BA Fashion
Entry requirements
A level: ABB (required: no specific A level subjects required) IB: 34 points with 655 at HL
About this course
BA (Hons) in Fashion, a fashion design degree focused on creative garment creation and industry practice. Core topics include Research Methods, Engineering Design, and Critical & Analytical Thinking. Students can undertake a four-year route that incorporates an advanced graduate collection and specialized professional portfolio development. The first year covers foundational practices through understanding the fashion industry, fashion drawing and communication, creative pattern cutting and garment construction methods, and research methods. The second year progresses with designing for celebrating inclusivity, understanding diverse consumer markets, and Design and Screen Cultures. The third year involves exchange, competitions, live projects, retail, marketing, costing, consumer awareness, and accessory design. The final year culminates in an advanced personal research plan, a graduate collection, and a written dissertation alongside a DesignBook.
Modules
- understanding the fashion industry
- fashion drawing and communication
- creative pattern cutting and garment construction methods
- creative and experimental design methods with a 3D outcome
- research methods
- garment construction
- design and research methods applied through a series of creative project briefs
- designing for celebrating inclusivity
- understanding diverse consumer markets
- design and produce garment work to showcase at the annual fashion shows
- take part in the renowned DesignBook project, introducing computer-based technical drawing and portfolio-building skills
- take courses in Design and Screen Cultures which address the key histories and theories of design
- choose an optional course from the wider college, subject to availability
- exchange
- competitions
- live projects
- retail
- marketing
- costing
- consumer awareness
- innovation in material use in the industry
- tailoring and outerwear
- knitwear
- accessory design
- developing brand identity
- advanced fashion portfolio methods
- critical analysis of the wider fashion industry and your place within it
- an advanced personal research plan
- a personal design signature that allows sustained exploration of a range of collection design methods
- advanced ability in material sourcing, and skills in seeking external sponsorship to reduce costs
- advanced pattern cutting, prototyping and garment manufacture methods
- opportunities to utilise knitwear, printed and constructed textiles for fashion
- advanced portfolio skills, including advanced CAD fashion drawing methods
- a graduate collection that you may showcase at the annual ECA Fashion Shows and exhibit externally
- a written dissertation
- a DesignBook to serve as a professional portfolio for the industry and career development