Sustainable Fashion: Business and Practices (Taught)

Reasons to choose Kingston

• Kingston University is consistently rated among the best institutions in the UK for fashion, and related disciplines.

• Kingston School of Art includes world leaders on the topic of sustainable fashion, who bring a depth and breadth of understanding to the topic.

• The programme’s approach to pedagogy challenges the current system of fashion, plotting an alternative and more sustainable future for fashion businesses, and related activities, based on critical thinking and creative problem solving.

About this course
Sustainable Fashion sets out to challenge current thinking in fashion by embedding holistic sustainable design and business solutions throughout. The coursework requires critical thinking and problem solving and is designed to create systemic change to help combat fashion's unsustainable footprint. Projects develop and deepen your understanding of sustainability as it relates to the fashion, textile and related industries. The course gives participants the opportunity to develop solutions and plot a new future for themselves and the fashion industry through developing new systems that challenge existing practices. Students will choose their individual areas of focus, ensuring their outputs have real-world applications contributing to society, culture and ecology.

Example modules

• The Fashion System

• Sustainable and Ethical Practices

• Responsible Innovation (industry project)

For a full list of modules please visit the Kingston University course webpage.