Fashion Design and Clothing Technology

Fashion design and garment making technology encompass fashion design, fashion marketing, garment making, fashion technology, clothing management, and textile design.

Fashion design is the art of applying design, aesthetics, and natural beauty to clothing and its accessories. If you have a penchant for creativity, style, and originality, a career in fashion designing is the one tailor-made for you. 

Fashion design is influenced by cultural and social attitudes and has varied over time and place. Fashion designers work in a number of ways in designing clothing and accessories such as bracelets and necklaces. Because of the time required to bring a garment onto the market, designers must at times anticipate changes to consumer tastes.

Garment making is an organised activity consisting of sequential processes such as laying, marking, cutting, stitching, checking, finishing, pressing and packaging. This is a process of converting raw materials into finished products.

Career Path

• Fashion Promoter
• Fashion Illustrator
• Fashion Designer
• Fashion Merchandiser
• Fashion Journalist
• Garment Cutter
• Cutting Supervisor/Master
• Pattern Cutter/Master
• Quality Controller
• Textile Designer
• Fashion Consultant
• Garment Construction
• Technologist
• Sample Makers
• Fashion Forecasters
• Instructors
• Fashion Stylist
• Embroiderer
• Batik and Tie/Dye Expert
• Researcher
• Further Education in Technical Teacher Training at Degree or Diploma level
• Self-employment

Objectives of Fashion Design and Clothing Technology

This Fashion Design and Clothing Technology KNEC diploma programme provide students with in-depth knowledge and understanding of the principles of design, fashion and management, together with the skills necessary to succeed as leaders in the vibrant and diverse textile and clothing industry.

The course places an emphasis on production, planning, control, and management practices applicable in the apparel industry.

The course also exposes students to the core topics like pattern making, basic garment construction, garment production machinery & equipment, textile science, basic applied science, dyeing and printing, introduction to knitting, fabric and garment finishing, computer science and information technology, apparel production, and control, costing of apparel products.