Diploma in Digital Fashion Design
DYPU has an educational approach that seeks to create a learning experience that will prepare students for the realities of the modern world.
About the
Program
The D.Y. Patil Deemed to be University’s School of Creative Studies shall offer a Diploma in Digital Fashion Design, a one-year programme that teaches fashion design for the way the industry now works, on screen before it exists in cloth. Learners build core design fundamentals in sketching, silhouette, colour, textiles and garment construction, and then move into the digital toolchain of 3D garment simulation, digital pattern making, digital textile and print design, and virtual fitting and sampling.
The programme also covers the emerging demand side of digital fashion, including virtual try-on for e-commerce, digital garments for games and avatars, fashion film, and look book and campaign production shot in-house at DYP Interactives, the university’s production studio.
Evening (weekday) and weekend batches suit boutique owners and working professionals as much as full-time learners, with batches commencing in September and October. The programme closes with three months on a live industry project with a brand, export house or studio partner, ending in a full digital collection portfolio.
Areas of
Focus
- Design Fundamentals and Garment Construction
- 3D Garment Simulation and Digital Pattern Making
- Digital Textile, Print and Surface Design
- Virtual Try-On, Digital Garments and Campaign Production
Eligibility Criteria and Certification Awarded
- Class 10 pass from a recognised board.
- Open to aspiring designers, boutique owners and family business inheritors, illustrators and stylists, fashion design students and e-commerce and export house staff.
- No prior fashion or design qualification required.
Duration
1 Year
Fee Structure
2026-27
Rs. 6,00,000 for the full one-year programme
Program
Highlights
- One-year programme combining classical design fundamentals with a full digital toolchain
- 3D garment simulation taught on CLO3D and Marvelous Designer
- Digital pattern drafting, virtual sampling and fit approval workflows
- Digital print, surface design and material authoring
- Coverage of virtual try-on for e-commerce and digital garments for games and avatars
- Fashion film, lookbook and campaign production shot in-house at DYP Interactives
- Three-month live industry project with a brand, export house or studio partner
- Portfolio assistance as a graded deliverable covering both the collection and its presentation
- Evening and weekend batches suited to boutique owners and working professionals
Programme Educational Objectives
Learners of this programme will:
PEO1: Practise as digital fashion designers capable of taking a concept from research and illustration through to a simulated, production-ready garment
PEO2: Operate professional 3D garment and digital sampling workflows to the standards used by brands, export houses and e-commerce businesses
PEO3: Apply sustainability, costing and sourcing considerations to design and sampling decisions
PEO4: Build an independent label or progress into specialist digital fashion, virtual try-on and immersive apparel roles
Programme Specific Outcomes
Upon completion, learners will be able to:
PSO1: Develop a design concept through trend research, moodboards, illustration, silhouette and colour into a coherent collection
PSO2: Draft digital patterns and simulate garments in CLO3D and Marvelous Designer, including avatar setup, fit, and fabric physics
PSO3: Author digital prints, textures and materials, and prepare tech packs and production documentation for manufacture
PSO4: Produce and present a digital collection through rendered lookbooks, fashion film and campaign imagery for brand and e-commerce use
Program
Scope
The Diploma in Digital Fashion Design prepares learners for roles that Indian brands, export houses and e-commerce businesses are actively hiring for as sampling shifts from physical to digital. Virtual sampling reduces cost, waste and turnaround time, and the resulting demand for CLO3D and 3D garment skills has outpaced the supply of trained designers.
Graduates are equipped for digital design and virtual sampling roles in apparel brands, export houses and e-commerce platforms, for textile and print design, and for avatar and in-game apparel work in the games and immersive media sector. The programme also equips learners to launch and run an independent label with a digitally produced collection and campaign.
Key Features
- Design fundamentals taught alongside, not instead of, the digital toolchain
- Full industry software stack including CLO3D, Marvelous Designer, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, Substance 3D, Blender and Browzwear exposure
- Digital drawing tablets and studio photography and lighting at DYP Interactives
- Lookbooks, campaign imagery and fashion films produced in-house
- Explicit coverage of sustainability and the commercial case for digital sampling
- Brand building, collection strategy, costing and sourcing modules
- Three-month live industry project ending in a full digital collection portfolio
- Portfolio built to the format brands and export houses actually review
Learning Modules
Term 1: Design Fundamentals. Fashion illustration and croquis, silhouette and proportion, colour theory and palette building, fabric and textile study, garment anatomy and construction, basic pattern making and draping, trend research and forecasting, moodboards and concept development.
Term 2: The Digital Toolchain. 3D garment simulation in CLO3D and Marvelous Designer, digital pattern drafting, avatar setup and fit, fabric physics and simulation, digital print and surface design, texture and material authoring, virtual sampling and fit approval workflows, tech packs and production documentation.
Term 3: Application and Market. Virtual try-on for e-commerce, digital garments for games and avatars, sustainability and the case for digital sampling, brand building and collection strategy, costing and sourcing basics, fashion film and lookbook production at DYP Interactives, campaign styling and art direction.
Final 3 Months: Live Industry Project. Three months on a live industry project with a brand, export house or studio partner, ending in a full digital collection portfolio.
Internship and Live Industry Project
Industry engagement is embedded in the programme through in-house production and a dedicated live project. Lookbooks, campaign imagery and fashion films are produced at DYP Interactives during the course, which means learners work to production briefs and studio timelines well before the final term.
The closing three months are spent on a live industry project with a brand, export house or studio partner, ending in a full digital collection portfolio. Portfolio assistance is a graded deliverable covering both the digital collection and how it is presented, so learners leave with work in the format that brands and export houses review.
Placement Opportunities
Learners leave with a complete digital collection, a rendered lookbook, a fashion film and a live industry project credit. Typical opportunity areas include:
- Apparel Brands and Design Studios
- Export Houses and Manufacturing Units
- E-commerce and Virtual Try-On Teams
- Digital Sampling and Product Development
- Textile, Print and Surface Design
- Games, Avatars and Immersive Apparel
- Fashion Film, Lookbook and Campaign Production
- Independent Labels and Entrepreneurial Practice
Career paths: Digital fashion designer, 3D garment artist, CLO3D specialist, virtual sampling executive, digital pattern maker, textile and print designer, tech pack designer, fashion visualiser for e-commerce, avatar and in-game apparel artist, independent label founder.
Who This Programme
Is Best For
- Aspiring designers who want a portfolio and a job-ready digital skill set without or along side a four-year degree
- Boutique owners, tailors and family business inheritors modernising into digital sampling
- Illustrators, stylists and 3D artists moving into fashion
- E-commerce and export house staff whose employers are shifting to virtual sampling
- Anyone targeting the digital sampling, virtual try-on and metaverse fashion roles Indian brands and export houses are now hiring for
What You
Leave With
A complete digital collection, a simulated and rendered lookbook/ a fashion film, one live industry project credit, and a portfolio built to the format brands and export houses actually review.
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