Module overview
Aims and Objectives
Learning Outcomes
Knowledge and Understanding
Having successfully completed this module, you will be able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of:
- contemporary fashion practice
- an in-depth understanding of your specialist pathway encompassing design, industry practices and theory
- 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
Subject Specific Practical Skills
Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:
- professionally apply materials, techniques and processes to realise practical outcomes
- resolve conceptual and technical problems in the production and realisation of garments and products
- identify an individual approach to fashion design through the realisation of practical work
Subject Specific Intellectual and Research Skills
Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:
- identify the skills you need to practice professionally in fashion design
- establish a personal design identity by critically assessing your realised outcomes
- challenge the conceptual and technical practices of fashion design
- make independent critical judgments in the selection and use of ideas, materials, and techniques
- Subject Specific Intellectual and Research Skills apply enquiry and reflection enabling you to critically evaluate your work
Transferable and Generic Skills
Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:
- use learning, library and digital resources effectively
- study independently and produce work to set deadlines
- communicate ideas professionally and effectively in a variety of formats including digital.
Syllabus
Learning and Teaching
Teaching and learning methods
Type | Hours |
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Teaching | 72 |
Independent Study | 378 |
Total study time | 450 |
Resources & Reading list
Internet Resources
Harvard citing and referencing support including citethemright online resource.
The Academic Skills Library page for study skills support.
Textbooks
Black, S. ((2012)). Eco Fashion- the Fashion Paradox.. Routledge.
Briggs-Goode, A. ((2013)). Printed Textile Design. London:: Laurence King.
Aldrich, W. ((2013)). Fabrics and Pattern Cutting.. London:: John Wiley & Sons.
Bourdieu, P. ((1984)). Distinction: A social critique of the Judgement of Taste.. Routledge & Kegan Paul Ltd.
Chunman Lo, D. ((2011)). Patternmaking.. London:: Laurence King.
Blanckaert, P. & Hernu, A.R. ( (2013)). Icons of Vintage Fashion.. New York:: Abrams.
Bono, E. ( (1990)). Lateral thinking: A textbook of creativity ([New ed.) .. London:: Penguin.
Bradley,Q. (2002). Techno fashion.. Oxford:: Berg Publishers.
Cheney, N. & McAllister, H (.2013)). Textile Surface Manipulation.. London:: Bloomsbury Publishing.
Chois Gallery ( (2013)). Fashion Window Shopping.. Shanghai:: Chois Publishing Inc..
Braun-Feldweg Förderpreis. W. ((2010)). Slow Fashion: Alternative Fashion Concepts.. Niggli Verlag.
Assessment
Formative
This is how we’ll give you feedback as you are learning. It is not a formal test or exam.
Portfolio Development
- Assessment Type: Formative
- Feedback: The purpose of formative feedback is to enhance your learning, help you understand how your work is developing and how you can improve it in the future. There are no marks attached to formative assessment and it will not count towards your final mark. You will receive feedback through seminars, tutorials and critiques. You will also receive a Formative Assessment Feedback Sheet with written comments.
- Final Assessment: No
- Group Work: No
Summative
This is how we’ll formally assess what you have learned in this module.
Method | Percentage contribution |
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Portfolio | 100% |
Referral
This is how we’ll assess you if you don’t meet the criteria to pass this module.
Method | Percentage contribution |
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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 |
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Portfolio | 100% |