BA (Hons) Fashion Textiles: Print

Bachelor's degree

In London

£ 9,250 VAT inc.

Description

  • Type

    Bachelor's degree

  • Location

    London

Design the textiles that fashion designers want by becoming a creative designer for fashion textiles through the specialist pathway of print.

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Location

Start date

London
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20 John Princes Street

Start date

On request

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Subjects

  • Market
  • Design
  • 3d training
  • Illustration
  • Drawing
  • International
  • Technology
  • Industry
  • Fashion Textile
  • Textiles

Course programme

The BA (Hons) Fashion Textiles: Print course is situated in the School of Design and Technology and is for students who want to be innovative textile designers for the fashion industry. Textiles demand an inventive approach to design and realisation, and this course focuses on creative approaches to the development and realisation of contemporary fashion textiles. We believe that technology and skills inform the design process and foster creativity.

You will be able to explore surface pattern and texture for fashion fabrics through a strong grounding in drawing techniques, from mark making to illustration, coupled with use of a variety of traditional craft and contemporary digital print processes, including the design of engineered placement prints. You will also study a range of embellishment processes which will extend your potential for creative design.

Through learning skills, applying technology and developing your individual creativity you will become an innovative and original textile designer able to design for international markets ranging from high street to couture. The course will develop your skills in research, drawing, design development and presentation, fashion textile development and manufacture, 3D awareness, fashion textile forecasting and trend development, market analysis, and awareness of forward thinking textile and fashion concerns such as sustainability and ethical issues.

The course is fashion focused with opportunities to experiment, apply and inspire technical, creative collaborations across courses including pattern cutter, menswear and womenswear students in the 3D realisation of your textile designs. This collaborative practice is established through appropriate sponsored projects and cross course partnerships in the first and second years of the course and may lead to collaborations where final year textile students and final year fashion students work together to produce a complete textile and fashion product range.

During the course you will undertake a range of projects, many of which are in conjunction with specific labels or companies, or are for a particular sector of the market. This wider involvement with industry and society is invaluable to your development as a designer, as is the opportunity to enter national design competitions and take part in collaborations across the College on specific external projects. The short work placement will enable you to experience the reality of working within a particular company, together with the chance to make useful contacts for your future career.

Fashion textile students participate in international competitions, winning awards with annual textile competitions such as Texprint, Hand and Lock - as well as fashion competitions such as FAD with Fashion Scout at London Fashion Week and Diversity NOW competition with I-D Magazine. Our students continue to receive press across a wide range of international publications including Dazed & Confused, Vogue, I-D, and Wonderland.

Echoing the focus on drawing on the course, students have also won awards at the Nina De Yorke Scholarship Award for Illustration, DRAW FASHION awards and CASS ART illustration competitions.
Recent Fashion Textiles graduate Moe Takahashi won the Orly Tenzer Textile Award prize at Vauxhall Fashion Scout during London Fashion Week, as part of the FAD Competition.

Recent accolades have seen LCF BA Fashion Textiles student Elizabeth Ranson win the prestigious Worshipful Company of Framework Knitters Award for her advocate of natural dyes and sustainability in her final year work and Fashion Textiles graduate Emily Grieves winning the Society of Dyers and Colourists London.

BA (Hons) Fashion Textiles: Print is based at Lime Grove in Shepherd’s Bush, just west of Holland Park and Notting Hill. The area, which is rich in cultural influences from across the world, is home to Shepherd’s Bush Market and the many fabric shops lining the Goldhawk Road, which sell a good variety of fabrics, including silks, at extremely competitive prices. There are many restaurants, cafes, delis and food stores, as well as the market, which reflect the many cultures of the people living there. Nearby is the Shepherd’s Bush Empire, an excellent venue for live bands, and the Westfield Shopping Centre, one of the largest retail complexes in Europe. Holland Park with its Orangery and Leighton House Museum are both worth visiting.

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.


Course Structure

Year One - Stage One - level 4 - 120 credits

  • Term One: Introduction to Study in Higher Education: Fashion Textiles (20 credits); Design and Technical Process (20 credits)
  • Term Two: Introduction to Cultural and Historical Studies (20 credits); Creative Context (20 credits)
  • Term Three: Introduction to Industry Practice (40 credits)

Year Two - Stage Two - level 5 - 120 credits

  • Term One: Cultural and Historical Studies (20 credits); Future Craft (20 credits)
  • Term Two (or Three): Research Methods (20 credits); Designer Identity (20 credits)
  • Term Three (or Two): Work Experience and Professional Studies (40 credits)
Year Three - Stage Three - level 6 - 120 credits

  • Term One: Design Synthesis (20 credits)
  • Terms One Two and Three: Contextualising Your Practice (60 credits)
  • Terms Two and Three: Final Major Project (40 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.

BA (Hons) Fashion Textiles: Print

£ 9,250 VAT inc.