BA (Hons) Fashion Pattern Cutting

BA (Hons) Fashion Pattern Cutting focuses on creative approaches to the production of contemporary fashion, and promotes innovative cutting, fabric sourcing and digital technologies in the development of structured and unstructured clothing. The course operates across a range of market levels and has an international perspective, as many graduates from LCF have international careers.

You will learn the skills of design research, design interpretation and three-dimensional realisation, presentation, fit alteration, pattern drafting and adaptation, construction and manufacture, fabric sourcing, trend investigation, market analysis and awareness of sustainability and ethical issues.

You will acquire broader academic skills which allow you to see the context of your particular study in the wider perspectives of fashion, society and the environment, together with the professional, communication and business skills you will need for successful employment in today’s global fashion industry.

You will have the option of doing a placement year in the industry between the second and final year of the course. Successful completion of this year will give you an additional qualification, and you will have the opportunity to make contacts and build valuable relationships for your future career before the end of your studies. At the end of your studies you will be equipped to enter the fashion industry with an innovative and professional portfolio and a range of skills that make you highly employable.

The Fashion Pattern Cutting course is based at Curtain Road in Shoreditch, on the edge of the City of London and very near to Hoxton. The area is rich in creative studios, fashion PR companies, magazine head offices, art galleries and hip restaurants, bars and clubs. Specialist markets nearby include Spitalfields and Columbia Road, the White Cube Gallery is just down the road in Hoxton Square and the Geffrye Museum is a short walk away at the bottom end of Kingsland Road.

Students on this course might be invited to participate in study trips. This may involve, for example, visits to key areas of capital cities, factories, stores and museums. Attendance on these trips is not compulsory but recommended. Details regarding timings and costs will be issued closer to the relevant trips.


Content and Structure

Year One - Stage One - level 4 - 120 credits

• Term One: Introduction to Fashion Pattern Cutting (20 credits); Cut - Manufacture - Trim (20 credits)
• Term Two: Introduction to Cultural and Historical Studies (20 credits); Drape and Form (20 credits)
• Term Three: Collaborative Realisation (40 credits)

Year Two - Stage Two - level 5 - 120 credits

• Term One: Cultural and Historical Studies (20 credits); Digital Innovation (20 credits)
• Term Two: Research Methods (20 credits); Structure and Form (20 credits)
• Term Three: Professional Engagement (40 credits)
• Professional Placement Year (optional)
• Diploma in Professional Studies

Final Year - Stage Three - level 6 - 120 credits

• Term One: Construction and Transformation (40 credits)
• Terms One Two and Three: Contextualising Your Practice (20 credits)
• Terms Two and Three: Final Major Project (60 credits)
• Travelling across London

The renowned London College of Fashion library is at our John Prince’s Street site, and you will need to travel to this site, and possibly others, during your course to use the library, which is open seven days a week in term time, and for tuition and special events.


Course structure

The information outlined is an indicative structure of the course. Whilst we will aim to deliver the course as described on this page, there may be situations where it is desirable or necessary for the University to make changes in course provision, for example because of regulatory requirements or operational efficiencies, before or after enrolment. If this occurs, we will communicate all major changes to all applicants and students who have either applied or enrolled on the course.

Please note that due to staff research agreements or availability, not all of the optional modules listed may be available every year.
In addition, the provision of course options which depend upon the availability of specialist teaching, or on a placement at another institution, cannot be guaranteed. Please check this element of the course with the course team before making a decision to apply.