Fashion and Textiles

The course aims to:

Provide extended practical sessions to develop your fashion design skills in a professional Higher Education setting.
Develop your drawing, observational skills and aesthetic awareness in relation to fashion design.
Develop your understanding of the key principles of fashion design and the importance of the research process.
Enable you to develop your individual fashion identity through a series of exploratory and experimental workshops.
Develop your ability to communicate your fashion design ideas confidently and effectively through oral presentations, sketches and written work.
Enable you to explore industry-standard fashion resources, developing your confidence and understanding of appropriate use of fashion equipment and best practice.
Enhance your understanding of fashion analysis techniques; how to communicate visually and respond creatively to a brief.
Enable you to produce a digital or physical fashion folio of work for future development or use at interview.
Enhance your understanding of important historical, social and cultural issues related to fashion and their influence on contemporary fashion design.
Develop your knowledge and understanding of the fashion industry as a collaborative production process and the specialist roles within this process (designer, stylist, fashion writer, merchandiser, buyer etc).
Encourage your reflective skills through the critique of your own and others’ work, as well as through the critical study of key fashion concepts.