Fashion design and technology: Womenswear

This course focuses on creative womenswear fashion design with a technical understanding, exploring fashion cultures and business concepts to encourage innovations in contemporary fashion design, emerging technologies, construction techniques and fabrication.

Creative and Technology-based course providing you with both technical know-how and creative flair.

Excellent placement opportunities in the UK and abroad, our dedicated placement team help source placements at companies such as Hugo Boss, Calvin Klein, Margaret Howell and Adidas.

Opportunity to enhance your learning by taking study trips. Previous trips have been to trade fairs in Paris, Amsterdam to visit denim brands and production facilities and India to explore sustainable craftsmanship.

You’ll benefit from the multi-million pound, newly refurbished facilities, with access to industry standard equipment including more than 150 specialised sewing and joining machines and equipment, 3D bodyscanner, sew-free bonding equipment, automated and laser cutting equipment, 3D printing and the latest digital pattern-cutting software.

Producing award winning students the course is closely linked to the international fashion industry, working on live projects with brands such as Coach, Jigsaw, Whistles and Old Navy.

International Youth Design Competition 2017 Bronze Award: Niamh Clarke

FAD x Missoni Competition 2017 Highly Commended: Zoe Alexandria Leach

GAP Design Competition 2017 Winner: Natasha Solanki

Old Navy  Competition 2017 Winner: Alexandra Dixon

Fielding and Nicholson Tailoring Competition Winner: Bethany Frewin

Coach Design Competition 2016 Winner: Amy Astley

British Fashion Council Jigsaw/Pongees Design Competition 2016 Winner: Eppyar Hunt

BFTA Design Competition 2016 Second Prize Winner: Emily Lapworth

Abercrombie and Fitch Competition Winner 2015: Alice James

Humen Cup International Youth Design Competition Silver Award: Anastaciia Panchenko

Duration: 3 years full-time, 4 years sandwich