This course will help you develop the academic, practical and commercial skills you need to pursue a career in the fashion industry. You will get to know the broader context in which fashion functions, while also learning about the fundamentals of fashion design. 

With the course structured around the core themes of sustainable fashion, contemporary fashion culture and future-focused entrepreneurial opportunities, you will look at topics including:

• the fashion consumer
• trends and design
• supply chain
• buying trends
• management of fashion markets.

 Over the course of your studies you will: 

• have regular access to professional facilities, including photography and printmaking studios
• receive one-to-one tuition from staff with active experience in the fashion business
• work on practical briefs that help you to understand digital fashion and how technology and fashion interact
• visit a fashion and textiles trade show at Premier Vision or Pret-a-Porter
• benefit from the expertise of guest speakers drawn from every corner of the industry.

During your second year you will have the opportunity to apply your new skills and knowledge, either on a work placement or through a freelance enterprise of your own.

You will also collaborate with students in Film and Media, Photography, and Advertising and Public Relations. This will help you to develop fashion styling, blogging and advertising images, and understand how digital campaigns work through branded content, social and mobile media.

By the time you complete this course, you should have the knowledge and practical skills you need to work in your chosen career. 

While this degree focuses primarily on fashion buying and management, the skills you develop will be transferable to a number of roles in the fashion business and related fields. You could go on to work in: 

• PR
• advertising
• marketing
• fashion journalism
• fashion management and buying

You could also launch your own fashion start-up.