Duration
4 Years
Eligibility
10+2
Seats
60
The total program fee
₹16,00,000
B.Des Fashion Design – Program Overview
Step into our studio intensive universe. This is a high-voltage, immersive experience where imagination converges to precision and passion meets performance.
We totally understand that glamour without strategy will never survive in this competitive world, so our B.Des Fashion design course is structured to let your artistry combine with your ambition. Here, you’re gonna learn that fashion is equal parts creativity, razor-sharp business instinct, and crushing deadlines, and turn into a master craftsman.
And here’s where we raise the stakes: Entrepreneurship is deeply embedded in our program, where you will understand supply chains for positioning a luxury brand. You will get to create your own design label and learn about sourcing, digital selling, costing, and branding.
Imagine humming industry swing machines, cutting tables layered with fabrics, draping experiments at midnight; yes! You will be part of all this now and always. This isn’t just about drawing some pretty sketches; it’s about fabricating ideas into tangible, runway-ready realities.
B. Des Fashion Design degree course is a 4-year creative odyssey that is bold and comprehensive. The real showstopper here is your PORTFOLIO. In the fashion world, your work speaks louder than words, so across the four years that you will spend here, you will build an industry-ready and powerful body of work. From fashion shows and curated exhibitions to action-oriented internships, we ensure your creative identity commands the attention it deserves.
This program is your runway to relevance. Our B.Des Fashion design curriculum covers pattern-making, textile science, fashion history, sustainability, draping, merchandising, fashion CAD, and innovation. You will learn to decode trends, engineer garments, and sculpt silhouettes that move with purpose.
About the B. Des Fashion Design Program
Gone are the days when fashion was limited only to runways. It now dwells on digital platforms, sustainability, technology, and global ecommerce. Our B. Des Fashion Design degree course is all about creating your own trends. This isn’t about theory, it’s about how the GLOBAL LUXURY MARKET operates.
At DIA, fashion is amplified through global corridors and powerful industry alliances. This course is not about following a style. It’s about questioning, reshaping, and finally evaluating it. We will prepare you to operate at the intersection where creativity meets commerce and aesthetics meet analytics.
At DIA, learning unfolds by activating both intellect and instinct because here you conceptualise LUXURY BRAND BLUEPRINTS. This is only possible when we create a series of interconnected studios with labs that push you to think beyond flat sketches. Every project will inspire you to think like a designer and operate like a founder.
Here’s what you will learn
To build mastery over silhouette creation and dynamic drape –
Students will learn to sculpt the garments as living forms. That means understanding structure, gravity, proportion, and the drape’s transformative power in motion
To build sensitivity toward identity, culture, movement, and emotion – Learn fashion as a language. Understand the heritage, performance, psychology, gender, and personal narrative.
To train students to design for performance, stage, and camera – Explore costume as storytelling. Learn to fashion looks that enhance in light, lenses that create dramatic expressions.
To strengthen stylistic articulation across media formats –
Understand the intricacies involved in translating your vision seamlessly across live presentations, videos, and photography.
To build body fluency through drawing, draping, and form engineering – The human body is your canvas and collaborator, both. Get the ability to study it through structure, gesture, and technical precision.
The very first year at our B. Des. Fashion Design, you will get to taste multi-disciplinary subjects that will help you to work on your intellectual and creative groundwork needed for a specialised fashion study.
Here you will get to:
- Explore fashion that goes beyond a product
- Understand form, aesthetics, context, and structure
- Develop skills like critical inquiry, observation, and experimentation
- Develop sensitivity toward craft traditions, human behaviour, and visual storytelling
The course will make you future-ready, not just as beginners, but also by ensuring you become creative thinkers with interdisciplinary depth.
B. Des Fashion Design curriculum is created to help you become a thinker, researcher, storyteller, digital creator, and entrepreneur. Structured around nine powerful pillars, our course strengthens a different dimension of your creative identity. When you graduate, we will ensure that you become industry-relevant, not just industry-ready.
B. Des Fashion Design curriculum is created to help you become a thinker, researcher, storyteller, digital creator, and entrepreneur.
