Fashion Styling & Art Direction, BA (Hons), with industry placement

This Fashion Styling & Art Direction course empowers students to shape the fashion industry by curating innovative stories for catwalks, editorials, campaigns, and digital spaces. Students collaborate with creative peers and industry experts to develop practical skills in garment fitting, art direction, and multimedia storytelling, while addressing ethical and environmental issues. The program builds confidence in professional practice, fostering debate on fashion communication and preparing a portfolio for global careers.The curriculum progresses through modules across three or four years: Year One focuses on foundations, belonging, and sustainability; Year Two advances skills in fashion spaces and collaborations; Year Three offers a professional placement; and Year Four emphasizes consultancy and visionary projects. Assessment includes practical projects, presentations, portfolios, and critical writing to ensure comprehensive skill development.

Throughout this Fashion Styling & Art Direction degree, you'll learn how to construct powerful fashion stories in real-life visual merchandising environments and fashion shows, as well as immersive 3D digital spaces. You'll become proficient in styling and directing for magazine editorials and advertising campaigns, master garment fitting and construction for runway and celebrity client dressing, and consider the environmental and ethical considerations of the industry. Year One: In year one of this degree, you'll take your first steps to becoming a progressive, conscious, professional and courageous practitioner within fashion styling and art direction. You'll start to develop your technical skills, gain an understanding of the varied specialisms within the disciplines and explore storytelling, sustainability, identity and body politics. Modules: Fashion Foundations Fashion & Belonging Thinking & Storytelling Body Politics Earth Action Year Two: In your second year of the Fashion Styling & Art Direction degree, you'll begin to acquire a tenacious, resilient and visionary set of skills for professional practice. You'll take on real-world briefs guided by icons of industry and embrace new technologies and advanced digital processes. Modules: The Fashion Space The Fashion Show The Fashion Client Collaboration Year Three: You’ll be responsible for finding your own placement, with support from the employability team. Choosing this option will enhance your industry experience and skills while studying. How you’ll study during your professional placement You’ll spend time working in a professional context, as part of a business or organisation. This can be in one role, or up to three, and must be for a minimum of 24 weeks. You’ll develop in-demand workplace skills, deepen your insight into industry and grow your network of contacts, all of which could help you get ahead in your career after graduation. Throughout this year, you’ll develop a portfolio of work that includes critical self-reflection on what has been learned from the experience. You’ll be required to evidence your experiences, the skills you’ve learned and your professional growth. Year Four: The final year of the degree consolidates your ground-breaking creative critical thinking, advanced technical skills and professional practice know-how. Modules will give you the leverage to launch yourself into industry as a visionary fashion stylist and art director. Modules: The Fashion Consultant Breaking Ground Fashion Visionary Future Skills As part of our process of continuous improvement, we routinely review course content to ensure that all our students benefit from a high-quality and rewarding academic experience. As such, there may be some changes made to your course which are not immediately reflected in the content displayed on our website. Any students affected will be informed of any changes made directly.