Fashion Cultures and Histories

Overview

Students develop high-level writing, research and analytical skills to interrogate fashion as global industry and bodily practice, preparing them to become informed critics and communicators generating innovative knowledge about fashion in its multiple contexts and shaping the ways it is understood.

Why choose this Fashion Cultures and Histories programme from University of the Arts London (UAL)

• Unique course: MA Fashion Cultures and Histories is the only theory-based Master’s specialising in fashion studies offered by a dedicated fashion college in London.
• Focus on theory: theory is our practice, as students develop a suite of specialised skills, competencies and knowledge’s to generate independent and original scholarship on a topic of their choice that contributes to the field of fashion studies.
• Industry links: we generate theory to enact change in the fashion industry as students work closely with researchers and key industry partners to generate critical insights to address emerging questions facing the industry and our field of study.
• Research links: the course is embedded within London College of Fashion’s culture of leading fashion scholarship as skilled scholars from our diverse and dynamic research community teach students on their respective research specialisms.

Career paths

Masters graduates have an acknowledged advantage in the employment market, obtaining work in a wide range of vocational and academic fields related to fashion. Previous graduates have gone on to lecture in related fields in Europe and America, worked in fashion curation and archives, journalism, styling, retail consultancy, as well as to higher level research degrees (MPhil or PhD). Our graduates are working within the industry at institutions including Museum of London, the V&A, BBC, Parsons, Kerry Taylor Auctions and Garde Robe, as well as for commercial brands such as Net-a-Porter and Burberry.