PILLAR 1 Concept and narrative design
For any unique fashion idea, you need a unique, creative mind. DIA’s fashion design degree course treats concepts as seriously as couture. This pillar focuses on thinking before you design. Here, you will learn to create clear brand identities, build stories, and design collections that have meaning and perception. You will also develop the confidence to present and sell your concepts through AI-assisted forecasting, concept-driven draping, and fashion films.
PILLAR 2 Body, identity, and movement
This pillar helps you understand concepts of silhouette, drape, proportion, and movement in a deeper, more practical way. Through advanced patternmaking, theatre costume, illustrations, performance studies, pattern making, and cinematic styling, you will learn how garments behave in motion.
PILLAR 3 Material and textile innovation
Every fabric has a story to tell. Explore and understand the textiles from fibre to finish. Here, you can experiment with sustainable fabrics, new technologies, and smart textiles while rooted in your design traditions. We offer material innovation workshops, craft visits, and digital simulations to help you learn to combine future technology with your heritage.
PILLAR 4 Theatre, performance, and costume futures
This pillar is all about preparing you for the bigger picture, because when fashion transforms, it performs. Here, you will study character psychology, movement-based garments, costume direction, quick-change engineering, and lighting design. We will prepare you for the OTT, film styling, live performance, and theatre industries.
PILLAR 5 Global * Indian Fashion cultures
You need to deeply understand people and cultures, and that’s the key to great design. This pillar of our B. Des Fashion design syllabus helps you to understand cultural literacy by studying global fashion capitals, luxury systems, anthropology, and Indian craft traditions.
PILLAR 6 Fashion Research & Historiography
To become a great designer, you need to do deep research. This pillar focuses on training you in documentation, academic writing, fieldwork, archival studies, and trend analysis. We will make sure that research becomes your creative strength.
PILLAR 7 Periodical narratives and silhouette evolution
We all know fashion has evolved with time, and that’s what you will learn here. Here, you can experiment by reinterpreting heritage for modern design, study historical timelines, and reconstruct garments. You will have the opportunity to understand how silhouettes shift across eras, from ancient India to Paris couture to contemporary runway movements.
PILLAR 8 Digital Fashion and process systems
Learn the future of fashion with CAD, CLO3D, AI tools, digital lookbook development, virtual sampling, and techpack creation. In this pillar of our B. Des Fashion Designing course, you will become future fashion industry-ready and fluent in global digital systems.
PILLAR 9 Sustainability and circular luxury
Luxury today is all about responsibility. Under this pillar, you will learn zero-waste pattern cutting, ethical sourcing, lifecycle thinking, biomaterials, and circular design. You will create garments that last, repair, and regenerate.
Eligibility Criteria & Scholarships
Celebrating Brilliance. Empowering Futures.
The B. Des fashion design eligibility criteria include students who have completed their 10+2 education from any recognised board. You can be from any stream – Arts, Humanities, Commerce, or Science. Your academic background is not important here; what matters is your imagination, curiosity, and passion for deeply exploring the world of fashion and design.
While prior design experience is not compulsory, we strongly prefer a very strong creative aptitude. We expect you to demonstrate originality of thought, visual sensitivity, an interest in culture, aesthetics, and, of course, fashion!
Talent should never be limited by finances, and that’s why our scholarship programs are designed to recognise dedication, creativity, and academic potential. So, for that, we are always ready with our scholarships to take such candidates’ design journey seriously.
B. Des Fashion Design eligibility criteria for DIA’s scholarship are very simple. It’s based on merit, creative aptitude, academic achievements, and your portfolio performance. In some cases, students can qualify based on their exceptional performances in entrance assessments and interviews. It is designed to assess your creative potential, not just your marks.
At DIA, we don’t just believe in celebrating brilliance but rewarding it.
Through the D.E.T internal scholarship test, your performance can unlock financial freedom and support.
Eligibility Criteria
Open to students who have completed 10+2 education from any recognised board.
Stream: Arts. Humanities, Commerce, or Science.
