BA (Hons) Fashion Design (subject to Validation). Through this course we propose an alternative future for fashion. One that rejects boundaries of gender, ‘typical’ fashion culture and wasteful and exploitative fashion systems. With a curriculum designed to question the current inherited practice and value systems in fashion education and the industry at large our BA (Hons) Fashion Alternatives seeks to create fashion innovators who eschew a standard approach and instead create and design new processes to address the challenges of waste, inclusions, and environment faced within the industry. This vision drives all that we do, from reviving heritage skills to better fit the realities of our unstable future to supporting unconventional methods at every point of the process. Our approach is tactile, three dimensional, human centred and empathetic. It is agile, responsive and encourages uncompromising quality. We explore how design may be democratised to harness the power of innovation through collaboration and a greater respect and deeper understanding of the context with which we create our design within. Working across multiple fashion disciplines, you will develop a foundation for your practice to be refined throughout your studies and as you progress into industry. We invite our students to radically re-design design itself. Radical creativity, imagination and innovation are at the heart of all our practice in keeping with our 5 guiding principles of design: Human-Centred Innovative Design Inventive Method Ethically Produced Respectful of Planetary Boundaries

Learning Outcomes

By the end of this course, you will be able to:

• Analyse one's own practice demonstrating reflection, identifying and applying revisions and improvements
• Synthesise numerous and varied sources for further research and development in support of individual practice
• Produce final outcomes which include portfolio, presentation, and written analysis to effectively communicate the themes of one’s own work to an audience
• Identify and respond to a target market or customer with a deeper understanding of the link between aesthetic design and commercial product