BellTime Magazine Spring/ Summer 2016 May 2016 | Page 10

BELLTIME

FASHIONING YOU

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ith an impressive range of courses in fashion, Sallynoggin
College of Further Education is the perfect place to develop
the creative and practical skills needed in the industry. Choose
between Fashion Design courses, which specialise in design and
making, or Fashion Industry Practice courses which specialise in
buying, visual merchandising, styling and journalism.
The Fashion Design Courses at QQI Levels 5 and 6 provide the
opportunity to design and produce collections while also
developing a portfolio suitable for application to a broad range
of third level colleges. Subjects range from pattern drafting
and garment construction to drawing
and fashion illustration. An impressive
number of graduates each year achieve
their first choice college places on degree
programmes in NCAD, DIT, IADT, Griffith
College and UK colleges such as the
London College of Fashion. Those with
strong portfolios from the Level 6 course
have the opportunity to progress to the
second year of degree programmes.
The Fashion Industry Practice
Courses at QQI Levels 5 &
6 offer a unique choice,
in that they bring together
many practical and creative
aspects of the industry. With
a mix of Visiting Lecturers,
Photo-shoots, Field Trips to
exhibitions or trade shows,
and in second year, putting
on a professional Fashion
Event, one thing is certain,
that no week is ever the
same! No matter which path
you take, this course will
effectively equip students
with an ability to work within
a broad range of areas and
to appreciate how all areas of
the fashion industry interact.
Each year Fashion Industry
Practice students also
achieve places in third-level
colleges throughout the
UK and Ireland by applying

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through UCAS and CAO.
They successfully apply
and commence courses
such as; Fashion Buying,
Fashion Marketing, Fashion
Management, Fashion
History, Visual Merchandising,
Event Management and
Business & Entrepreneurship.
Fashion Events
Working on photo-shoots
and Events during the
year, our students get a
real working knowledge of
event management. Our
next fashion event is being
planned for April 2016,
so keep an eye on our
website; www.scfe.ie and
our Facebook page; SCFE
– Sallynoggin College, for
updates.

During the year,
second year
students on both
courses can
attend a Trade
Show in Paris
to see first-hand how the
industry works. The Fashion
Industry Practice students
can attend the Ready-towear, Who’s Next trade show.
The Fashion Design students
visit the international Premier
Vision Fabric fair spotting
fabrics a year before the
collections hit the shops!
“ Fashion Industry Practice at
Sallynoggin College was a great
launching pad for my BA degree. The
skills we acquired through producing the
event proved to be a great asset for me
in university”
-Niamh Crawford
“ I am so proud of what I have achieved
this year and I feel the event has really
made me a more capable and confident
person”
-Lorna Sammon