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BP194 – Bachelor of Design (Fashion)
RMIT Fashion features on Art Nation.
Rica Hardian, part of the National Graduate Showcase at the L’Oreal Melbourne Fashion Festival.
Futurama feature in The Age.
The Bachelor of Design (Fashion) is globally renowned as an incubator of creativity.
RMIT fashion students are selected to showcase in national and international awards and events. At the 2012 L’Oreal Melbourne Fashion Festival, seven out of the twelve students showcased from across Australia were from RMIT’s fashion design degree.
The four-year degree course focuses on engaging studio experiences that challenge students to develop innovative responses within the realm of fashion. Graduates work across the globe, many evolving into their own independent design practice or working for high-profile fashion labels. The rigour within the program means that RMIT fashion design proudly benchmarks against the best degree programs around the world and has a global approach to fashion education.
Program information
Program guide– Learn more about the program structure and how to apply.
Career outcomes
RMIT fashion graduates now span the globe and work in all aspects of the fashion industry. Recent graduates have worked with international fashion houses including Dior, Louis Vuitton, Calvin Klein, Viktor and Rolf and Vivienne Westwood.
The RMIT fashion degree prepares students to be professionally qualified designers able to fulfil a broad range of career opportunities in fashion and related industries. Graduates are employed as designers, pattern designers, illustrators, trend forecasters, stylists, costume designers, fashion bloggers and fashion journalists.
Student profiles
Emerging fashion designers from RMIT
Art Nation - Emerging Fashion by ABC
Laura Anderson
Bachelor of Design (Fashion), alumni
RMIT fashion has a reputation as the most renowned fashion design degree in Australia and one of the hardest to get into. When I moved to Melbourne from Sydney I met a number of people who had completed the degree and were doing some really amazing work which inspired me to look into it further. I have always wanted to work in this field and felt there was no other degree in Australia that compared to this one.
Winning the Spotlight prize at the Melbourne Spring Fashion Week has provided me with an incredible opportunity and it is an amazing honour to receive it. I am looking to do my internship with Costume National in Milan. I think the fact that a prize such as it exists is fantastic as it not only offers exposure and experience but facilitates the continuity of learning post uni which is really important.
Natasha Fagg
Bachelor of Design (Fashion), alumni
I chose RMIT University as it is the leader in fashion education and equips students with the capacity for both conceptual and analytical design thinking. The program encourages student to think creatively and has helped me develop a successful design process for which I can express my ideas effectively. Fashion at RMIT is designed to push students to explore innovative design and I have consequently been able to produce a standard of work which exceeds any expectations I had.
Winning first place in the RMIT Student Floral Fashion Design Competition at the Melbourne International Flower and Garden Show has been my most rewarding achievement thus far in my studies. The flower show presented a fantastic and unique opportunity for us to explore the brief of ‘Topographic Exuberance’ with complete creative freedom, resulting in an astounding body of work.
International opportunities
Students in the program can apply to do an exchange at a university overseas. Students are currently on exchange in London, New York, Toronto, Hong Kong and Amsterdam.
Since its inception RMIT fashion design graduates have been the recipients of the major prize awarded by the Australians in New York Fashion Foundation, providing the winner with a funded 12-month internship in New York with high-profile fashion labels including Calvin Klein and Narcisco Rodriguez.
Working with industry
There are opportunities to partake in an internship that supports your own design focus during the fourth year of the degree. Internships of this nature may be with companies based in Australia or overseas and can vary in duration, depending on your individual needs and circumstances.
In previous years we have had students take internships at Marc Jacobs and Anna Sui in New York, Bless and Martin Grant in Paris and Vivienne Westwood and Paul Smith in the UK, to name a few. In Australia students have interned with a broad range of companies and labels including Country Road, Romance Was Born, Akira, Toni Maticevski, Collette Dinnigan and Nobody Jeans.
Staff
Academic
Robyn Healy - Program Director / Postgraduate Coordinator
Karen Webster - Program Director / Selection officer / 4th year Coordinator
Peter Allan - Lecturer / 2nd year Coordinator
Ricarda Bigolin – Early Career Development Fellowship 2012
Peter Boyd – Lecturer / 3rd year Coordinator
Jo Cramer – Lecturer / Acting 1st year Coordinator
Janette Gavin – Lecturer / Electives Coordinator
Diana Klein – Lecturer
Michael Peel – Senior lecturer
Liliana Pomazan – Senior Lecturer / 2nd year Coordinator / International and Exchange Students Coordinator
Denise Sprynskyj - Senior lecturer / Electives Coordinator / International and Exchange Students Coordinator
Cassandra Wheat – Lecturer / 3rd Year Coordinator
Technical officers and administrative staff
Greg Allan - Administrative officer
Claudia Cotrone - Senior Technical Officer
Elizabeth Starrett - Technical Officer
Contact us
Program enquiries
Phone +61 3 9925 2782
Fax +61 3 9925 2948
Email: fashion@rmit.edu.au
General enquiries
Speak to our friendly staff about programs, applications, pathways and important dates at RMIT Info Corner.
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