion and Apparel Design – Bengaluru City University – 3 Years

About Course

JD Institute of Fashion Technology centres in Bangalore, Cochin and Goa offer a one-year Diploma in Fashion Design that introduces students to fashion design and its creative and technical processes. Students are encouraged to create and develop their own creative identity, and are supported to question the scope of their creative practice. The pedagogy of the program follows an experimental approach, and the students are trained to lead an efficient creative practice that is reliable and responsible in their real-world application.

Diploma in Fashion Design introduces students to the various fundamentals that inform fashion design practice and application. The program curriculum equips students with the skill and aptitude to be leaders of today and tomorrow, and to meet the demands and challenges of this dynamic field. Through training in pattern cutting, draping and garment construction, the students develop the ability to execute a fashion collection directed by a well researched design process. The program equips them with digital expertise and knowledge, and develops awareness and appreciation of various textile and artistic practices that enable them to be responsive fashion designers

Course Overview

Learning Outcomes

Career Opportunities

With the help of one of the best and trend-setting Fashion Institutes of India, JD Institute of Fashion Technology, the graduates will be able to make a distinctive mark in the world of fashion. The fast track Diploma course in Fashion Designing equips one to establish their own brand, as well as work under different capacities such as:

Reasons To Apply

Course Structure

Semester I
  • Fashion Theory
  • Fashion Thinking and Design Process
  • Fashion Illustration
  • Art and Costume Appreciation
  • Textile Appreciation
  • Textile Wet processing
  • Draping
  • Fabric Manipulation & ornamentation
  • Fashion Styling
  • Boutique Management and entrepreneurship
  • CAD – Photoshop and AI
Semester II
  • Fashion Merchandising & Sourcing
  • Visual Merchandising &Retail Styling
  • Pattern Drafting
  • Garment Manufacturing Technology
  • Electives
  • Portfolio
  • Workshop (forecasting/retail/sales and marketing)
  • JD Design Awards