Fashion Styling & Art Direction with Professional Placement

Influence the shape of fashion as you take on the world of fashion styling.

In our vibrant studios, future art directors and stylists are busy curating imaginative fashion stories for catwalks, editorial shoots, window displays, fashion films and new immersive spaces. By joining them on this course, you’ll collaborate with fellow creative thinkers and makers from across the University to produce real work for real clients under the expert guidance of passionate lecturers. From garment fitting and editorial art direction to producing advertising campaigns, you’ll develop the skills you need to break into the global fashion industry.

You will:
Develop confidence as a future fashion visionary, committed to harnessing the power of storytelling through multimedia productions
Gain the key practical skills necessary to operate at a professional level in the global styling industry
Engage in debate around the practical and theoretical context of fashion communication
Work on industry-led briefs as part of a collaborative team of supportive, risk-taking global practitioners, in preparation for your future creative career
Create a powerful professional fashion styling portfolio to launch into industry
Have access to enviable facilities, including industrial sewing machines, specialist construction equipment, a dye lab and a contemporary dress and textile archive

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.

You'll be assessed through coursework and practical submissions.

Assessment methods
Assessments can take many forms, including:
Practical projects
Presentations
Portfolios
Critical writing