Master

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  • Type

    Master

  • Location

    London

  • Duration

    1 Year

  • Start date

    Different dates available

MA Fashion has an international profile second to none. It has extensive industry links, and graduates practice professionally at the forefront of international fashion.This postgraduate course is about leading not following. The course is offered in four pathways that are interrelated and structured around the core subject of fashion and are taught by our excellent team of technical staff and practising designers. With an ethos of guided experimentation, you will explore your individual style while being challenged to innovate to the highest standards. The course offers four pathways of study Womenswear, Menswear, Knitwear, Textiles for FashionThis course is part of the Fashion Programme.Scholarships, awards and fundingChristopher Kane in memory of Professor Louise Wilson ScholarshipGrand Prix LVMH ScholarshipIBF International ScholarshipL'Wren Scott ScholarshipsSamsung Fashion and Design Fund AwardsTECHNE StudentshipsJane Rapley ScholarshipsMA Sarabande: The Lee Alexander McQueen Foundation ScholarshipVersace ScholarshipVice-Chancellor’s Scholarships:Home/EU | InternationalView all fashion-specific postgraduate funding options available at CSM. Postgraduate loans of up to £10,000 are now available for eligible UK and EU students. A full list of eligibility criteria and information on applying can be found on the postgraduate loans webpage.Open daysThe next round of open days will take place between February to March 2018. Please check back here by December 2017 to book a place online.DonateLouise Wilson MA Fashion FundStudent Perspectives: MA FashionMA Fashion on InstagramPreviousNextFollow us @mafcsmMA Fashion news1 of 6Central Saint Martins tops Business of Fashion rankings for 20172 of 6Donatella Versace announces new CSM scholarship3 of 6Blink4 of 6Gallery: MA Fashion Show 2017View all

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About this course

Entry requirementsThis course is highly competitive, selection is determined by the quality of your application, indicated primarily in your portfolio and written work.An applicant will only be considered for admission who has already achieved an educational level equivalent to a First Class or Upper Second Class Honours Degree in Fashion Design, Knitwear or Printed Textiles with a strong fashion bias .This educational level may be demonstrated by:Possession of the qualifications named above;Possession of professional qualifications recognised as equivalent to an Honours...

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  • Presentation
  • Staff
  • Motivation
  • Market
  • Loans
  • Benefits
  • Design
  • International
  • Project
  • Industry
  • Team Training
  • Professor Training
  • Textiles

Course programme

Course detail

MA Fashion has an international profile second to none. It has extensive industry links, and graduates practise professionally at the forefront of international fashion.



MA Fashion is fast paced to replicate working practices in the industry. 

This postgraduate course is about leading not following. It is about possibilities, goals and ideals, wider imagination, versatility, rigour and motivation.

The course is offered in four pathways that are interrelated and structured around the core subject of fashion and are taught by our excellent team of technical staff and practising designers. With an ethos of guided experimentation, you will explore your individual style while being challenged to innovate to the highest standards.

With an emphasis on research, and fashion awareness the course aims to produce professional and original designers ready to pursue careers, which will shape the future of the fashion industry. MA Fashion believes that truly relevant, innovative design is not purely a creative activity involving designers in the artistic process – it also recognises the ability to analyse markets and respond to the changes within industry and society.

MA Fashion emphasises presentation and communication skills: you will not only create relevant and innovative work but also be good communicators capable of convincing colleagues that your ideas are based on a mature understanding of market context. 

You will get involved in the debates generated by our Professional Speakers Talks, in project-base learning, and critiques that help you develop your analytical and communication skills. These activities, together with the staff team's wide-ranging professional practice, bring excitement and breadth to the course.

About the course

  • MA Fashion lasts 45 weeks full-time. It is structured in three units over five terms of varying lengths commencing in late October.
  • MA Fashion sits outside the usual postgraduate framework as it shows on the official London Fashion Week schedule – the only course to do so.

Course dates

Autumn term
First year students: Monday 30 October 2017 – Friday 8 December 2017 (6 weeks)
Second year students: Monday 2 October 2017 – Friday 8 December 2017 (10 weeks)
Spring term
First year students: Monday 8 January 2018 – Friday 9 March 2018 (9 weeks)
Second year students: Monday 8 January 2018 – Friday 16 March 2018 (10 weeks)
Summer term
Monday 16 April 2018 – Friday 22 June 2018 (10 weeks)

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Louise Wilson MA Fashion Fund

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  • Professor Louise Wilson Vogue tribute
  • Stella McCartney Scholarship announcement

Course structure Course outline

A feature of MA Fashion is the interrelated nature of the four pathways offered. You will have the opportunity to work collaboratively with other disciplines just as you need to in the professional world. MA Fashion benefits from the special atmosphere created by students from varied specialisms, backgrounds and nationalities – all of them committed to fashion – working together in close proximity.


Students study one of four pathways:

  • Womenswear Fashion
  • Menswear Fashion
  • Knitwear Fashion
  • Textiles for Fashion

MA Fashion (all Pathways) Programme Specification 2018/19 (PDF, 436KB)

MA Fashion at London Fashion Week

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Industry collaborations and projects

MA Fashion has unparalleled links with leading names in the industry. Some recent examples of collaborative projects include:

Pringle of Scotland - 'Princess Grace: More Than An Image', 2013

The archive collection ‘Princess Grace: More Than An Image’ is the latest stage in a long term collaboration between Pringle of Scotland, The Nouveau Musée National de Monaco and Central Saint Martins' MA Fashion course. The collection was launched during Paris Fashion Week and sold globally.

More: Pringle of Scotland | French Vogue | UAL news

J.Crew, 2013

The iconic American retailer announced a special design project and scholarship program with MA Fashion students that led to a pop-up concept store at King's Cross and a cashmere project to be designed by MA Fashion students produced and distributed globally by J.Crew.

More: Vogue | UAL news

Pringle Archive, 2011

Under the direction of Professor Louise Wilson OBE and working with Pringle of Scotland's specialised knitwear craftspeople in Scotland, MA Fashion students designed a cashmere collection inspired by the Pringle Archive which was launched at London Fashion Week and sold globally.

More: Pringle of Scotland | Daily Telegraph

Bally, 2009-12

This was a long-term, successful creative partnership that gave birth to a limited women’s shoes capsule collection in 2010 and a limited men’s shoes capsule collection in 2011.

More: Dazed Digital

Facilities

  • CAD

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  • Digital Access Print

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  • Knit

    Find out more about our Knit workshop

  • Print & Dye

    Find out more about the Print & Dye facilities at Archway

  • Photography

    Find out more about our Photography facilities at King's Cross

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Staff

Course Director: Fabio Piras
PA to MA Course Director: Debbie Lotmore
Womenswear Fashion Pathway Tutor: Jane Shepherd
Womenswear Fashion Pathway Tutor: Julie Verhoeven
Womenswear Fashion Pathway Tutor: Sarah Lawrence
Menswear Fashion Pathway Tutor: Mark Weston
Knitwear Fashion Pathway Tutor: Annette Hultzsch
Textiles for Fashion Pathway Tutor: Fleet Bigwood
All Pathways Unit 1 Leader: Louise Gray
All Pathways Technical Studies Leader: Mark Tarbard
Programme Technical Co-ordinator: Becky Edwards
Technician: Sanae Matsunaga
Knit Technician: Rodney Wilson
Print Technician: Imogen Evans
Programme Lead Administrator: David Mansfield
Student Administrator: Richie Kaboh

MA Fashion

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