Master

In London

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Description

  • Duration

    15 Months

MA Fashion Footwear will build on the students' previous knowledge and skills to create innovative footwear extending existing norms both conceptually and technologically, through either the bespoke handcrafted or mass production manufacturing. Suitable for: Self-motivated individuals looking to develop both their career prospects and their intellectual potential in the specialist aspect of fashion footwear, building on their previous knowledge, skills and experience. We aim to recruit students who demonstrate creativity to a high level, with both commitment and energy, and who will strive for success within the highly competitive fashion footwear industry.

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London
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20 John Prince'S St, W1G 0BJ

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London
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Golden Lane, EC1Y 0UU

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About this course

You should have:

* An Honours degree in a related discipline either BA or Diploma in Footwear Design (2:1 or above) or equivalent qualification or a minimum of 3 years industrial experience at an appropriate level.
* IELTS level 6.5 or equivalent if English is not your first language.

We are looking for creative & provocative individuals who can respond to a challenge, are articulate and can contribute original ideas and a keen awareness of current issues in many aspects of Fashion Footwear design.

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Course programme

Content

MA Fashion Footwear provides an opportunity to challenge footwear design and manufacture through both new technology and by hand craftsmanship; in the process, developing innovative techniques for mastering fashioned footwear. Our designers are a unique force of freethinkers who accept no boundaries.

Structure

MA Fashion Footwear encourages a strong interdependence between design and technology. You will be inspired to take risks in order to produce groundbreaking, highly individual work. You will be able to choose either to work within a commercially viable market or, alternatively, aspire to become an innovator working within the avant-garde arena. The MA Fashion Footwear encourages creativity both conceptually and technically. The intensive programme is split into three distinct course units.

The First Unit, Creative and Technical Development, is designed to evaluate and improve technical and practical skills. You will work individually and develop both innovative & creative work through a personal project. Technical workshop & inductions in laser printing, etching, digital and wet print, digital embroidery introduce you to the extensive technical facilities and specialist staff of the College.

The Second Unit, Research, Development and Professional Links, encourages you to consolidate an area of specialism with an industry partner and to develop this collaboration into your studio practice. The opportunity to build contacts with high profile national and international companies forging potential collaborative links. Alongside this personal development, the Contextual Studies unit provides breadth to your studies with themes including historical, cultural, design and global business perspectives on fashion.

The final unit comprises the negotiated Major Project: Development of Specialism and Project Realization. This Major Project is the culmination of the your personal ideas and investigations towards the realization of an original body of work and is showcased in a final exhibition.

Time Required - work/study balance

Postgraduate study is based on a balance between taught contact in seminars, lectures and tutorials and time spent on independent research and study. Full time students are expected to devote four days per week to study. In the first stage of the course, course units are held on two to three days and one evening per week.

Dedication

15 months, full time.

Career Prospects

Master's graduates have an acknowledged advantage in the employment market, obtaining work in a wide range of vocational and academic fields related to fashion. Graduates from the fashion framework will be in a position to gain employment as innovators within the fields of fashion design and technology, fashion communications, or management and marketing for the fashion industries. The MA also provides an excellent preparation for higher level research degrees (MPhil or PhD), with an increasing number of graduates undertaking research in fashion related subjects, in practice or theory or entering into education as lecturers.

Graduates from MA Fashion Footwear will be in a position to gain employment as innovators within the broad field of Fashion Footwear design and technology and may identify with a fashion house, large corporate company or alternatively choose to build their own identity through the launch of their own design label. Further employment opportunities include trend prediction, stylist, illustrator and freelance designer.

Additional information

Payment options: Home/EU Fee £4,075 International Fee £12,250
Career opportunities: Master's graduates have an acknowledged advantage in the employment market, obtaining work in a wide range of vocational and academic fields related to fashion. Graduates from the MA Fashion framework will be in a position to gain employment as innovators within the fields of fashion design and technology, fashion communications, or management and marketing for the fashion industries...
Contact person: Professor Dai Rees

Fashion Footwear

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