Fashion is a powerful art form; it allows us to express ourselves through the clothes that we design and wear. This fashion course will give you an excellent understanding of the whole design process through specialist teaching that covers fashion sketching, garment construction, technical investigation, fabric manipulation, portfolio building, and fashion promotion and styling. The course will give you a well-rounded education to help you understand the many areas of the fashion industry and is ideal for anyone wishing to embark on a career in fashion. Emphasis is placed on professional practice as you work in a studio full of industry standard equipment. There may be opportunities to take part in educational visits to international centres of fashion excellence such as Paris and London. Successful completion of the course provides the qualifications and skills required to progress onto a range of degree courses or go directly into employment. Work Experience Students will be encouraged to take part in ‘live briefs’ with professional clients. Recent briefs have included: • Trend Bible • Burberry Engage • Sunday Girl - ‘Power of Women’ Our students have progressed to a range of degree courses including Central St Martins University Arts London, University of Westminster, London College of Fashion, University of Salford, Manchester Metropolitan University, Liverpool John Moores University and Northumbria University.