Module overview
The Professional Fashion Practice module aims to turn ‘the student into the professional’. You are expected to develop a more focused and resolved approach to your practice as well as performing more complex skills with confidence, evaluating your work and developing ideas from inception to realisation. In this module, you will create collections of work in preparation for the Final Collection module in semester 2; you will also start to edit and finalise your Professional Portfolio in readiness for graduation and employment.
Aims and Objectives
Learning Outcomes
Subject Specific Practical Skills
Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:
- professionally apply materials, techniques and processes to realise practical outcomes
- identify an individual approach to fashion design through the realisation of practical work
- resolve conceptual and technical problems in the production and realisation of garments and products
- select materials, techniques and processes relevant to Menswear or Womenswear
- confidently use specialist machines and equipment
Transferable and Generic Skills
Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:
- study independently and produce work to set deadlines
- communicate ideas professionally and effectively in a variety of formats including digital
- demonstrate relevant interpersonal skills
- use learning, library and digital resources effectively
Knowledge and Understanding
Having successfully completed this module, you will be able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of:
- contemporary fashion practice
- how to identify and apply the skills you will need to practice professionally in the fashion and creative industries
- how to apply fashion concepts, techniques, and processes
- an in-depth understanding of your specialist pathway encompassing design, industry practices and theory
Subject Specific Intellectual and Research Skills
Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:
- apply enquiry and reflection enabling you to critically evaluate your work
- challenge the conceptual and technical practices of fashion design
- establish a personal design identity by critically assessing your realised outcomes
- make independent critical judgments in the selection and use of ideas, materials, and techniques
- identify the skills you need to practice professionally in fashion design
Syllabus
Professional Fashion Practice builds on your experiences in Part 1 and 2, by providing a focus through which you can begin to synthesise your skills, ideas and working methods into ambitious fashion outcomes. You will analyse and evaluate your ideas and practice to acquire the skills needed to develop your work. An increasingly thorough understanding of critical thinking will help you recognise the strengths of what you are producing. You will become aware of the importance of the detail of your work.
The module offers the opportunity to engage with a range of Menswear and Womenswear staff. You will be encouraged to be highly independent and self-motivated and to strive for ambition and confidence in the presentation of your work.
You will continuously question and evaluate your work to arrive at focused creative outcomes which demonstrate qualities of originality, coherence and detailed understanding of how to apply specific media and techniques, producing refined pieces of work.
Students will produce a range of fashion garments, supported by a professionally presented portfolio. Although the work undertaken in this module may resemble output produced in previous levels, the quality and depth of contextual awareness will be higher.
The work and outcomes of this module inform the focus and thinking of the Final Collection module in Part 3 semester 2.
Learning and Teaching
Teaching and learning methods
Teaching methods include:
- Project Briefings
- Group tutorials and discussions
- One-to-one tutorials
- Critical reviews
- Creative and technical workshops
- Visual presentations
- Industry insight lectures
Learning activities include:
- Creative portfolio development
- Drawing and portfolio presentation workshops
- Creative design and technical workshops
- School resource based learning
- Seminars
- Peer group learning
- Self-evaluation
- Study Skills support
Relationship between the teaching, learning and assessment methods and the planned learning outcomes
In this module learning and teaching activities focus on helping you to explore and investigate ideas, methods and techniques particular to your pathway. As in the preceding practice modules you will be encouraged to make links between methods, skills and practices that you have explored and developed. You will be supported by specialist staff who will help you to advance your work in relation to current fashion theory and practice. You will also be encouraged to identify and understand your target audience in relation to your fashion practice.
Critical contexts will be outlined through briefings and lectures. Discussions in one-to-one and group tutorials will help you to become increasingly sophisticated in communicating the processes and outcomes of your work, as well as help you with your self-evaluation. During independent study you will be guided to learn how to manage your time effectively outside the taught sessions.
Feedback on your progress and development will be given during tutorials, workshops and critical reviews. The summative assessment of your work will include a portfolio of work that demonstrates your experimental process and examples of work, which creatively address the set projects.
The Academic Skills Library page for study skills support http://library.soton.ac.uk/sash
Harvard citing and referencing support including citethemright online resource http://library.soton.ac.uk/sash/referencing
Academic Integrity support http://library.soton.ac.uk/sash/what-is-academic-integrity
Study Skills Workshops http://library.soton.ac.uk/sash/workshops/
| Type | Hours |
|---|---|
| Completion of assessment task | 120 |
| Follow-up work | 90 |
| Wider reading or practice | 30 |
| Supervised time in studio/workshop | 78 |
| Preparation for scheduled sessions | 10 |
| Tutorial | 22 |
| Lecture | 10 |
| Practical classes and workshops | 90 |
| Total study time | 450 |
Resources & Reading list
General Resources
Blackboard. http://blackboard.soton.ac.uk Panopto via Blackboard An ongoing relevant reading list will be outlined in the project brief/s available on Blackboard. The following is a list of recommended equipment for the Fashion Design programme in Part 3: A4 and A3 Sketchbooks, Tracing paper and layout pad, A4 ring bound folders, Magic and masking tape, Glue stick, Drawing and painting material including pens, pencils, chalks, marker pens, inks, paints, brushes etc., paper shears [minimum 20cm], Fabric shears [minimum 23cm], Tape measure, Ruler [30cm], pattern-master ruler, Fine steel pins, calico, pattern cutting paper, various materials and fabrics for the projects. This is not a complete list of equipment and material needed, however it is an indication of what students need as a basic provision. Fabric and material costs will vary dependent on the students own choices and decisions suited to the projects undertaken.
Assessment
Summative
This is how we’ll formally assess what you have learned in this module.
| Method | Percentage contribution |
|---|---|
| Portfolio | 100% |
Referral
This is how we’ll assess you if you don’t meet the criteria to pass this module.
| Method | Percentage contribution |
|---|---|
| Portfolio | 100% |
Repeat
An internal repeat is where you take all of your modules again, including any you passed. An external repeat is where you only re-take the modules you failed.
| Method | Percentage contribution |
|---|---|
| Portfolio | 100% |