Perceivethe unknown.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.
Start where you are
The programme
Fashion Designing & Management
- 1 year
- Full-time
- 10+2 / PUC / equivalent
- Shivamogga
- 20 November 2026
- 9 per batch
- ₹90,000 in total
From first sketch to the runway
You learn to see and draw
Colour, fabric and illustration.
A mood board, illustrations, a fabric journal
You cut and sew
Pattern making, construction, draping, surface work.
Patterns, garments, a draped prototype
You build a collection
Trends, merchandising, brand and portfolio.
A capsule collection, a portfolio, a brand concept
You show it
Your collection walks the runway in front of an audience.
Runway photographs and film of your own work
Student work
All work
Student stories
All work
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.
Next on the runway: Sutradhar 2026, Threads of Tradition, on Sunday 25 October 2026 at Hidden Leaf, Shivamogga, with chief guest Sonal Monteiro.
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?
The programme fee is ₹90,000, paid in three parts: ₹10,000 at registration, ₹40,000 on orientation day, and ₹40,000 within four months of the first payment.
Studio
Inside the studioLearning from the industry
Guest masterclasses bring working professionals into the studio, from draping artist Harshavardhan Rai to model Punith Subbaiah.
Watch the masterclasses
How designers think
Observe
Start by looking. Fabric, streets, people, a grandmother's saree, the way a sleeve hangs. Research comes before the first line.
Ideate
Put it on paper. Sketches, notes and mood boards, and several wrong answers before a right one.
Prototype
Cut the pattern. Drape it, pin it and sew a first version to find out what the drawing got wrong.
Test
Fit it, show it, sell it. The garment meets a body, a runway and a customer.
From idea to market
- Idea
- Design
- Prototype
- Garment
- Photograph
- Publish
- Customer 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.
We hold the conviction that the most significant breakthroughs and innovations reside in the domain of the unknown: the realms just outside the scope of traditional thinking.
- KKnowledge
- IInnovation
- DDesign
- AArtistry
- TTransformation
Journal
All articlesThree ways forward. Pick the smallest one.
Ask
Send one question. No forms beyond your name and number, and no commitment.
Visit
See the studio, watch a class, meet the faculty. Bring a parent.
Apply
Three fields to begin. Nine seats in each batch.