BA (Hons) Fashion Design - Womenswear (with Diploma in Professional Studies)

University of the Arts London

Explore womenswear through concept-driven design, material exploration and critical research, bridging fashion design, fine art practice and responsible making.

BA Fashion Design comprises five pathways: Womenswear, Menswear, Knit, Print, and Communication. We encourage collaboration at every stage, and throughout the course you will work on projects with the other courses and with students of the BA Fashion Communication course. As a program we encourage students to break down all societal barriers and perceptions when describing gender and identity. We embrace a non-gendered approach. However, when describing the foundational skills and techniques students learn on specific pathways, we have retained the ‘Womenswear’ title.

The Womenswear Design pathway enables students to meet differing creative design challenges learning the skills to express ideas and a viewpoint around a relevant theme and pushing the boundaries of traditional womenswear design. Students are encouraged to develop their design vision, become confident at communicating ideas visually on paper and through engaging with digital software, tools and platforms, and learn how to express their creativity from 2D into 3D engineered conceptual womenswear. The course provides an environment that encourages openness, experimentation and self-expression, by embracing the challenge of working beyond traditional/established techniques. The course team emphasises using non-virgin or regenerative fabrics and materials during the development process and within final outcomes. Students are expected to engage with emerging practices, and experimentation with new technologies as part of CSM’s forward-thinking approach to education.

BA Fashion Design at Central Saint Martins is globally renowned. The course has an excellent staff team of highly experienced practitioners and researchers with international profiles who come from diverse backgrounds and remain connected to their industry and are at the forefront of fashion. Students are innovators, critical thinkers, and trailblazers and thrive within the lively and dynamic art school environment that differentiates fashion at CSM from other fashion courses. Students learn through different experiences as a community, they are encouraged to connect, working with peers and industry to strengthen their learning, understanding, and opportunities.