MA Fashion

Program Overview

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Framed by three defined strands, this course is open to your interpretation. We’ll provide a bespoke postgraduate experience that aligns with your career intentions and aspirations beyond your master’s study. You’ll be encouraged to explore your individual approaches to sustainable practice, diversity and inclusion within the fashion industry.

On this master’s course, you’ll choose a strand to specialise in:

On the fashion design strand, you’ll typically:

On the visual communication for fashion strand, you’ll typically:

On the fashion writing strand, you’ll typically:

Whichever strand you choose, you’ll:

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Specialist facilities

You’ll have access to industry-standard studios packed with specialist equipment where you’ll hone your practical, technical, and digital skills. Expert tutors will lead you in their area of practice. Their professional knowledge and experience will underpin your learning.

Tailor your learning

You’ll have room to take an interdisciplinary approach to your work throughout your two specialist modules. For example, you might choose to explore fashion illustration from a communications perspective in the visual communication for fashion strand.

Your dissertation will enable you to deepen your theoretical understanding of a self-defined area. You’ll be able to demonstrate your ability to conduct in-depth research that will inform your practice. The format of your dissertation is negotiable. For example, if you intend to launch your own brand, and you’ve tailored your practice as a ‘testbed’ product, you could produce a business plan to reflect this.

Experience industry

In past years, our students have visited Première Vision in Paris, where they have been able to experience the industry first-hand and make professional contacts. We also arranged a visit to the V&A archive to see fashion garments and artefacts relating to their design concepts.