LOCATION
The Fashion Centre of Excellence precinct at the Mt Gravatt campus will host the 2024 ICON Fashion Show, with an outdoor fashion parade under the stars.
VENUE
Fashion Centre of Excellence
TAFE Queensland, Mt Gravatt
1030 Cavendish Road, Mt Gravatt
CAR PARKING
There is plenty of free car parking on site, accessible from Cavendish Road and Creek Road
PUBLIC TRANSPORT
For public transport options, please visit Translink
WHat is the fashion centre of excellence?
World-Class Training Facilities to Foster Fashionista Creativity
The world-class facilities at the Fashion Centre of Excellence, Mt Gravatt, play a vital role in setting up TAFE Queensland students for successful careers in the fashion industry.
While hundreds of fashion careers have been handcrafted from the South Brisbane hub since training first began over 30 years ago, we can now expect hundreds more since this significant upgrade to adapt to the ever-evolving standards of the global fashion industry.
The Centre has been modernised, has expanded in size, and all of its equipment has been upgraded to give fashion students the real-world experience of working in an international design house.
Featuring state of the art interiors with flowing ceilings and a clean, contemporary space to accommodate exhibitions, parades and fashion events, students bring their creativity to life using state of the art Juki Industrial Straight sewing machines and bag making equipment for leather, canvas and heavy fabrics.
The gallery space for functions and fashion showcases is 338sqm, with the manufacturing and design space sitting at 1,431sqm and equipped with:
- Two 3D printers
- Laser cutting machine
- Fabric printer and natural fibres printing
- Full-Screen printing for large fabric
- Loom (spinning of fabrics)
- Accessory machinery and industrial walk foot for heavy materials or canvas and leathers
- Free arm walk foot – skiver that reduces the thickness of leather
- Burnishing machine for leather edge finish
- Two eyelet component machines – rivets press studs
- Roller heat pressing for tailoring
- A full range of dress mannequins
- Large touch screens for presentations in all rooms
- Fully automatic buttonhole machine
- Four thread overlockers
- Five thread flatlock machine (specialising in stretch fabrics)
- Textile testing and research equipment
- Cylinder cutting machine
- A 2D/3D technical design lab focusing on sustainable pattern design in a digital environment
- StyleCad and Clo3D digital technology to enhance our sustainability credentials
Contact us: events.brisbane@tafeqld.edu.au
TAFE Queensland RTO 0275 | CRICOS 03020E | PRV13003
University of Canberra CRICOS 00212K | TEQSA PRV12003
©TAFE Queensland 2024
Designer Kara Green | Makeup Huxley School of Makeup | Photographer Laura Ahumada | Model Maureen Milanzi