Industry Boards
About The College
La Mode is french for ‘Fashion’.
La Mode College is a leading online fashion education provider who prides its self on cutting-edge fashion design and fashion business education, particularly helping students obtain practical industry job based skills.
Here at La Mode College – we go beyond creativity – we help you turn your ideas into profit!
We believe that talent alone is not enough to guarantee success in fashion, which is why we have a large focus on business in our programmes.
We aim to provide each student with an insight into the heart of the fashion world, by working with successful fashion brands, offering essential hands-on experience
We have highly experienced faculty from both the fashion and business fields that blend creative expression and academic excellence for a first-hand experience through online training.
La Mode College is Proudly Recognised By The Following Industry Boards:
Fashion Industry Association
International Textile and Apparel Association
Independent Fashion Bloggers
What Is La Mode College?
La Mode College is an online fashion college providing practical, industry-focused education in fashion design, fashion buying and fashion business.
Our courses are designed for aspiring fashion professionals, career changers and entrepreneurs who want to develop practical fashion industry skills through flexible online study.
La Mode College focuses on connecting fashion education with real-world industry practice, helping students develop skills across areas including fashion design, collection development, technical design, fashion buying, product development, garment production and fashion business.
What Makes La Mode College Different?
La Mode College focuses on practical fashion industry skills and real-world application.
Our programs have been developed around the processes, tools and knowledge used within the fashion industry, helping students understand not only creative fashion concepts but how fashion products are developed, communicated, manufactured and brought to market.
Students learn through flexible online study, allowing them to develop industry-relevant skills from anywhere in the world and study around existing work, family or education commitments.
Meet Our Course Principle
La Mode College is led by Course Principal Annette Miller, a fashion industry professional and entrepreneur with experience spanning fashion design, product development, manufacturing and fashion business.
Annette’s career has included working with large global fashion companies before building her own fashion brand, which grew to approximately A$750,000 in annual revenue and was stocked by major fashion retailers including THE ICONIC and ASOS.
Today, Annette brings this real-world industry experience to La Mode College, helping shape practical, industry-focused fashion education that connects what students learn with how the fashion industry operates in practice.
What Can You Study With La Mode College?
Certificate of Professional Fashion Design
Learn the practical skills involved in developing and communicating fashion designs, from creative concepts and collection development through to technical design and industry presentation.
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Certificate of Professional Fashion Buying
Develop practical skills for a career in fashion buying and merchandising, including trend forecasting, range planning, product selection, retail analysis and understanding the commercial decisions behind successful fashion collections.
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Start Your Own Fashion Line
Learn the essential steps involved in turning a fashion idea into a commercial brand, from defining your target market and developing your collection to manufacturing, branding, pricing and bringing your products to market.
Explore the Fashion Business Course →
Fashion Tech Pack Course
Learn how to create professional fashion tech packs that clearly communicate your designs to manufacturers, including technical flat drawings, garment specifications, construction details, fabrics, trims and production information.
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Digital Fashion Illustration Course
Develop professional digital fashion illustration skills and learn how to communicate your design ideas using industry-relevant digital techniques, from fashion figures and garment details to polished presentation-ready illustrations.
Why Study With La Mode College?
100% online study
Study fashion from anywhere in the world.
Industry-focused education
Develop practical skills designed around real fashion-industry processes.
Learn from industry experience
Programs informed by real experience across fashion companies, product development and building commercial fashion brands.
Practical portfolio development
Create work that demonstrates your developing fashion skills.
Flexible study
Complete coursework around existing work, education and lifestyle commitments.
La Mode College Reviews + Student Testimonials
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“ I have really enjoyed the fashion mentoring program- I've learnt so much and it has answered many questions of mine about starting my own fashion line that not many people are willing to answer or share. I found all the marketing tutorials very helpful! I also found things like order forms fantastic. Those are the tools that most of us don't learn at university. How to set all of that up. It's been an amazing year. My label will be off this summer. I'm wholesaling next month and I am very excited. I'm just currently redesigning my website through prestashop which is lots of fun. So I'm very grateful for the whole experience I will send you pics as soon as I have some!”
Mahalia Brown Designs
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“Hi La Mode- I've just joined your program! I'm very excited! The tutorials I have done so far that I enjoyed the most is how to find a manufacturer to make my designs, and how to approach retailers to sell my collection"
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"First and foremost, Annette, I just want to say "THANK YOU" so kindly for being such a wonderful, caring, gracious, skill-ful and awesome Fashion DesignTeacher and Mentor. I truly have enjoyed every moment I have had with you during the program. Words cannot express how "GRATEFUL" I am to have met you as a Fashion Designer Teacher and Mentor. I am so delighted that I did! You will never be forgotten."
Start Your Own Fashion Line- Business Success Program
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"Thank you for the feedback on my assignments and do hope to accomplish great things with your help! This course has been brilliant! Thankyou!"
Fashion Design Course Student
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Hi La Mode- Thanks you so so much for all the e-classes and modules/templates you have sent through. Just wanted to thank you and let you know how greatly appreciated this is. I can not wait to get started with the hands on work. I have been pretty frantic at work so have only had a chance to keep up with the reading and developing ideas in my head to date! Im loving the course- Thank-you!
Fashion Design Student
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I completed the Fashion Buying Course and I was blown away by the support! Im super excited - thanks to this course I got an assistant Fashion Buying Job for a luxury Fashion Store in Dubai!
Fashion Buying Course Student
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" Hi Annette- I just received the course folder! So pretty and cute! Thank you! Im so excited!"
Wedding Planning Course Student
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I thoroughly enjoyed the program, and only wished I had known all this 18months ago. Some of the lessons I’ve learnt myself through trial and error. There was plenty of tips and tricks that I can use to move my business forward. (I launched my online store 6 weeks ago!)You had some great tips on cheap marketing which is what I need right now. The YouTube video idea, the Press Release idea, The vertical photo on FB page, the stocking in boutiques as well as direct to customer. I have action all these ideas and would have never thought or known about it otherwise. Thank you!
Start Your Own Fashion Line Business Success Program
Our Approach To AI And The Future Of Fashion
Fashion is changing rapidly as artificial intelligence and new digital tools become part of the design and product development process. La Mode College combines established fashion-industry skills with education around emerging tools and technologies, helping students understand both traditional industry processes and evolving AI-assisted workflows.
