Fashion Design

Course Information:
This course provides a ‘boutique’ educational experience that stimulates and nurtures individual creative talent and innovation. The course aims to equip you with a range of intellectual, analytical, practical and entrepreneurial skills in preparation for a career in the global fashion industry.

Key features:
Student collections have won several awards
Employment-focused course
Purpose-built studios for fashion design and textile print
Dedicated Flexible Learning Area, including fashion publications, future trend resources, Apple Macs and CAD for fashion
Opportunity to show your final work at internal and external shows
Taught by industry practitioners, the course reflects current industry expectations and most graduates are employed in the fashion and creative sector. Excellent industry links provide work placements and competitions with high profile brands.

Taught by industry practitioners, the course reflects current industry expectations and most graduates are employed in the fashion and creative sector. From the beginning of this course students experience workshop skills in illustration and design, pattern cutting, sewing and garment manufacture, printed textiles and work across a broad range of design modules that include live industry projects and a full collection.

2D and 3D practice focuses on creative pattern cutting, garment construction and tailoring, and printed textiles, with students becoming confident users of CAD for design development, portfolio and presentation. Students have won prestigious prizes including the River Island Womenswear Award and the Zandra Rhodes Catwalk Textiles Award.

Excellent industry links provide work placements and competitions with high profile brands. Students were shortlisted in the Coach and Clarks International and recent briefs include Burberry and Topshop.

Industrial placements and employers include Vivienne Westwood, Peter Pilotto, Mary Katranzou, Religion Clothing, Victoria Beckham, Cos, Marks & Spencer, New Look, Next, Ong Oaj Pairam and Marchesa.

Validated by University of the Arts London (UAL)
This programme is validated by University of the Arts London (UAL). UAL is a leading education provider in the creative arts, ranked second in the world for art and design (QS World University Rankings by Subject 2020). They oversee the standards and quality of our curriculum, which enriches your overall learning experience.

Every 5 years UAL reviews course content to ensure that our students are benefitting from a high-quality academic experience. During this process there may be some changes made to the course which are not immediately reflected in the content displayed on this page. The information on this page will be updated once the process has been completed. Please contact us if you have any questions about this or the course via HE-enquiries@gbmc.ac.uk

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