North West School of Design was established in October 1998 when Marlene Oosthuizen saw the need for future designers to be trained as fashion entrepreneurs. Since then the North West School of Design has grown from strength to strength by producing students that gets headhunted by couturiers and are employment as factory managers and pattern engineers These students get trained on exclusive design (Haute Couture) but also on mass-production systems. Students also achieve remarkable results in nationwide fashion competitions, whereby they get selected as nationwide finalists, semi-finalists and winners. The students at the North West School of Design get trained on all aspects of Clothing Design including exciting subjects such as Garment illustration and Creative Design. The success of a designer is measured in sales, and all fashion designers have to be a business-person as well. they get trained on aspects of Entrepeneurship, Management, Productivity and Production. The North W