Overview

Ignite your passion for fashion and make your mark as a design professional. Cultivate your creativity, technical expertise, and vision with the support of experienced mentors. Bring your concepts to life as you develop a fashion collection, mastering fabric handling, manufacturing, branding, and distribution.
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Duration
12 months (3 trimesters, 576 hours)
Schedule
Full-time *, Daytime
Language of Instruction
English
Mode of Delivery
On-campus
Next session starts September 15, 2025
Admission criteriaTuition and financial aid

About the Course

Cultivate and apply technical skills from garment conceptualisation, to development, to construction.

Engage skilfully in fabric handling and manipulation, commercial manufacturing, branding, and distribution.

Work alongside experienced, industry-savvy mentors to realise your own fashion collection.

Successful completion of this Diploma will qualify you for credit to be applied on further study in the relevant major specialisation of LCI Melbourne’s Bachelor of Design Arts course.

Opportunities

Purpose-built facilities and equipment

Access to a range of discipline-specific facilities, such as:

  • Industrial machinery
  • Private work spaces
  • Fashion supplies library
  • 360º cameras

Explore different materials, patterns, and designs to effectively harness cutting-edge tools to craft and enhance your creative endeavours.

Acquire practical skills through hands-on experiences with industry-standard equipment, software, and technology.

Admissions Criteria

  • Local applicants

    • Completed Year 12 or equivalent*,

    • Creative Interview (30 min).

    ATAR scores are not considered in applications. Unscored VCE (or equivalent) is accepted for entry.

    *Contact us to discuss Year 12 equivalencies.

     

    Find out more about new exemptions for Year 12 applicants via VTAC

  • International applicants

    Same as local applicants*, plus proof of English Language Proficiency:

    • IELTS overall score of 6.0, with no skills band lower than 5.5, or,

    • TOEFL, Pearson Test of English, CAE, or other IELTS 6.0 equivalent.

    *Contact us to discuss Year 12 equivalency.

    Must be 18+ years of age at commencement of course.

List of Units

Trimester One

Fashion Design Studio 1 (STFD1)
Design History & Culture (AXC111)
Design Fundamentals (COM111)

Trimester Two

Fashion Design Studio 2 (STFD2)
Contemporary Context (CXT222)
Social Trend Forecasting (AXC121)

Trimester Three

Fashion Design Studio 3 (STFD3)
Future Context (CXT333)
Creative Practice (COM333)

Tuition & Aid

LCI Melbourne is an Australian–Government accredited Institute Of Higher Education providing Australian Domestic students with access to FEE-HELP.

FEE-HELP is a loan scheme that assists eligible students to pay tuition fees.

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