Sustainable Fashion and Systems MA

An innovative, cross-disciplinary Masters programme that explores sustainability in fashion and <br/>its systems. Students with varied relevant backgrounds such as fashion design, textiles, business <br/>or marketing can learn to work collaboratively. This course develops critical thinking, problem solving <br/>and a strategic mindset to innovate responsible fashion systems that radically reimagine luxury fashion.<br/><br/>New kinds of fashion practitioners are needed, who are able to think critically, creatively and<br/>collaboratively, with a holistic understanding, vision and skills that will enable the fashion<br/>industry to transition to a responsible and regenerative future.<br/>Through a series of collaborative and individual projects, students will develop and apply a<br/>strong theoretical understanding that includes ecological design principles, systems thinking,<br/>alternative economics, regenerative systems, future sourcing, indigenous knowledge systems,<br/>the local, the politics of luxury, and values-led communication to the development of new<br/>fashion systems and products that reflect their disciplines and goals.<br/><br/>Within a framework of lectures, seminars, workshops, practical sessions and field trips, they will<br/>develop dynamic, cross-disciplinary collaborations to research, explore and conceptualize and<br/>create responsible fashion systems and processes that are not just less harmful but aim to be<br/>pro-actively positive to people and planet. <br/><br/>Assessed work from collaborative projects will largely be ‘portfolio’-based, comprising a range of<br/>potential outcomes – such as annotated research book/s, samples, experiments, maquettes,<br/>designs, design models, speculative pieces, artefacts or new system plans, proposals, essays,<br/>reports, campaign plans and reflective writing, allowing for fluid but rigorous interdisciplinary<br/>outcomes that represent the specific and varied contributions of individuals to a variety of team<br/>projects.