Scholarships
DET Score
60% +
₹10,000
in THE first year
DET Score
70% +
₹20,000
in THE first year
DET Score
80% +
₹25,000
in THE first year
DET Score
90% +
₹50,000
in THE first year
Additional Benefits:
- Special categories (EWS. Defence. Specially-abled): Upto ₹25,000 per year
- 12th boards merit students: ₹25,000 to ₹50,000 per year
Key Educational
Benefits over other
institutions
Fashion as visual direction
Fashion as visual direction While most institutes focus solely on garment creation, the B. Des. fashion design syllabus here trains you in runway choreography, visual presentations, fashion film direction, and digital storytelling. This means your portfolio will go far beyond just clothes; it will focus on brand identity, movement, and your creative vision.
Sustainability as strategy
Sustainability as strategy We are proud to share that we have ‘sustainability’ as a core practice element and not just a theory in all our B. Des Fashion Design subjects. With techniques such as circular systems, couture longevity, biomaterial labs, and regenerative textiles, you will learn how to integrate sustainability into your work while maintaining luxury value.
Cultural intelligence and research depth
Cultural intelligence and research depth At DIA, we place strong emphasis on global cultures, structured research methods, identity studies, and fashion anthropology. This helps you build a strong portfolio that focuses on global credibility and high intellectual maturity.
Critique culture and industry exposure
Critique culture and industry exposure We take one step further in the industry with our structures, peer critiques, couture labs, runway reconstruction projects, pitching studios, theatre costume wings, and international exposure modules. They help you achieve the professional confidence needed to stand apart in the market.
Stronger technical mastery
Stronger technical mastery At DIA, patternmaking is at a highly advanced level when compared to other institutes. Japanese cutting techniques, zero-waste systems, performance-based engineering, and 3D form logic are just a few of the many intensive techniques that you will get to learn in our fashion design degree course.
Technology-integrated fashion education
Technology-integrated fashion education Unlike traditional curricula, our B. Des Fashion Design program incorporates wearable technology, PLM systems, CLO3D simulation, virtual sampling, and smart textiles.
Business & luxury ecosystem understanding
Business & luxury ecosystem understanding Our B. Des. Fashion Design course empowers you to build your label with confidence. We take you beyond creativity, where you will learn consumer psychology, luxury strategy, fashion finance, and brand positioning.
B. Des Fashion Design Course Curriculum
Fashion is about identity, emotion, business, culture and influence. The B.Des Fashion Design course is a 4-year transformative journey designed for those who aspire to pioneer style trends.
This program is designed for a curious yet creative individual who wants to become a confident professional in the industry. It blends global exposure with Indian craft wisdom, artistic exploration with technical precision. And creativity with an entrepreneurial journey.
Each year is strategically planned to take you from foundation to mastery, from imagination to impact and finally from experimentation to execution.
This is where your fashion story truly begins: think hard, work smarter!
Year 1: Foundation Studies
At DIA, the B. Des Fashion Design degree course begins with a powerful multidisciplinary foundation in the first year (Semester 1 & 2). It focuses on first making you thinkers and then designers. The program immerses you in visual language, cultural studies, design fundamentals, creative technology, and material exploration.
