Evolved Designs

A big thank-you to all of those who came to support our students last night at the ‘Evolve Fashion Showcase’ at Sanctuary Cove which featured five of our fashion design students latest collections. The event was organised by AICD students in conjunction with the Gold Coast Fashion Incubator and Sanctuary Cove to feature as part of the Winter Festival with all hair, make-up, dressing and designs by AICD students. Although it was a freezing cold Gold Coast evening, it was a fantastic night! For those who missed it, you can check out the videos below of the student’s collections. Photos coming soon!

Tania Tuetue

Cynthia Coetzer

Rheya Minard

Julian Napier

Sara Hultman

If you missed the parade last night, there is another parade tonight at Sanctuary Cove starting at 6.30pm! See you there!

June 15, 2011 Tags: fashion designers, fashion parade Posted in: College News, Events, Fashion Design, Student News Comments Closed

Winter Chills and Fashion Thrills

A big thank-you to all of you who came to support our Certificate III in Styling students and the Ronald McDonald House Charities by coming along to the ‘For the Love of Fashion’ parade at Light Space in Fortitude Valley last Friday night. The parade was organised by eight up and coming stylists – Elisha Casagrande, Jasmine Arons, Shannon West, Shari Elise, Kymberly Smith, Shelley Hughes, Hollie Mueller and Bianka Phillips and featured designs from Miss Show Pony, George Wu, Soot, Starring Nobody, Mac n’ Fleur, Neon Heartache and Honor Cass.

For those of you who were unable to come, here is a little sneak peak of what you missed – unfortunately the video quality isn’t so wonderful, but hopefully we will be able to update you again soon with a better video and some photos from the night.

Another big thank-you to our sponsors – Light Space, Kylie’s Professional Mineral Makeup, Fredlein Films, Bj’s Sound and Lighting, Boss Models, Ally.d Skin and Body Centre, Mirror Mirror Agencies and more.

We hope you had a wonderful time and enjoyed the show!

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June 11, 2011 Tags: event, fashion, fashion designers, fashion parade, stylists Posted in: College News, Events, Styling Comments Closed

New Certificate IV in Beauty Therapy Course

facial treatment AICD announces that we are now offering the SIB40110: Certificate IV in Beauty Therapy qualification part-time with flexible study options allowing students to select when they would like to complete the individual modules. The course is broken into models of facials, waxing and tinting, make-up, massage, manicure and pedicures and anatomy and physiology. Students have the option of completing the course over one or two days per week on Friday’s and/or Saturday’s. This format will allow students to complete modules in the order that suits them and once each module is successfully completed students will be able to apply for work in the industry in the study areas successfully completed.

We are offering the Certificate IV in Beauty Therapy course in the same format as we have been offering the Certificate III in Beauty Services for the past two years, which we have found to be successful for students completing the course, allowing them to fit their study in around their other work and personal commitments. This also allows students to upgrade easily from the Certificate III in Beauty Services to the Certificate IV in Beauty Therapy by adding on the modules not already undertaken. Students may also enrol in the modules individually if desired.

Check out the Certificate IV in Beauty Therapy course information page for more information.

May 11, 2011 Tags: beauty, courses, facial, Makeup, massage, training Posted in: Beauty Therapy, College News Comments Closed

For the Love of Fashion

Australian Institute of Creative Design Certificate III in Styling students present the ‘For the Love of Fashion – Winter Chills and Fashion Thrills’ fashion parade featuring Brisbane’s finest up and coming designers at Light Space exhibition space on Friday the 3rd of June 2011 from 7.30pm. Tickets are $10 at the door and all proceeds go to the Ronald McDonald House Charities Australia. Come along and support Brisbane’s up and coming stylists and designers! Click here to go to the facebook event page.

May 9, 2011 Tags: design, event, fashion, fashion parade Posted in: College News, Events, Styling Comments Closed

Evolve Fashion Showcase

Come along to support six of our Advanced Diploma of Applied Fashion Design and Technology students as they showcase their latest collections at Sanctuary Cove on Tuesday the 14th of June. The parade will showcase the designs of Rheya Minard, Sarah Hultman, Marie Gleeson, Cynthia Coetzer, Julian Napier and Tania Tuetue and will be featured as part of Sanctuary Cove’s Winter Festival from the 4th – 19th of June. Tickets are $5 at the door – all proceeds go to the Macleod Accomodation Support Service – Women’s Welfare. Please RSVP to evolvefashionshowcase@gmail.com or 0411 461 855. Click on the picture above to view the facebook event details and click here to visit the Evolve Fashion Showcase page for more information.

