BA (Hons) Fashion Design with Textiles
About the course
The Fashion Design with Textiles BA(Hons) course focuses on contemporary fashion and textile design and garment production for womenswear, menswear or unigender, with the specialism of textile design as a raw material for fashion design, through surface embellishment, fabric manipulation, and constructed textiles such as knitwear.
Why study Fashion Design with Textiles?
- You’ll develop professional skills in fashion design, innovative textile applications, fashion illustration and portfolio techniques, CAD, pattern cutting and garment manufacture techniques.
- We’ll support you in the application of a range of industry standard technology to bring your ideas to life and develop an awareness of sustainable practice.
- Our industry-facing approach, including the opportunity to undertake a placement year, will help prepare you for a career in this exciting and diverse industry.
This course is accredited by the Textile Institute, a worldwide organisation for textiles, clothing and footwear.
Your career
This course aims to help you develop the skills needed to go on to work in design, styling, merchandising, buying, selection, management, marketing and promotion, fashion journalism, product development and manufacturing. Some companies our graduates have gone on to work for include Bonmarche, Burberry, Christy's by design, IJP Design and Visage.**
Recent placements include Alexander McQueen, Mary Katrantzou, Faustine Steinmetz, Private White VC, Vivienne Westwood, Stella McCartney, LK Bennett, Matthew Williamson, Preen, Boohoo, and Christopher Kane (Paris).
Competitions and live briefs, along with an exciting schedule of visiting speakers from industry, will give you the opportunity to be inspired, and truly engage with this diverse industry.
About the course
The Fashion Design with Textiles BA(Hons) course focuses on contemporary fashion and textile design and garment production for womenswear, menswear or unigender, with the specialism of textile design as a raw material for fashion design, through surface embellishment, fabric manipulation, and constructed textiles such as knitwear.
Why study Fashion Design with Textiles?
- You’ll develop professional skills in fashion design, innovative textile applications, fashion illustration and portfolio techniques, CAD, pattern cutting and garment manufacture techniques.
- We’ll support you in the application of a range of industry standard technology to bring your ideas to life and develop an awareness of sustainable practice.
- Our industry-facing approach, including the opportunity to undertake a placement year, will help prepare you for a career in this exciting and diverse industry.
This course is accredited by the Textile Institute, a worldwide organisation for textiles, clothing and footwear.
Your career
This course aims to help you develop the skills needed to go on to work in design, styling, merchandising, buying, selection, management, marketing and promotion, fashion journalism, product development and manufacturing. Some companies our graduates have gone on to work for include Bonmarche, Burberry, Christy's by design, IJP Design and Visage.**
Recent placements include Alexander McQueen, Mary Katrantzou, Faustine Steinmetz, Private White VC, Vivienne Westwood, Stella McCartney, LK Bennett, Matthew Williamson, Preen, Boohoo, and Christopher Kane (Paris).
Competitions and live briefs, along with an exciting schedule of visiting speakers from industry, will give you the opportunity to be inspired, and truly engage with this diverse industry.
