BA (Hons) Fashion Design

Bath Spa University
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Bachelor's degree

In London

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Description

  • Type

    Bachelor's degree

  • Location

    London

  • Duration

    3 Years

  • Start date

    Different dates available

The course offers a comprehensive design education for dedicated and ambitious individuals looking for a specialist career in the fashion industry. Our philosophy is to develop students as individuals to become innovative and creative designers with a design aesthetic relevant to the contemporary fashion industry. There is an emphasis on ideas, creativity, and developing your own personal design philosophy underpinned with strong pattern cutting and product development skills. We aim to take the fear out of the ‘technical’ side of fashion by combining the ‘technical’ and ‘design’ into one creative endeavour. We look for highly motivated students with a strong creative focus and a clear determination to enter the highly competitive world of fashion.

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About this course

Fashion is a dynamic and challenging discipline that is an expression of what people feel and think. It is about evolution and change through design, influenced by cultural, social, historical, economic and political change. To this end you’ll cover all aspects of the design process, from research and design development, drawing and illustration, colour and fabric development, historical and cultural studies, as well as the ability to translate ideas from 2D to 3D.

We foster active, experiential learning; encouraging you to become a critically engaged, independent thinker.

Graduates have been employed at Zara (Spain), Chinti & Parker, Osman, Peter Pilotto, Old Navy (San Francisco), Erdem, Berghaus, Issa, Toast, Dune, Mulberry, Roland Mouret, Boudicca, Coast, Karen Millen, Giles Deacon, Gieves and Hawkes, Esprit (Cologne), French Connection, Sharon Wauchob (Paris), Joseph, Zara (Spain) and Nicole Farhi. Other graduates have progressed to study Masters’ Degrees, or set up their own businesses.

Careers could include:

in-house designer
freelance designer
design consultancy
creative pattern cutter
freelance pattern cutter
designing/pattern cutting for manufacturers
forecasting
styling
buying
product developer
technical designer

We accept a wide range of qualifications for entry to our undergraduate programmes. The main ones are listed below:

A Level - Grades BCC including Grade B in Textiles or Art & Design related subjects preferred.
Applicants will be invited to interview and will be required to submit a high quality portfolio
BTEC- Extended Diploma grades Distinction, Merit. Merit (DMM) in a related subject in addition to other qualifications or evidence of experience in Art.

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  • Satisfactory experience at the end of it.
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  • Uni supported a lot and in all experience was great, I had a good time in all.
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  • Bath Spa provided me a real good experience and it was really a wonderful experience, grown up as a writer.
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Student's Review

4.0
13/05/2019
About the course: Satisfactory experience at the end of it.
Would you recommend this course?: Yes

A8

4.5
13/05/2019
About the course: Uni supported a lot and in all experience was great, I had a good time in all.
Would you recommend this course?: Yes

Student's Review

5.0
11/05/2019
About the course: Bath Spa provided me a real good experience and it was really a wonderful experience, grown up as a writer.
Would you recommend this course?: Yes

Student's Review

5.0
09/05/2019
About the course: There is a room for improvements but the bath is an excellent place to study and facilities are so useful
Would you recommend this course?: Yes

Samantha

5.0
21/04/2019
About the course: Good experience for me, met great friends and that boosted my confidence also.
Would you recommend this course?: Yes
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2019

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The average rating is higher than 3.7

More than 50 reviews in the last 12 months

This centre has featured on Emagister for 14 years

Subjects

  • Philosophy
  • Design
  • Drawing
  • Industry
  • Pattern cutting
  • Fashion design
  • Fabric
  • Styling
  • Fashion History
  • Designer
  • Political Change
  • Fashion Museum
  • Fashion Collection

Course programme

  • Year 1
    This level covers the core fundamentals of fashion design disciplines including 2D and 3D practice, CAD, construction, design, drawing, illustration, pattern cutting, ideas research and trend research as well as fabric sourcing and development, the relationship between fabric and design. You will develop two-dimensional presentation skills and drawing in sketch books to inspire and inform your three- dimensional work and will use the Fashion Museum as a key resource for research. Tailoring is also covered at this level.
    We’ll introduce you to fashion history and context.
  • Year 2
    In your second year you will be encouraged to develop a more personal design style and to develop ideas through research, design development, and design translation using drape and modelling on the stand. You will develop your drawing and illustration skills and learn to communicate your ideas and design process within a fashion portfolio, as well as participate in a live project brief offering the chance to be selected for a paid internship in San Francisco. You will also undertake an external brief.
  • Year 3
    At this level you will develop a more strategic perspective and negotiate a body of work that reflects your personal practice as a designer, drawing together your academic experiences and personal interests to develop a highly professional contemporary fashion collection. You will work as a designer in industry working with external companies or collaborating with other disciplines as necessary. As part of professional contexts you will enter national design competitions, develop a strong fashion portfolio and self promotional materials, as well as greater knowledge of business and roles within fashion to help you develop an employment strategy.
    Collections are selected to showcase at Graduate Fashion Week in London, attended by industry and press from the UK and overseas, whilst all collections are showcased at a fashion show in Bath.
    At this level you will also undertake a written thesis.

Course assessment

Continuous assessment: 84% main study modules, 16% historical and critical studies. There are no written exams.

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Teaching methods
Tutorials: The most individual form of teaching you will receive outside of one-to-one help in the studio.
Lectures: Lecturers may be members of the course academic team, or visiting specialists.

Group Discussion/Seminars: 
These provide a platform to debate and examine implications, influences, and demands of a project as well as issues of interest and ensure you are well informed. Active participation in an exchange of ideas is important to help you develop articulate, and confident attitudes to your work. Practical Demonstrations:A specialist will demonstrate techniques, skills, equipment and a variety of technical procedures that you will need to know to successfully complete modules.

Group Criticisms: 
Completed projects are usually evaluated as group criticisms. This gives you opportunity to analyse and evaluate your work in a group context and learn to explain your ideas coherently. You should learn to evaluate criticism, how to accept it, and how to give it.

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