School of Fashion and Textiles

The School of Fashion and Textiles is at the global forefront of fashion and textile education, training and research, working with industry to foster the next generation of design and business leaders.

Welcome to RMIT's School of Fashion and Textiles

Informed by global awareness and astute knowledge of industry, we lead in creative and entrepreneurial practices. Our staff are engaged as both practitioners and researchers, and are active as designers, curators, business innovators and leaders of industry.

Image caption: Master of Fashion (Design) Graduate Show 2019 at MPavilion. Photo by Lucas Dawson Photography.

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Our teaching areas

RMIT is a global leader in fashion and textiles education. Our programs are internationally recognised, with graduates making an impact across the world.

Image caption: RMIT Fashion & Textiles, City Campus. Photo by Tatjana Plitt, courtesy Spowers Architects.

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Dreams, Knits and Heartbreak documentary video

Follow three recent graduates of the RMIT Bachelor of Fashion (Design) (Honours) on their journey to showing in the National Graduate Showcase at the Melbourne Fashion Festival.

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Disney's Cruella

A collaboration between RMIT fashion design students and Disney to celebrate the launch of the film Cruella, inspired by the character and the 1970s London punk scene, exhibited at Melbourne Central.

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Caprice x RMIT Bachelor of Fashion (Enterprise)

Find out more about the RMIT x Caprice partnership, a hands on learning experience for our Bachelor of Fashion (Enterprise) students. Meet Caprice CEO Paul Cannon and Sustainability Manager Corinne Hollier, the Course Coordinator Dr. Carolina Quintero Rodriguez, as well as two students Rebecca Lee and Erin Box as they provide insight into this opportunity for our Fashion (Enterprise) students.

Caprice x RMIT Bachelor of Fashion (Enterprise)

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We wanted to make a course that was relevant to industry. Not about only the theoretical part, but also the hands on how do you do it in real life. Getting the students ready for life, that was very important for us.

So the RMIT collaboration for us is about doing the right thing. It's about working with great students. It's about ensuring that the industry’s got an enormous platform as we move forward. And if we can play a role in that, then it's something we're exceptionally proud of.

The project that we've run this semester has been amazing with the product development students. Students have been developing their ranges with sustainable features for kids wear what they've come up with. It's just been outstanding. We've been so excited to see all their progress through the three times that they've come to visit us.

We've come up with a final range for the collection that we've planned. And it's been so fantastic to get their feedback along the way. So each other presentations, they've given us advice, what went well, what we can maybe work on, and it's really helped us to improve our final work.

It kind of give us like a sneak peek of how it is like to work in industry. Today is actually my first day of being here. And it's exciting at the same time nervous.

The highlight for me so far has just been seeing the new direction that students are taking it, all the interesting little details that they're putting on and how they're really embracing sustainability as part of the entire process has been really amazing.

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Bachelor of Fashion (Enterprise) with Erin Box

Meet Erin Box a current student studying the Bachelor of Fashion (Enterprise). Find out more about her journey and experiences studying this program at RMIT University.

Research

Our research focuses on both textile technology and creative practice, with researchers leading the field with projects concerned with the urban environment, and applications for high performance textiles that have the capacity to deliver solutions for safer and healthier lives, from development of protective clothing for firefighters to garments that monitor wellbeing, to new modes of producing and consuming fashion.

About research

The School of Fashion and Textiles engages in research and scholarship to address critical questions of our time and to speculate on future conditions for a sustainable urban orientated world. Image Caption: Nike Air Sportswear and RMIT - Air by Ricarda Bigolin, Blake Barns & Chantal Kirby. Student workshops with Gian Manik, featuring Jake Liu and Michaela Tancheff photography by Nike 2020.

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Research streams

The five research streams in the School of Fashion and Textiles enable a community of practice in research and teaching by bringing together likeminded researchers from across the School and providing mentoring and collaboration opportunities. Image caption: Compression Suit for International Space Station - Human Aerospace, Dr James Waldie.

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Postgraduate research

The School of Fashion and Textiles offers three research programs: Master of Design (Fashion & Textiles); Master of Technology (Fashion & Textiles); Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) (Fashion & Textiles). Image caption: Digitising the Body, Material Interplay & Performance - Dr Scott Mayson

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Industry

People walking past a Metro Tunnel street mural

Industry connections

The School of Fashion and Textiles provides programs, facilities and services to meet the needs of students and industry, creating mutually beneficial partnerships that produce innovative outcomes.

Image caption: Katy Smits Metro Tunnel Hoarding Partnered Project Year 2 2020

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Mazda Australia partnered with RMIT’s Bachelor of Fashion (Design) (Honours) program as part of the launch campaign for their new MX-30 model. Finalists presented their MX-30 inspired collections to representatives from Mazda Australia, RMIT and the project’s fashion industry mentor, Margie Woods from label Viktoria & Woods, to then be awarded prizes based on sustainable thinking, overall design and craftsmanship.

News

RMIT graduates take centre stage at the Melbourne Fashion Festival

03 Mar 2022

Some of RMIT’s most talented fashion graduates will dominate the virtual runway on Friday night when they showcase their designs as part of the PayPal Melbourne Fashion Festival.

Trading skills for the future of fashion

25 Feb 2022

RMIT Fashion Enterprise students have collaborated with Australian tech company Okkular, to gain invaluable practical experience and learn how AI is applied in fashion retail.

The pandemic will change the way we dress, experts say

16 Nov 2021

As Melbourne Fashion Week kicks off, experts from RMIT weigh in on how the pandemic has impacted the way we dress.

Future U exhibition examines humans’ place in world of advanced tech

31 Aug 2021

The meaning of being human in the 21st century and beyond is explored in RMIT Gallery’s latest exhibition, Future U until 23 October.

Contact

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Address: 25 Dawson Street, Brunswick, VIC, 3056

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School of Fashion and Textiles
RMIT University
GPO Box 2476
Melbourne 3001 Australia

People

The School of Fashion and Textiles is led by a team of creative professionals with experience across local and global industry.

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Acknowledgement of country

RMIT University acknowledges the people of the Woi wurrung and Boon wurrung language groups of the eastern Kulin Nation on whose unceded lands we conduct the business of the University. RMIT University respectfully acknowledges their Ancestors and Elders, past and present. RMIT also acknowledges the Traditional Custodians and their Ancestors of the lands and waters across Australia where we conduct our business - Artwork 'Luwaytini' by Mark Cleaver, Palawa.

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