Fashion Communication and Styling BA Honours

Program Overview

Middlesex University's Fashion Communication and Styling BA Honours program equips students with the skills and knowledge to succeed in the competitive fashion industry. Graduates gain essential abilities to enhance their employability in the fashion industry and beyond.

Program Outline

Degree Overview:

Middlesex University boasts one of the most innovative and exciting fashion courses in London, ranked fourth in London for Fashion (Guardian University Guide 2019).

Key features:

• Build valuable skills on placement before London Fashion Week.
• Showcase your work and increase your professional network through the Degree Show.
• Gain the opportunity to work with a wide range of media and visual communication methods central to the fashion industry.
• Take an innovative approach to the subject, considering and developing your own personal style and direction.
• Acquire essential abilities to enhance your employability, extending beyond the fashion industry.
The course will equip you with:
• Skills and knowledge to showcase your work and build your professional network through the Degree Show.
• Real-world preparation for the modern world of work through exposure to live briefs set by industry experts, and through work placements within your chosen area of fashion.
• Support from personal tutors, Graduate Academic Assistants, and specialized technicians, who are also experienced professionals in their respective fields.

Objectives:

This program aims to:

• Help you gain insight into both contemporary fashion and the wider field of visual communication.
• Engage you with a broad range of professional skills and acquire first-hand experience of current industry practice, through work experience and collaboration.
• Provide you with the opportunity to work with a wide range of media and visual communication methods central to the fashion industry.
• Develop your own personal style and direction.
• Give you essential skills that will enhance your employability in the fashion industry and beyond.

Outline:

Fashion Communication and Styling BA Honours

The BA Honours in Fashion Communication and Styling is a comprehensive program designed to equip you with the necessary skills and knowledge to succeed in the competitive fashion industry. The curriculum is structured to provide you with a strong foundation in both theoretical and practical aspects of fashion communication and styling.

Modules:

• Year 1
• Fashion Communication Skills (30 credits) - Compulsory
• This introductory module encourages exploration of individual style, identity, and abilities through a series of projects covering specialist fields of fashion communication.
It provides induction sessions in appropriate workshops and a basic level of training in associated skills.
• Communication, Collaboration and Production (30 credits) - Compulsory
• This module allows you to apply the skills acquired in the first term to the production of fashion communication outcomes.
You will consider your own role within the field of fashion communication, how this role interacts within a wider collaborative network, and how project requirements reflect client and audience needs.
• Visual Communication Research (30 credits) - Compulsory
• Throughout this year-long module, you will explore a range of visual research methods relating to fields of fashion communication and styling.
You will be introduced to networks of communities and their currency and influence on contemporary fashion design, communication, and promotion, and related audience and markets. This module will investigate cultural and sub-cultural belonging and how it influences and translates into identity and style. You will gather, organize, edit, and display a range of personal, original, and inspiring research material.
• Fashion History and Theory (30 credits) - Compulsory
You will be encouraged to draw connections between fashions from the past and the present to encourage you to understand the rich cultural and social meanings of clothing and adornment in Western traditions. This module covers a broad range of visual and material research methodologies, enabling you to be resourceful and explore different archives and historical collections in a hands-on way.
• Year 2
• Your second year is industry-focused, featuring a six-week industry placement during London Fashion Week and a live industry brief.
In previous years, the industry brief has run in collaboration with Buffalozine, The Face, and Dust Magazine.
• Fashion Communication Practice (30 credits) – Compulsory
• This term 1 project will enable you to hone skills

UK students1 Full-time: £9,250 Part-time: £77 per taught credit International students2 Full-time students: £16,600 Part-time students: £138 per taught credit