BA starter course in
Fashion Design & Development

This course is the perfect introduction to fashion design, blending creativity, history, and technique to help you build a strong foundation in one of today’s most dynamic industries. Whether you’re just beginning or refining your direction, you’ll develop core design and production skills, explore fashion culture, and start expressing your own creative identity.

Creative Process and Design Thinking
Learn how fashion design goes beyond clothing. Explore how ideas take shape through research, visual exploration, and storytelling. Build the creative mindset and communication skills used by professionals across the industry.

Art and Fashion History

Discover how key art movements and historical events have shaped fashion through time — from ancient sculpture to avant-garde couture. Understand how past aesthetics influence current trends, and use this context to enrich your own designs.

Fashion in Context
Explore the fashion industry as a cultural force. Understand how global trends, social issues, and sustainability shape the way we dress. Learn how to research fashion markets and evaluate trends with an informed, critical perspective.

Fashion Communication & Development
Learn how to communicate your ideas visually and verbally. Translate concepts into moodboards, sketches, and style references that clearly express your vision — just like in a professional design studio.

Introduction to Fashion Production
Gain practical, hands-on experience in developing garments. Learn the fundamentals of pattern drafting, block development, sizing, and the production process. Work with different materials and fabrics while exploring how colour and texture influence form and function.

Workshops & Studio Practice
Train in professional environments using industrial machines and tools. Develop confidence in atelier-based work with a focus on best practices, safety and creative experimentation.

Fashion Illustration & Digital Tools
Express your ideas through both freehand and digital drawing techniques. Learn proportion, perspective, colour, and shading, while developing your unique illustration style. Complement your sketches with industry-standard software to present designs with a professional finish.

This course is more than an introduction — it’s your first step into the world of contemporary fashion. You’ll build the confidence, skills and creative mindset to move forward in design, production, or visual communication.