Fashion Design

Fashion Designers are highly creative, strong-willed individuals who deliver collections that respond to avid demand for novelty within specific and even niche markets.

Join LaSalle College Montréal's Fashion Design DCS and get hands-on, expert-led training from the most important fashion school in Canada to skillfully propel your career in the exhilarating world of fashion design.

Experiment with materials, patterns, and designs using cutting-edge, industry-standard equipment, software, and technology in our advanced facilities, including:

• Clothing technology laboratory equipped with: Sublimation printing equipment, Specialized machines for shoes and leather accessories (skiver, walking foot, swivel arm, post bed). Seam sealer (for waterproof seams), Flatlock (for seams on stretch fabrics),
• Patronage, drawing, and cutting room (open to students outside class hours),
• Fully equipped photo studio,
• FLEX classrooms,
• Active learning classrooms,
• Adobe Creative Suite (AI), CLO 3D, Future Snoops, Newarc, Claude,
• And many others!

Actively participate and collaborate with teachers using these specialized facilities, boosting your motivation and confidence.

Diploma of College Studies (DCS) programs consist of:

• General education courses common to all programs,
• General education courses specific to the program,
• Complementary general education courses.

Concentration Courses

Semester 1

• Composition of Simple Garments (90 h)
• Assembling Principles of Simple Garments (45 h)
• Designer Profession (45 h)
• Graphic Process Application and Visual Presentation (90 h)
• Study and Utilization of Raw Materials (45 h)

Semester 2

• Composition of Various Garments (105 h)
• Assembling Orinciples of Various Garments (45 h)
• Style Research by Draping (45 h)
• Fashion Concepts (75 h)
• Fashion Phenomena (45 h)
• Research of Raw Materials for the Production of Garments (45 h)

Semester 3

• Composition of Elaborated Garment (60 h)
• Garment Construction and Computer (45 h)
• Garment Feasibility (60 h)
• Fashion and Society (45 h)
• Research of Distinct Fashion Concepts (75 h)
• Fashion Products Development (60 h)

Semester 4

• Garments Production (45 h)
• Technical Files Elaboration (60 h)
• Defining Characteristics of a Collection (90 h)
• Detailed Planning and Prototypes (105 h)
• Trend Analysis and Presentation (45 h)

Semester 5

• Production of the Collection Plan (75 h)
• Collection Elaboration and Prototypes (105 h)
• Garment Evaluation (75 h)
• Planning and Production (45h)
• Buying and Selling of Products and Services (45 h)

Semester 6

• Collection for Target Markets (90 h)
• Presentation and Evaluation of Collections (75 h)
• Elaboration of the Portfolio (60 h)
• Fashion Promotion (60 h)
• Fashion Design – Integration or Fashion Design Profile (120 h)

Note: During your final semester, you could specialize in Footwear and Accessory by tailoring your final coursework accordingly.

* The College reserves the right to substitute some courses.

General Education Courses

College-level institutions emphasize general education that focuses on core cultural knowledge, skill development, responsible citizenship, and shared cultural heritage.

Alumni have a well-rounded skill set and general knowledge that is valued in the workplace.

• 3 Physical Education courses (90 h)
• 3 Humanities courses (150 h)
• 4 Language and Literature courses (240 h)
• 2 Second Language courses (90 h)
• 2 complementary courses (90 h)