You begin with:
- Sketching and drawing fundamentals
- Colour theory and visual composition
- Material studies and fabric exploration
- Textile basics and surface understanding
- Draping introduction
- Basic garment construction
- Indian knowledge system and craft documentation
- Fashion history and cultural context
- Emotional intelligence in design
Year 2: The Maker’s Hand
Get into full ballistic mode of skill building here. Turn your sketches into garments with structure, fit and finish. You go deeper into:
- Advanced pattern making
- Menswear & womenswear construction
- Textile manipulation and surface ornamentation
- Regional draping techniques
- Fashion CAD (2D & 3D design software)
- Digital illustration
- Market research and trend forecasting
- Couture detailing
- Visual merchandising
Semester 3: Foundations of Form, Craft & Visual Thinking
Workshops
The Weave Intelligence Atelier (Visit)
Expert: Mr. Noor / Banaras Tour (Master Weaver)
Outcome: Weave Texture Board, Mini Handloom Swatches, understanding drape, fall, structure
The Draping Playground: Sculpting the First Silhouette
Expert: Ms. Meenakshi Ramrakhiani (Amity University)
Outcome: Silhouette Exploration Portfolio, photographed drape experiments
Haute Handcraft Bootcamp: Stitches of Excellence
Expert: Seamstress from Péro / equivalent luxury brand
Outcome: Couture Craft Sampler Book
Masterclass
Fashion as Culture: Objects, Eras & Identity
Expert: Ms. Ritu Kumar
Outcome: Cultural sensitivity & historical awareness
Semester 4: Trend Literacy, Feminine Structure & Digital Foundations
Workshops
The Weave Intelligence Atelier (Visit)
Expert: Mr. Noor / Banaras Tour (Master Weaver)
Outcome: Weave Texture Board, Mini Handloom Swatches, understanding drape, fall, structure
The Draping Playground: Sculpting the First Silhouette
Expert: Ms. Meenakshi Ramrakhiani (Amity University)
Outcome: Silhouette Exploration Portfolio, photographed drape experiments
Haute Handcraft Bootcamp: Stitches of Excellence
Expert: Seamstress from Péro / equivalent luxury brand
Outcome: Couture Craft Sampler Book
Masterclass
Fashion as Culture: Objects, Eras & Identity
Expert: Ms. Ritu Kumar
Outcome: Cultural sensitivity & historical awareness
Year 3: The Designer’s eye
Now you begin defining your voice! You move to building cohesive collections from making garments. Here, you dig deeper into:
- Collection development
- Concept building and narrative writing
- Research mapping and mood boards
- Fabric sourcing strategies
- Sustainability practices
- Fashion communication and styling
- Fashion films and presentation formats
- Brand positioning basics
Semester 5 — Menswear Mastery & Digital Futures Workshops
Workshops
Menswear Tailoring Lab
Expert: Mr. Dinesh (Study by Janak)
Outcome: Menswear Construction Kit
Digital Haute Studio: CLO × TUKA Innovation Lab
Expert: Mr. Vijay Dua (CAD Specialist)
Outcome: 3D Menswear Look + tech pack
Textile Heritage Revival Atelier
Expert: Ms. Sharmila Dua (NID)
Outcome: Craft Revival Surface Panel
Masterclass
Blazer, Coat & Jacket Engineering
Expert: Mr. Naved
Outcome: Advanced menswear mastery
Craft × Future Innovation Dialogue
Expert: Anju Modi / Madhu Jain
Outcome: Future-forward surface concepts
Semester 6 — Kidswear Play, Styling & Brand Foundations
Workshops
Kidswear Pattern Atelier
Expert: Chicco / FirstCry trainer
Outcome: Kidswear Block Patterns
Cinematic Styling Lab
Expert: Ms. Sanjana Kapoor (Prithvi Theatres)
Outcome: Character Style Boards + short video
Brand Capsule Simulation
Expert: Ms. Sikha (Onna Living)
Outcome: Mini Brand Deck
Masterclass
Fashion Storytelling for Stage & Screen
Expert: Harpreet & Rimple (Couture Costume Designers)
Outcome: Story-to-style mapping
Year 4: The Concept Atelier
Now you are almost ready to take on the world and understand that a well-inspired strategy is everything. You work on transforming your creativity into commerce. You study:
- Global fashion economy
- Pricing strategies and costing
- Material sourcing and supply chains
- Brand identity and storytelling
- Digital positioning and brand marketing
- Entrepreneurship and incubation
- Financial projections with business planning
Semester 7 — Collection Ideation, Film & Digital Narratives
Workshops
Concept Moodboarding & Material Exploration
Expert: Payal Khandwala
Outcome: Moodboard + Fabric Experiments
Fashion Film & Runway Direction
Expert: Tarun Vishwa
Outcome: Short Fashion Film
3D Digital Draping & Lookbook Creation
Expert: Shalini Gupta
Outcome: Digital Lookbook
Masterclass
Celebrity / Performance Costume Analysis
Expert: Manish Malhotra / JJ Valaya
Outcome: Costume Analysis Portfolio
Semester 8 — Collection Finalisation & Showcase
Workshops
Couture Collection Construction Lab
Expert: Sahil Kochhar
Outcome: Final Collection of Garments
Runway & Fashion Show Simulation
Expert: Vidyun Singh (FDCI)
Outcome: Show Deck + Runway Recording
Portfolio & Lookbook Lab
Expert: Atul Kasbekar
Outcome: Final Lookbook + Online Portfolio
Masterclass
Fashion Entrepreneurship & Brand Strategy
Expert: Shubhika (Papa Don’t Preach) / Rahul Mishra
Outcome: Brand Pitch Deck
Your final year with us is not just a creative project, but you will build your FINAL GRADUATION COLLECTION. You will work on it from conceptualising to market positioning.
