Fashion Design with Foundation

If you’re passionate about fashion innovation and aspire to revolutionise the industry with your own designs, this course is for you.

From sketching and prototyping to construction and branding, you’ll learn how to design and create marketable collections that combine your personal style with the needs of the consumer – producing original designs that stem from customer research, engagement and creative experimentation.

You'll be guided through the art of pattern cutting, drape, garment construction, textile development, illustration and digital media – building a collection that incorporates your design philosophy while demonstrating your practical skills and industry knowledge.

You'll also engage with the social, cultural and ethical issues affecting the wider industry, develop a strong eye for future fashion trends and learn how to stay at the forefront of the industry.

Studying in London gives you the chance to get involved with a wide variety of campaigns, shoots, collaborations and events (from London Fashion Week to the Dezeen Design Festival) and you’ll be encouraged to regularly visit exhibitions, enter competitions and join internships – developing new relationships and gaining first-hand experience.

You'll have opportunities to work on live projects with leading brands and hear first-hand accounts from industry experts about how they achieved success and what their advice is for aspiring designers.

Recent guest speakers:

Michael Ward, Managing Director at Harrods
Andrew Maag, Former CEO at dunhill
Angela Gilbey, Sourcing Development Manager at New Look
Nicole Bischofer, Head of Womenswear at COS
Ellie-Grace Frost, Designer at Louis Vuitton
Howard Mutti-Mewse, Global Communications Manager at Nespresso
Jessica Bumpus, Fashion Journalist and former Digital Fashion Editor at Vogue
Virginia James, former Head of Design at Pringle
Angela Quaintrell, Fashion Buying Consultant
Melanie Walker, former Head of Design at Victoria Beckham
Lizzy Bowering, Head of Catwalks at WGSN
Recent collaborations include:

Nicole Bischofer, Head of Womenswear at COS
Annabel Dowsing, Studio Director at Georgia Hardinge
Duncan Cui, Director at Kylin Pulu and Tom Tailor
Imogen Bowman, Senior Designer at Studio Amelia
Your hard work culminates in a final fashion show, where you'll showcase your portfolio and collection to an international audience including press and industry professionals.

On successful completion of the course, you'll graduate as a resourceful, skilful and innovative designer, ready to establish your identity in the fashion industry.

Integrated Foundation option
The integrated foundation year has been specially designed to give you the introductory knowledge and skills in Fashion, Design and Advertising fields needed to confidently progress to degree-level study.

The Foundation year is structured around both discipline knowledge with modules that introduce the transferable skills you will need at degree level and beyond.

Once you have successfully completed your foundation year, you will progress to one of our Fashion, Design or Advertising courses.

Your skills and knowledge will be assessed entirely by coursework, with no exams. For example through practical work, presentations, projects, group work, portfolios, sketchbooks, pitches, peer assessments, essays, reflective writing, written analyses and reports.