Fashion Fabrics and Accessories BA (Hons)
- Opportunities to design and create dynamic collections of textiles for fashion, as well as accessories such as wraps, shrugs, scarves, corsages, hair accessories, belts and bags
- Successfully combines textile design and fashion skills, and the interplay between textiles and accessories for the body
- Covers a diversity of textiles processes and fashion skills, from stitch (digital, hand and machine), fabric manipulation, surface design (screen, digital, heat transfer), knitted and woven techniques, 3D design and accessory construction.
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Programme
This course provides the opportunity to design and realise innovative textiles and accessories for the body. You will explore image, placement, colour and textile materials in the broadest context possible throughout the course.
Year one
You are taught how to research effectively for textile design and fashion accessories, as well as information recording and interpretation of visual imagery to support design projects. You are introduced to the core skills of three specialisms in Printed, Mixed Media and Constructed Textiles. You also develop your knowledge of textiles using both 3D construction and fashion skills to create designs for accessories.
Year two
This is an experimental and innovative year. You will build on the skills from year one and develop your personal interpretation of textile and fashion accessory design. There is an opportunity to research and explore different fashion markets as well as to interpret, design and visualise with textile and fashion CAD packages. You will also work towards developing a realised collection of fashion accessories and fabrics.
Year three
In the final year you are equipped with the skills to create unique and individual design collections. As well as working on commercial briefs set by industry, you go on to create your own brief to design and realise a range of work for your major project. There is a strong emphasis on visual research and interpretation. All design work is underpinned with a diverse range of textile and fashion skills, including access to the Faculty’s CAD suites and digital and screen print processes. You also explore knitted and woven techniques, machine, digital and surfaced fabrics, prototyping, 3D development and fashion illustration.
Through the diverse skill base, you are encouraged to produce experimental and highly individual work to adorn the body. You work to external and competition briefs to produce contemporary and contextual design, as well developing self-negotiated briefs for groundbreaking work.
Facilities
You will share a lively studio area, which is used for drawing and painting and self-directed study time. A large print room is dedicated to the course, with extensive facilities for dyeing and printing processes.
There is a broad range of woven and knit equipment, from handlooms to floor looms, Weave CAD packages, domestic and Dubier knit machines. The Mixed Media workshop has a range of sewing machines, digital embroidery facilities, heat transfer plotter and cutter. The
course is also equipped with a digital fabric printing facility and a CAD area.
Teaching and assessment
Teaching includes formal lectures, group seminars, tutorials, presentations, practical workshops and self-directed studio sessions. Assessment occurs at the end of each module with informal critiques throughout the course which provide you with formative feedback.
Awards and competitions
You have the opportunity to take part in national and international design competitions, which can also lead to exhibitions and showings of your work.
Career opportunities
Graduates will be able to explore careers in the fashion and textile industry, to work for design agencies as freelance designers, or to develop their own businesses. They can also go on to work for major UK fashion chains and design labels.
| Key facts |
| UCAS code: WW2R |
| Institution code: D26 |
| Institution code name: DEM |
| Campus code: Y |
| Location: Leicester City Campus |
| Duration: Three years full-time, six years part-time |
Entry requirements
You should have a good portfolio, plus one of the following:
- Successful completion of an art and design Foundation course
- National Diploma merit profile in a relevant subject
- 240 UCAS points, to include two GCE/VCE A Levels with grade C in at least one art or design subject
- Progression or Advanced Diploma with 240 UCAS points, to include art or design.
All equivalent international qualifications are welcome, as are applications from mature students with alternative qualifications and/or work experience. You should have a strong GCSE profile, including English at grade C, or equivalent. UK applicants with relevant qualifications will be invited to bring their portfolio of work to an open day and interview. Overseas applicants will be invited to send samples of their work.
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“One of the best things about this course is the opportunity to work on live industry briefs and competitions. The facilities and technicians are also second to none.” Lucy Foster, Fashion Fabrics and Accessories BA (Hons), winner of the Bradford Textile Society Award 2009.
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