You create:
❖ A full professional portfolio
❖ A brand blueprint
❖ A pricing model
❖ A business expansion strategy
Now you are a fully grown creative professional who’s ready to start your label, enter luxury houses, explore styling, textile innovation, visual merchandising, sustainable design, and global markets.
Each year advances you into specialised skill development that culminates in entrepreneurial and industry-integrated exposure.
Our B. Des Fashion Design syllabus offers real-world insights, trend forecasting, practical guidance, and hands-on techniques that go beyond the classroom. This immersive blend of expert-led interactions and structured phases ensures that learners graduate with technical excellence and industry readiness.
Disclaimer: To give you the best possible industry exposure, our workshop schedules and mentor lineups are planned in advance. However, in case the listed mentor is unavailable, your sessions will be conducted by another expert of similar calibre and stature. Our ultimate aim is to ensure that learning remains highly transformative and uncompromised.
Top Recruiters Hiring B. Des Fashion Design Graduates
We at DIA are proud to collaborate with leading retail brands, export houses, fashion houses, and remerging labels that recognise our graduates’ creative depth and professional readiness.
B. Des Fashion Design job opportunities span across established industry brands and dynamic startups. Their continuous trust in our curriculum, quality education, and students’ creative portfolios stands as a testament to the quality we bring to the professional world.
Career Opportunities after B. Des Fashion Design
A B. Des Fashion Design graduate is far beyond ‘just a designer’. Our course helps students blend their creative passion with technical expertise, creating diverse career opportunities.
Here are some of the major fashion design job opportunities.
Core design roles
- Textile designer
- Fashion designer
- Costume designer
- Fashion illustrator
- Accessory designer
Production and technical roles
- Garment technologist
- Sampling coordinator
- Pattern maker
Retail and fashion business
- Buyer (Retail/Export house)
- Visual Merchandiser
- Brand manager
- Fashion Merchandiser
- Luxury retail consultant
Fashion Tech designer (Digital fashion/AR clothing)
- Entrepreneur
- Sustainable fashion consultant
B. Des Fashion Design Fee Structure
At DIA, our fee structure is carefully designed to reflect the depth of industry exposure, the professional training of our experts, and the hard work they put in. We are not merely talking about the tuition investment here, but rather discussing a comprehensive design education.
At DIA, we admit an exclusive cohort of 60 students every year, ensuring personalised creative growth and focused mentorship. Proudly affiliated to Chaudhary Charan Singh University (CCSU), the fee structure is:
The total program fee: Rs. 16,00,000/-
Structured year-wise:
YEAR 1
Rs. 4,00,000
YEAR 2
Rs. 4,00,000
YEAR 3
Rs. 4,00,000
YEAR 4
Rs. 4,00,000
Here, B. Des Fashion Design fees cover expert mentorship, studio & lab access, industry interactions, workshops, and entrepreneurial training.
To support aspiring designers, we offer flexible payment options and guidance on financial planning. Our focus remains on delivering exceptional academic support, industry-readiness, and long-term career returns. Ensuring investment in quality fashion education!
Residential Facilities & Transport
A caring and supportive living environment plays a very crucial role in a student’s personal and academic development. At IMS DIA, hostel facilities are very thoughtfully designed to provide safety, comfort, and convenience. Students here can easily focus on their creative and academic growth.
Our facilities offer safe, secure, campus-linked accommodation to support students’ well-being. There are separate facilities for male and female students; the hostels maintain privacy, fostering a respectful and disciplined residential culture. We have monitored premises with round-the-clock security, reassuring students and parents both.
