Fashion Design Leeds Beckett University

Overview

As part of this master's in Fashion Design from Leeds Beckett University , you'll:

• Refine your design thinking and craftsmanship into commercially viable fashion prototypes using industry-standard facilities
• Discover a range of traditional and/or experimental pattern cutting and construction processes
• Align your creative identity and practice with your career aspirations
• Develop your practice to become an autonomous, innovative, and critically minded professional with a specialist, in-demand skill set
• Produce a capsule collection or single product targeted towards a specified audience and/or practice, considering sustainable and responsible methods
• Become a curious learner with an appreciation for lifelong development and the ability to forecast change in your sector
• Build a portfolio of work to demonstrate your research, development, and technical skills to potential employers and clients

Career opportunities:

Prepare to work in a creative, fast-paced and competitive industry. This course will enable you to refine your professional practice. It will give you the opportunity to define and work through your own projects, from research to completion.

You’ll be encouraged to develop the skills and knowledge you’ll need in the workplace in addition to your creativity. The portfolio of work you’ll build throughout your course will evidence your ability to think critically and innovate in response to ideas and in-depth research.

• Fashion designer 

• Fashion buyer

• Self-employed designer/maker

• Garment technologist

• Fashion product developer

• Fashion technical designer

• Fashion quality assurance/QC

• Production manager

• Pattern cutter

• Sample machinist

• Fashion stylist

• Fashion merchandiser

• Fashion visual merchandiser

• Fashion illustrator

• Costume designer

• Fashion trend forecaster

• Fashion art director

• Fashion journalist

• Fashion PR

• Fashion retail

• Fashion consultant