Fashion training in the heart of downtown Vancouver
An 18-month, in-person program for people who want to build a career in fashion—whether you see yourself designing, building a brand, working behind the scenes, or you're still figuring out where you fit.
Fashion Industry & Design Development
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Fashion Industry & Design Development ·
Train in-person at our Vancouver campus. This program runs 2.5 days per week, with schedule options designed for busy lives.
18 months
Graduate with a Diploma in Fashion Industry & Design Development and be prepared to work across creative, product, and business roles within the fashion industry.
Diploma
Financial aid, scholarships, and flexible payment plans available—our team can walk you through your options.
$29,800
What You Learn
Fashion is creative, but bringing an idea to life also means understanding product, business, and how the industry works. This program gives you a foundation across the full fashion process.
You learn:
Trend forecasting and product development
Fashion design and concept development
Pattern making and garment construction
Buying, merchandising, and retail strategy
Branding, marketing, and digital commerce
Fashion operations and production processes
How You Train
Learn by working through the fashion process
You'll spend your time developing ideas, making garments, building concepts, solving problems, and learning how creative decisions connect to product and business decisions.
Hands-on learning in our fashion studios
Design, construction, product, and business projects
Individual and collaborative work
Feedback and support from instructors with industry experience
Portfolio development throughout the program
Opportunities to connect with Vancouver's fashion community
By graduation, you'll have work you can show, skills you can use, and a much clearer sense of where you want to go next.
What Makes this Different
You don't have to choose between creative and business
Fashion needs designers, but it also needs buyers, merchandisers, product developers, marketers, brand builders, production teams, entrepreneurs, and people who understand how all of those pieces fit together.
That's why the program doesn't ask you to specialize too early.
You'll learn how a garment is designed and made, but also how products are developed, positioned, marketed, sold, and brought to market. That broader foundation gives you room to discover your strengths while preparing for more than one kind of career.
Explore different areas before deciding where you fit
Build both creative and commercial skills
Understand how fashion moves from concept to customer
Develop a portfolio that reflects your interests and strengths
Graduate prepared to pursue different roles within the industry
Why JCI
Build your career around what you're good at
You don't need to arrive at JCI with your whole career mapped out. You need an interest in fashion and the willingness to learn.
At JCI, you'll be part of a creative community where instructors know you, classmates become collaborators, and learning extends beyond the classroom through projects, events, alumni, and connections to industry.
Small class sizes and personalized support
Instructors with current industry experience
Hands-on, career-focused training
A downtown Vancouver campus built for creative learning
Connections to alumni and the local fashion community
The goal isn't to turn everyone into the same kind of fashion professional. It's to give you the skills, experience, and exposure to figure out what kind you want to become.
See it for yourself
Come experience JCI in person
If you're considering fashion school, visiting the campus can make the decision feel a lot clearer.
See the fashion studios
Meet instructors and students
Learn more about what you'll actually study
See the kind of work students create
Ask questions about careers, tuition, schedules, and admissions
Want to see if JCI feels right for you?
You don't need to know exactly where fashion will take you.
That's part of what you're here to discover.
Talk to Our Team
If you're thinking about a career in fashion, start with a conversation.
Fill out the form below and we'll text and email you a link so you can book a call or campus visit when it works for you.