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Fashion Design Education at LIFT

The institute that nurtures creativity and originality to make a niche for future fashion professionals is the vision of the premiere fashion education institute in the country - Lanka Institute of Fashion Technology (LIFT). Since it's inception in August 2000 LIFT committed it's focus towards fashion education that brought various carrier options for budding designers.

The courses offered at LIFT covers the central areas of visual studies, costume history, fashion illustration, Pattern making, garment manufacturing, design development, presentation skills, Computer aided design, textiles, embroidery and portfolio development. As per the requirement of the students one could select the 1 ½ year Diploma in Fashion Design - part time course or the 2 ½ year course the Advanced diploma in Fashion. The availability of week end classes allows employed individuals who have a busy lifestyle to still continue their studies on Saturdays to gain knowledge and professional qualifications.

LIFT Designer wear
A concept launched to promote young fashion designers to become fashion entrepreneurs. "The space allocated within the boutique in the heart of Colombo has made easy access to customers to meet designers for variety of business ventures. May it be to purchase an outfit, design fashion collections for the industry or events, Fashion for brand promotions, conceptual developments for boutiques with advice and sampling on visual merchandising are just a few to mention that the designers are available for at the boutique. The focus of the boutique and the studio is to provide experience for the new designers who are ready to take their labels forward." Niroshani Leanage (Managing Director)
LIFT overseas Study Placement Center is a subsidiary of Lanka Institute of Fashion Technology that provides guidance to students who wish to further their higher studies abroad. LIFT is the representative for the University of Northampton - UK . It provides students the opportunity of studying various undergraduate and postgraduate courses in the United Kingdom.

A wide range of Courses are available to select from. Undergraduate and postgraduate courses covering the subject areas of Fashion, Textiles, Accounting, Business, Management, Computing, Marketing, Photography, Journalism, Travel & Tourism, Advertising, Architecture, Dance, Creative design, Interior design and many more.

Students who complete courses at LIFT in fashion design can apply for higher entries in to the BA (Hons) programmes with international merit based scholarships. The complete application process for university entries until the student reaches the campus abroad will be taken care by LIFT Overseas study Placement Center .

LIFT reaching the 11th year in the industry has many opportunities for its students. In the past it has formed many services beyond fashion education and it will continue to offer many services related to the fashion industry in the future.

For more details visit : No.87, Horton Place, Colombo -07 Ph: 2681848 / 2681870

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