Fashion BA (Hons)

This fashion degree in London, UK, has a glowing international reputation for creating highly employable graduates with distinctive design identities. Students have previously secured positions at brands such as Alexander McQueen, Burberry, Chloe, Givenchy, Louis Vuitton, Oscar De La Renta and Stella McCartney to name a few.<br/><br/>This flagship fashion course in London, offers budding fashion designers the opportunity to study both traditional and innovative practices in fashion design, development, pattern cutting, sampling and digital design. You will explore how computer-aided design and emerging digital technologies are helping to innovate the fashion creation process – from idea through to production.<br/><br/>You’ll develop an enviable skillset across the fashion design spectrum. This degree in fashion is geared towards developing fashion designers with industry-ready skills. With the option to choose the Digital Technology for Fashion Pathway in Year 2, you will be equipped with the most relevant tools for the new age of communication, production, and showcasing. You’ll add an academic backbone to your natural design flair, discover and develop your distinctive creative identity, and hone the techniques and knowledge you’ll need to stand out from the crowd.<br/><br/>The course is also unique in that it offers cross-disciplinary collaboration opportunities with varying disciplines from animation, gaming to architecture. Not only will you gain essential vocational skills and a rigorous intellectual examination of the industry, but you will also develop life skills such as resilience and self-efficacy. Become a creatively brave, forward-thinking designer-practitioner with a strong fashion design philosophy and a critical awareness of current areas of debate such as ethics, sustainability, diversity, and inclusion. <br/><br/>**Digital Technology for Fashion Pathway**<br/>This pathway has been structured to equip the next generation of designers with the latest digital tools to bring ideas to life in this rapidly evolving industry. This is the very first course of its kind to dedicate an entire pathway to delving deeper into digital fashion innovation.<br/><br/>**Why study this course?** <br/><br/><br/>- Exceptional academic team, including experienced designers and creative pattern cutters with international career credentials <br/><br/><br/>- Establish and nurture your design signature and identity from the get-go <br/><br/><br/>- Opportunities for internships in the world’s fashion capitals <br/><br/><br/>- Option to specialise in digital technology for fashion in second year <br/><br/><br/>- Work on industry-led design briefs and competitions. <br/><br/><br/>**Career pathways** <br/><br/>Careers in fashion include, but are not limited to: fashion designer (garment, accessories, jewellery, digital), art director, studio manager, curator, pattern cutter, atelier manager, production, illustrator and trend forecaster. <br/><br/>**For more information, please visit our website.**