Fashion Leeds Beckett University

Overview

Framed by three defined strands, this Fashion programme from Leeds Beckett University is open to your interpretation. You'll be provided with a bespoke postgraduate experience that aligns with your career intentions and aspirations beyond your master’s study. You’ll be encouraged to explore your individual approaches to sustainable practice, diversity and inclusion within the fashion industry.

Whichever strand you choose, you’ll:

• Develop your independent practice to become a self-reliant, innovative, and critically minded professional

• Explore in-depth research methodologies during the Research Methods core module
• Produce a proposal and complete a dissertation (or business plan) related to your Independent Study 1 & 2 projects
• Complete a portfolio of work that will demonstrate your research and practical skills to potential employers or clients

Career 

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