Disha Silai School

It is a place where you can learn all kinds of basic to advanced tailoring techniques, pattern making, apparel design, textile design, sewing hacks, and even Fashion Design.

Disha Silai School

Disha Silai School is a place where you can learn everything from basic to advanced tailoring techniques, pattern making, apparel designing, textile designing, sewing hacks, and even Fashion Designing.

Sewing is an amazing journey that satisfies your creative needs and can also help you earn money. It is not difficult, if you learn your basics properly, you are already on the verge of exploring the world of garment construction and apparel design. At Disha Fashion Institute, we teach our students with great care and diligence. It is important to follow a proper sequence of learning to strengthen your foundational understanding. Cutting and tailoring form the basic foundation of modern fashion design and apparel design courses. On enrolling in our Fashion Designing course, tailoring classes will remain an indispensable part of your curriculum.

What Do You Learn at Disha Fashion Institute?

Training starts with simple items such as pillow covers, cushion covers, umbrella frocks, briefs, and six-panel petticoats. As you gain confidence, you will begin making advanced women’s garments like nighties, kameez, salwar with belts, plain blouses, churidar kameez, churidar with belts, housecoats, collar blouses, etc. By the end of the course, you will learn designer patterns and become a confident tailor. You will receive a certificate from Disha Fashion Institute upon completion.

The next course offered is a Hobby Course in Indian Garment Design, an intermediate-level program focused on women’s wear. You begin with A-line frocks, penny frocks, and petticoats, and then move on to designer items starting with a simple plain blouse. Gradually, you will master:

Princess-cut blouse,Yoke blouse, High-neck blouse, Raglan blouse, Choli-cut blouse, Bra-cut blouse,Piping blouse

You will then move on to Kurti Cutting and Stitching, where you will learn plain kameez, princess-line kameez, A-line kameez, Angrakha kameez, multi-panel kameez, Anarkali kameez, and Kalidar kameez. You will also learn plain salwar, churidar, Patiala salwar, and love pants. A certificate is awarded at the end of the course.

Advanced Courses

You can explore the curriculum of our Dress Designing Course, which includes designer blouses, designer kameez, designer gowns, and various types of bottoms.

Since many students wish to learn blouses only, we have created a specialized course dedicated to different types of designer blouses.

Kurti Cutting and Stitching is another specialized course that focuses solely on Kurtis and Kameez. Whether you want to learn how to make an A-line kurti, master long kurti cutting and stitching, or create boutique-style designs such as Anarkali, Angrakha, and A-line kurtis, this advanced course is designed for you.

Designer nighties are among the most preferred comfortable outfits for women at home. Therefore, we offer an advanced-level specialization course in Nighty Cutting and Stitching, which covers a wide range of nighty designs.

We also offer a Textile Designing Course, where you can learn fabric printing, block printing, screen printing, and T-shirt screen printing.

Additionally, Disha Fashion Institute offers Creative Arts and Crafts and Fashion Designing courses.

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Mode of Learning:

Disha Fashion Institute has traditionally provided classroom training. However, during the COVID lockdown, the institute—one of the leading Silai schools—introduced online stitching classes. These online classes proved to be highly successful. Even after COVID restrictions were lifted, online tailoring classes have remained more popular than classroom training.

Disclaimer:

Kindly be advised that the previous page is outdated. Disha Fashion Institute is no longer affiliated with Usha Silai School. It is an independent autonomous institute now. You may still read this page to learn about how the previous Silai School functioned and the courses it offered; however, we no longer issue any certificates facilitated by Usha, effective from December 2021.

Media News:

Success Stories of Disha Fashion Institute

(Formerly known as Usha Silai School; now no longer affiliated with Usha)

Reported by NDTV

Disha Silai School has been working towards a sustainable future in partnership with non-governmental organizations such as Looms of Ladakh Cooperative, UNFPA (United Nations Population Fund), and The Corbett Foundation.

Looms of Ladakh Women Cooperative is a farm-to-fashion collective that trains unemployed women artisans in Ladakh to create knitted and woven woollen products using the region’s rich wool heritage—pashmina, yak, sheep, and camel. They collaborated with Usha Silai School to help women learn stitching and produce finished products from raw materials.

In another partnership between Usha and UNFPA, the program aims to prepare 100 master trainers who will train 3,000 women across India in life skills over three years, with the goal of initiating meaningful social change. The Classical Silai School training module will now include 9 days of life skills training.

The Corbett Foundation and Disha Fashion Institute are working together to provide women from forest areas in Thane with alternative livelihood opportunities, reducing their dependence on forests.