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Kenstone Institute of Design & TechnologyFashion design school · Shivamogga, KarnatakaNext intake Content required: date

Perceivethe unseen.Achievethe unthinkable.

You already notice what people wear. In one year here you learn to draw it, cut it, sew it and send it down a runway.

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KIDAT · Block 01ShoulderBustWaistFront bodiceCut 1 on foldCentre frontPattern → garment
A front bodice block drafting itself, then the dress it becomes.Motion study

Start where you are

01I have finished 10+2 or PUCThe one-year Graduate Diploma →02I want to try fashion before giving it a yearThe 3-month course →03I am a parentFees, careers and who to call →04I just want to see what students makeStudent work →

Student work

All work
Sample image standing in for collections student work
Sample project oneCollections · GDFDM
Sample image standing in for draping student work
Sample project twoDraping · GDFDM
Sample image standing in for surface design student work
Sample project threeSurface design · GDFDM
Sample image standing in for illustration student work
Sample project fourIllustration · GDFDM
Sample image standing in for runway student work
Sample project fiveRunway · GDFDM

Sample projects. Real student work replaces every image here.

Your year at KIDAT

From first sketch to the runway

  1. Trimester 1
    Sample image for you learn to see and draw

    You learn to see and draw

    Colour, fabric and illustration.

    You leave with

    A mood board, illustrations, a fabric journal

  2. Trimester 2
    Sample image for you cut and sew

    You cut and sew

    Pattern making, construction, draping, surface work.

    You leave with

    Patterns, garments, a draped prototype

  3. Trimester 3
    Sample image for you build a collection

    You build a collection

    Trends, merchandising, brand and portfolio.

    You leave with

    A capsule collection, a portfolio, a brand concept

  4. Sutradhar
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    You show it

    Your collection walks the runway in front of an audience.

    You leave with

    Runway photographs and film of your own work

See the full programmeContent required: confirm the order and outcomes against the curriculum

Design thinking

How designers think

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Sample images. One real project, shown across four stages.

  1. Stage 1 of 4

    Observe

    Start by looking. Fabric, streets, people, a grandmother's saree, the way a sleeve hangs. Research comes before the first line.

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  2. Stage 2 of 4

    Ideate

    Put it on paper. Sketches, notes and mood boards, and several wrong answers before a right one.

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  3. Stage 3 of 4

    Prototype

    Cut the pattern. Drape it, pin it and sew a first version to find out what the drawing got wrong.

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  4. Stage 4 of 4

    Test

    Fit it, show it, sell it. The garment meets a body, a runway and a customer.

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Programmes

Graduate diploma · GDFDM

Fashion Designing & Management

Duration
1 year
Format
Full-time
Eligibility
10+2 / PUC / equivalent
Location
Shivamogga
Next intake
Content required: date
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Short course

3-Month Fashion Design Course

Explore in month one. Make in month two. Launch in month three.

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Sample image standing in for the Sutradhar runway

Sutradhar
From Shimoga to the world

From classroom to catwalk

Sutradhar is KIDAT's fashion show. Every collection on the runway is student work, from first sketch to final fitting.

See the show

KIDAT.Studio

From idea to market

  1. 01Idea
  2. 02Design
  3. 03Prototype
  4. 04Garment
  5. 05Photograph
  6. 06Publish
  7. 07Customer response

Students learn design and the business around it. Finished pieces can be photographed, published and put in front of real customers, so the feedback comes from the market as well as the classroom.

Content required: confirm KIDAT.Studio is live and how students sell through it

For parents

The questions parents ask first

What will my child have at the end?

A diploma from KIDAT, a portfolio, and garments they designed and made themselves.

What work can it lead to?

Designer, stylist, merchandiser, print designer, costume designer, or a label of their own.

What does it cost?

Content required: fees and instalment options

All parent questions

Why KIDAT exists

We hold the conviction that the most significant breakthroughs and innovations reside in the domain of the unseen: the realms just outside the scope of traditional thinking.
  • KKnowledge
  • IInnovation
  • DDesign
  • AArtistry
  • TTechnique

About KIDAT

Studio

Inside the studio
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Journal

All articles
CraftDraping: Definition, History, Types, and TechniquesRead MaterialWhat Is Muslin Fabric? History, Uses & Modern AppealRead CareersFashion Designing Courses After 12thRead

Your next step

Three ways forward. Pick the smallest one.

  1. Step 1

    Ask

    Send one question. No forms beyond your name and number, and no commitment.

  2. Step 2

    Visit

    See the studio, watch a class, meet the faculty. Bring a parent.

  3. Step 3

    Apply

    Three fields to begin. Content required: seats per batch and the next intake date

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