Fashion

We wanted to make a course that was relevant to industry. Not about only the theoretical part, but also the hands on how do you do it in real life. Getting the students ready for life, that was very important for us. 

So the RMIT collaboration for us is about doing the right thing. It's about working with great students. It's about ensuring that the industry’s got an enormous platform as we move forward. And if we can play a role in that, then it's something we're exceptionally proud of. 

The project that we've run this semester has been amazing with the product development students. Students have been developing their ranges with sustainable features for kids wear what they've come up with. It's just been outstanding. We've been so excited to see all their progress through the three times that they've come to visit us. 

We've come up with a final range for the collection that we've planned. And it's been so fantastic to get their feedback along the way. So each other presentations, they've given us advice, what went well, what we can maybe work on, and it's really helped us to improve our final work.  

It kind of give us like a sneak peek of how it is like to work in industry. Today is actually my first day of being here. And it's exciting at the same time nervous. 

The highlight for me so far has just been seeing the new direction that students are taking it, all the interesting little details that they're putting on and how they're really embracing sustainability as part of the entire process has been really amazing. 

Hi, I'm Erin and I'm studying a Bachelor of Fashion (Enterprise). So when I was really young, my nanna taught me how to sew and knit. And that's what made me really interested in fashion. And then as I got older, I was interested in design, I still love sewing. But I started to realise how important the business side of fashion is, as well. So the more I learned, the more aware I became of how many different opportunities there are in the fashion industry. And that's why this course really stood out to me. 

It is a bit different studying online rather than being on campus. But I'm so grateful for the tutors whenever I've had like a bit of an issue or a lack of understanding in one of the subjects they were so willing to jump on like a Teams meeting so we can discuss whatever I need help with.  

I think what's a little bit challenging for me is that there are so many different sort of areas of fashion. So we've got like marketing and branding. And then it's also a lot to do with products. So sort of switching between them is a great opportunity to learn so much about so many different things. It's definitely a challenge but a good challenge. 

I think this course is going to make me really job ready because in industry, we would be doing things like making range plans, doing research about target customers and brands that we might be working for. So this is something that I feel like when I do go into the industry and get a job I'm going to feel so much more prepared and so much more confident.