BA (Hons)Fashion Design

Core modules

Fashion Illustration

You will participate in workshops to gain skills in drawing figures, faces, poses, fabrics and garments. A variety of media techniques such as collage and mixing media will be explored. Technical drawing of garments for production will also be covered.

Research and Concept Development

You will gain a broader understanding of how to research in depth, evaluate and respond to your findings with personal creative ideas. You will be able to select, edit and creatively record inspirational material. Particular insights will be gained in analysing and forecasting trends.

Fashion Design Development

This module will introduce you to the sequential processes relevant to the fashion design industry, following this process from concept to consumer. Exploring areas such as conception, design and production of fashion.

Fashion Theory I

A key focus of the module will be on the presentation and communication of key historical time periods and the social, cultural and political factors behind the creation, production and communication of the fashion design industry.

2D Fashion Design

On this module you will learn to design fashion products for specific markets by researching an influential Ready to Wear brand you would like to creatively collaborate with. Identifying trends and concepts that will appeal to the brand’s core customer, then translating these ideas into garment designs.

Fashion Design Realisation

On this module you will consolidate your illustrative, research, fashion and textile design, pattern cutting, production and digital skills. Gaining an understanding of how to design for a specific market level and brand within the fashion industry and how to produce a garment to a professional level using industrial processes and machinery.

Core modules

Tailoring

In this module, not only will you learn traditional tailoring techniques, the history of tailoring and its cultural significance, you will push your creativity by developing designs that are inspired by tailoring yet are anything but traditional. The focus is on furthering your creative design development skills. In short you will learn the rules and then break the rules to create something new.

Streetwear

Through this module you will gain knowledge of and apply garment construction skills in stretch and woven fabrics commonly used in streetwear, sportswear and casualwear garments.

Professional Practice I

You will further your learning about the role of the designer in industry, what the industry expects from fashion interns and graduates, and how this relates to what you are learning on the course. You will evaluate your own design identity, and with all these elements in mind you will learn how to best communicate and promote your skills, knowledge and individuality in your portfolio and in your CV.

Capsule Collection

Through this module you will use a variety of design processes, such as collage, digital photomontage, drawing and work on the stand to develop design ideas. You will learn how to design a cohesive collection including a range of garment types, source a range of relevant fabrics and trims, develop and realise ideas for surface design, silhouette and fashion details and visualise your target customer or muse.

Fashion Theory II

A key focus of the module will be on the awareness of present day debates within academic arenas, the media and directly from the fashion industry. You will develop your abilities and analytical questioning in which to put forward your own position.

Core modules

Collection Research and Development

During this module you will gain a deep understanding of how to comprehensively research, evaluate and respond to your findings with innovative creative ideas in response to a concept of your choice.

Work Based Learning

This is your opportunity to gain real world experience and an understanding of working in the creative economy. As you transition from a student to a graduate working in the industry this will be an invaluable process and will help equip you for the exciting career paths ahead.

Fashion Design Major Project

You will gain professional skills in creating/ designing multiple garments by balancing colour, print, fabric, details and silhouette throughout a range, where you will advance your skills in critical analysis and evaluation as you reflect and improve your range throughout the process.

Fashion Design Portfolio

In this module you will create a portfolio that you can take with you into industry and you can continue to update and amend through your career. It should include a summation of your major project and a range of work that reflects your creativity as well as your ability to design to a commercial brief and should clearly convey research, development and final outcomes.

Optional modules

Please note: Not all optional modules are guaranteed to run each year.

Professional Practice II

This module is designed to improve your employability upon graduation. The fashion industry is highly competitive, and you need all the tools available to help you get a job. By the end of the year, you’ll have a hardcopy portfolio to take with you to interviews, but to help you get an interview, it’s really beneficial to have a strong on-line presence where you can showcase your work to potential employers.

Dissertation

A key focus of the module will be on the written structure and production of a critical paper and presentation methods of a viva voce presentation, that will allow you to utilise the knowledge and analytical skills that you have acquired throughout your study on your course.