The programme is aimed at designers, stylists, journalists, and fashion activists with a strong connection to the fashion industry and an interest in creating a contemporary narrative for the Irish and international fashion sector. It is also suited to established and emerging experts across the broader fashion industry, including those in retail, brand management, PR, and digital media, seeking to formalise their practice within a structured academic framework.

Ireland’s fashion and creative industries are growing sectors with skills gaps in communication and promotion roles. The national reach of the programme supported by a hybrid delivery model combining in-person symposia with online tutorials enables participation from across Ireland, with particular demand from Dublin and urban centres with significant fashion and retail activity.

The programme is explicitly industry-led. Its curriculum was designed by Aisling Farinella, Fashion Stylist and Creative Director, and shaped through extensive consultation with industry partners and representative bodies including the Design and Crafts Council of Ireland and the Institute of Designers in Ireland ensuring direct alignment with sectoral needs and employer expectations.

The delivery format of intensive themed weekend symposia featuring leading international speakers embeds ongoing enterprise engagement in the programme’s structure.

Graduate Katie Ruby McLaughlin Robinson, alumni of Professional Diploma in Fashion Communication: styled and directed a striking editorial shoot published in L’Officiel Baltic, created as part of her final project exploring hidden codes in fashion  how garments communicate identity, culture, and meaning beyond words.