The institute boasts comfortable, well-maintained living spaces conducive to learning. Rooms are designed to create a balanced atmosphere that supports creative exploration, relaxation, and focused study for all students. There are interesting common areas that encourage interaction, collaboration, and the building of lifelong friendships.
Admission Process for B. Des Fashion Design
The program’s application process is very simple and clear. It is entirely focused on understanding the students and not just evaluating their academic marks.
STEP 1: Online application form
Start by filling out an online application form (put the link on the word ‘form’). Once it is submitted, our admissions team will carefully review each applicant and understand your academic background, interests, and long-term career aspirations.
STEP 2: Portfolio/Aptitude Test
Selected applicants will now be assessed through a portfolio review (if available), a creative aptitude test, or a short design task/visual exercise. Our goal is mainly to assess creativity, originality, and students’ potential.
Please note that prior design experience is not mandatory for most of our undergraduate degree courses. Portfolios are encouraged, but again not mandatory. Beginners can complete on-the-spot creative tasks.
STEP 3: Personal interaction
If you get shortlisted, you will be invited for a one-on-one interaction with a faculty member or the admissions counsellors. We intend to evaluate your communication skills, creative thinking, intent, skill, and program suitability. During this round, students and parents can also ask clarifying questions to gain a full understanding of the B. Des Fashion Design degree course.
STEP 4: Offer letter & enrollment
Selected students will receive an official offer letter from IMS, DIA. Upon acceptance, we will confirm your enrollment once the fee is submitted and the documentation is received.
Faculty
Meet your master trainers here:
At IMS, we are proud to say that the strength of our B. Des Fashion Design course lies in the diversity and distinction of our expert faculty. They are industry leaders with decades of experience and real-world credibility, bringing that credibility directly into classrooms.
Student Testimonials
As a creative person you always have an abundance of ideas in your mind but sometimes it is hard to turn into reality, but in DIA they will mentor, educate and help you to bring your ideas to life.
Milind Singh
Fashion Design 2007 Batch
Director @ Fashion Under Arrest
We were nurtured by our faculties from school kids to enthusiastic professionals. The journey at DIA motivated us to enter the world of entrepreneurship with our company KalaaNido Pvt Ltd.
Vikram-Kani
Fashion Design 2008 batch
Entrepreneur-KalaaNido
We were nurtured by our faculties from school kids to enthusiastic professionals. The journey at DIA motivated us to enter the world of entrepreneurship with our company KalaaNido Pvt Ltd.
Vikram-Kani
Fashion Design 2008 batch
Entrepreneur-KalaaNido
Frequently Asked Questions
Q1. What is B des fashion design?
Q2. What do we study in the B. des fashion design course?
B des fashion design subjects cover everything from fashion fundamentals to fashion marketing, branding, garment construction, trend forecasting, draping, and sustainability. Here, you will also get the opportunity to experiment with trends, work on live projects, gain industry exposure, and build your own brands.
Q3. What is the duration of the B. des fashion design Program?
The B des fashion designing program typically lasts 4 years. Here at DIA, the first year is a multidisciplinary foundation year, while the subsequent years are divided into structured phases. These phases are designed to gradually take you from a basic understanding of fashion to creating your own entrepreneurial fashion brand.
Q4. What jobs can you get with the B. des fashion design programme?
You can become a fashion stylist, designer, textile designer, merchandiser, fashion entrepreneur, and much more. The fashion industry celebrates a wide variety of B. des fashion design jobs. You can apply to luxury brands and startups, and if you are more of an adventure type, you can even start your own label.
Q5. Does IMS DIA offer scholarships for the B. des fashion design Program?
Yes, IMS DIA offers scholarship opportunities. These are open to deserving and talented individuals. Such prospects are designed to make quality design education more accessible and encourage creative minds to join the industry.
Q6. What are the eligibility criteria to join the B. des fashion design Program in IMS DIA?
B.des fashion design eligibility criteria require you to have completed your education up to 10+2 in any stream. For us, your creative mind and your passions matter the most. Fashion is all about your imagination, innovation, and expressions; that’s what you are gonna learn here.