May 9, 2011 Tags: design, event, fashion, fashion parade Posted in: College News, Events, Fashion Design, Student News One Comment

Website and Email Issues

During the past week we have had some problems with our website and emails. These problems are in the process of being resolved, but you may still encounter some problems over the next week. We apologise for any inconvenience caused and urge you to phone us if you have any queries on (07) 55 938 335.

During these complications we lost many of our emails from our inbox, so if you have sent us an email or have completed an enrolment or application form through our website and have not already received a response from us, then we may not have received your email.

Please contact us if you have any queries!

March 18, 2011 Posted in: College News Comments Closed

Summer Holiday Courses to run in January

AICD will be offering some intensive ‘summer school’ courses in January in exciting areas such as Shoe Design, Hair Styling, Make-Up, Personal Styling, Sewing, Pattern-Making and Spray Tanning! Make the most of your holidays and learn something new to start the new year off in a new direction! If you have a new years resolution to learn something new or take the first steps towards a new career path, this could be the perfect opportunity for you to do so!

The courses will run over the first 3 weeks in January, with courses running at both the Gold Coast and Brisbane campuses. Click here to read about the courses available!

December 2, 2010 Tags: courses, design, Makeup, sewing, shoes, short courses, styling, summer school Posted in: College News, New Courses, Special Offers Comments Closed

Katie’s Retro Style Wins Bikini Showdown

Katie Style’s swimwear design titled ‘Retro Excitement’ took out the Billabong Design for Humanity Swimwear Competition on the 24th of November with over 100,000 votes for her design placed on the competition website. In an interview with Katie on the Billabong Girls website, Katie states that it was ‘perfect timing’ for her to enter the competition, as she was completing a textile design unit as part of the Diploma of Fashion and Textiles Merchandising at the time, although she is not sure how she came up with the design.

The competition invited entries from all over Australia to create a textile design for a Billabong Girls Bikini with the winner having their design sold as a Billabong limited edition piece through the Surf Stitch website. Out of hundreds of entries, Katie’s design was selected as one of the two finalists to go head to head in the ‘Bikini Showdown’ for the most votes on the website in the week leading up to the Design for Humanity event held in Sydney, with the final votes cast on the night by attendees via SMS.

Katie Styles with her winning swimwear design ‘Retro Excitement’

The Design for Humanity event, held at Oxford Art Factory in Sydney was a mix of fashion, art and music created to raise funds for UNICEF’s Pakistan Food Relief Appeal. The event featured musical performances from The Vines and Operator Please with 100% of proceeds from the ticket sales being donated.You can now purchase Katie’s design on the Surf Stitch website, but you must get in quick as there are only 50 available!

You can check out Katie’s winning design in the Unborn Treasure’s exhibition at the Sanctuary Cove Village Theatre on Tuesday the 14th of December from 5-7pm.

December 1, 2010 Tags: bikini, competition, design, fashion, parade, student news, swimwear, textiles Posted in: Events, Fashion Business, Student News One Comment

Unborn Treasures

Come along to the ‘Unborn Treasures Parade and Exhibition’ at the Sanctuary Cove Village Theatre on Tuesday the 14th of December from 5 – 7pm to see the work of our Diploma of Fashion & Textiles Merchandising students! RSVP by the 3rd of December to unborntreasures@gmail.com.

November 23, 2010 Tags: design, exhibition, fashion, fashion parade, parade, student news, swimwear Posted in: College News, Events, Fashion Business, Student News Comments Closed

Frills a Winner in the Bridal Awards

On Friday the 8th of October, students from around Queensland presented their Bridal Designs in the Queensland Brides Design Awards student competition ‘Calico Brides’ at the Brisbane Convention Centre in Southbank. Students given the challenge of designing and making a wedding dress out of Calico, of which they are provided with 7 metres from Gardam’s Fabrics. Each year we see student’s present their innovative bridal designs to a panel of judges and an audience of soon-to-be brides and proud parents. This year we are proud to congratulate our student Jane Andrewartha for winning the Runner Up prize in this years competition with her gorgeous ‘Frills by Frills’ bridal gown.

Check out the video below of our student’s entries into the Queensland Brides Design Awards ‘Calico Brides’ Competition!

Congratulations Jane Andrewartha!!!

November 1, 2010 Posted in: College News, Events, Fashion Design, Student News Comments Closed