BA(Hons) in Fashion Design & Textiles by LASALLE College of the Arts

You will engage in practical workshops that encourage independent learning through intellectual and creative processes. Industry projects, collaborations and dialogues are encouraged to maximise your relationships within the programme, the College and with other institutions. Through a variety of projects and directed independent practice, you learn to analyse, evaluate and make creative and practical decisions. The philosophy of the programme is innovating fashion through creative thinking, theory and practice. Through a combination of components (studio, creative and contextual studies modules), you will develop a range of analytical, communication and problem-solving skills to become articulate, meticulous and thoughtful practitioners in the field of fashion.

This programme offers two specialisms:

• Womenswear – Concentrates on designing collections for a wide range of contemporary market sectors such as casual, office, sports, evening and resort wear.
• Menswear – Focuses on the usage of traditional tailoring techniques, combining pattern drafting to design contemporary menswear collections that address different layers of the men’s market sectors such as casual, office, sports, bespoke and work wear.

The two specialisms are grounded in one of the following design directions which you will opt for in-depth studying at Level 2 of the programme:

• Creative Fashion Cutting –  Explores advanced techniques of drafting and draping, as well as complex cutting and sewing techniques. The focus is on developing a thorough understanding of garments construction and making, with a strong understanding of the contemporary fashion industry.
• Textiles for Fashion – Explores a wide range of aspects of textiles design, ranging from established artisanal techniques to contemporary innovative digital approaches. You will have the opportunity to explore the creative areas of textiles through the principles of colour, form, texture, scale, pattern and composition.