Fashion Design

• A good honours degree, (or equivalent) in a related subject, preferably in Fashion Design. Applicants with professional experience are also encouraged to apply. Entry will normally be subject to submission of a portfolio, and an interview. Candidates for whom English is not a first language will be expected to demonstrate IELTS at level 6.5 or equivalent.
• If English is not your first language you will be expected to demonstrate a certificated level of proficiency of at least IELTS 6.5 (Academic level) or equivalent English Language qualification, as recognised by Anglia Ruskin University.

Portfolios

We may ask you to send us a digital portfolio of your work. Here are guidelines on the work we\'d expect to see.

Preferably, digital portfolios should be formatted as a single PDF. Powerpoint presentations are also acceptable, but these should be kept to under 20MB. If this proves problematic, then you can send a series of single jpeg images. The size for each file must not exceed 2MB. In all cases, works should be numbered, with supporting information such as the title, medium, date and dimensions of each work.

Qualities we will look for:

• focused, committed and determined for a career in the fashion industry
• creative and experimental approaches to research
• awareness of the contemporary art/design/fashion world
• good drawing skills using different materials
• good use of digital media
• interest in/practical and technical skills in the realisation of fashion design products
• excellent visual and oral communication skills

Things you must include:

• various types of drawing using different media.

1. observation (body, objects, clothes, etc)
2. graduate art/design projects (2D/3D \xc2\x96 eg fashion, textiles, graphics, fine art, interior design) \xc2\x96 process and outcomes

• sketchbooks (developing primary research - process)
• application/ interest in fashion design

1. if this is not available in your project work, some evidence of your own initiative in developing this awareness
2. this could be taking an existing project and applying it to fashion design through sketchbook development

Outcomes

1. final pieces developed from sketchbook work (will vary depending on project undertaken, e.g. products, textile pieces, mood boards, illustrations, photographs, graphics, fine art pieces, etc)
2. photos of final outcomes if product-led, eg if fashion-led, on a body styled

Please note: a link to a personal website or Flikr portfolio may be a useful showcase but is unlikely to give us the information we need on the development and background of your work, so should not be seen as a substitute for a portfolio.