Fashion and Textiles

UCAS code: FT01

Here's what Bedford College Group says about its Fashion and Textiles course.

The aim of the course is to develop your creative and intellectual potential and to provide you with the relevant knowledge and skills required for a career in the fashion and textile industry. You will be involved in projects that combine fashion drawing and illustration, creative pattern cutting and garment production, embellishment and embroidery, and surface pattern design. The course will also cover marketing, promotion, styling and professional practice.

During the course, you will be encouraged to produce individual ideas whilst developing an understanding of the needs of the fashion and textile industry.

This highly creative award-winning course will equip you with everything you need for a successful career within the exciting and fast-paced fashion industry. You will develop practical technical skills such as pattern cutting, draping and production as well as creative skills in fashion design, illustration, technical drawings, computer-aided design, fashion Trend Forecasting and surface pattern design for fashion using both traditional and non-traditional methods. You will regularly take part in national and international live competition briefs and build a creative, professional portfolio that can be used for job interviews or further study.

Successful completion of this course will equip you with the relevant skills and knowledge required for employment in: Fashion Design, Pattern Cutting, Illustration, Textile Design, Surface Pattern Design, Marketing and Promotion and Styling. The course has a special focus on students that wish to become independent designers.

95% of our previous students have continued their study to ‘top-up’ their qualification with one extra year of study at our Bedford campus or another university to gain a full degree in Fashion / Textiles.

Module A Process & Practice includes the following units:

Unit A1 Concept & Development This assessment unit is designed to enable the practice and development of underpinning knowledge, understanding and proficiency of creative practice through exploration of the subject area.

Unit A2 Creative Project This assessment unit is designed to give students the opportunity to consolidate and apply their learning through the production of a portfolio of work related to project outcomes.

The method of assessment is via evidence-based submissions – recommended and types of evidence may include:

A portfolio of development work and outcomes. Physical and digital prototypes. Written reports, essays or case studies. Planning and research documents, files and links. Audio and visual presentations. Exhibitions of outcomes.