Fashion Design BA (Hons)

You’ll spend time in our dedicated fashion studios, developing essential skills in a range of techniques, including:

• Broad-Range Creative Research

• Design Processes, Experimentations & Developments

• Fashion Drawing, Communication & Illustration

• Creative Cutting

This degree will allow you to explore your individual talents through the professional design process. It is designed to reflect contemporary practice and to inspire you to succeed in this fast-moving industry.

The degree embeds originality and risk-taking right into the design process, from concept to final product, with consideration for commercial viability and creativity at its core. You'll also gain an understanding of the ethical issues facing the fashion industry.

From the beginning you’ll work on your portfolio – your way into the fashion world. You regularly add to it, review it and refine it – so when you graduate, it’s ready to showcase your talent and body of work.

• Design & Flat Pattern Drafting

• Stand Modelling & Draping

• Design and Tailoring

• Garment Production and Industry Manufacture

• Integration Design, Technology and Theory

• Photoshop, Illustrator and Cad Software

• Fabric, Colour, Trends, Market Research and Forecasting

• Designing & Range Building

• Designers Professional Portfolio Presentation

As you start to master these skills, you’ll begin to construct garments and bring your designs to life.

• You will become a multi-skilled, flexible, resourceful and creative fashion practitioner with welldeveloped transferable and interpersonal skills.

• Graduates have taken up opportunities with a wide range of well-known brands including Givenchy Paris, Renli Su, Julien McDonald, Tu at Sainsbury’s, SeaSalt and George at ASDA.

• In addition to the role of the designer, associated specialisms and career options include: Garment Technology, Accessory Design, Retail Buying, Fashion Illustration, Merchandising, Fashion Styling, Textile design, Fashion Public Relations, Fashion Writing/Blogging.

Place of study: Llandaff Campus

Course length: 3-4 years full-time, dependent upon taking a year-long sandwich placement

Entry requirements: Typical offer: 96-120 UCAS Points plus portfolio and interview Opportunities to study part of this degree in Welsh are available