BA (Hons) Fashion Design Bachelor's degree at Southampton Solent University

Investigate how the silhouette - the outline or contour of a garment - communicates concept and identity in fashion. Focus on shape, volume, proportion and line, exploring how manipulating these elements transforms perception of the body and communicates a message about the wearer.

Introduces you to the creative sequential process involved in the primary stages of fashion design. Learn how to develop and creatively communicate an individual concept informed by creative research using a variety of sources, and how to respond to this research with initial design ideas. Also learn core pattern cutting and garment production methods.

Design an on-trend range and make a garment for a specific fashion brand, market level, and customer, developing your knowledge of industry practice. Develop your fashion design, print design, pattern-cutting and garment making skills, as well as furthering essential digital skills, using industry-specific software.

Focuses on the world of fabrics and the design of surface textiles, including more eco-conscious options. Learn and explore digital print design, screen printing, fabric manipulation and laser cutting techniques to produce a wide range of surface textile samples in response to a concept or theme.

Shared, interdisciplinary module provides a 'launchpad' for students across our fashion courses, to collaborate on a live brief - mirroring the professional creative team environment. Client-focused module will give you the confidence to get out into industry and give you the ability to apply the skills gained during your first year of studies.

Deconstruct and reinvent 'classic' garments, challenging the symbols, assumptions, and cultural codes that they traditionally communicate. Through a combination of design experimentation and semiotic research, explore how clothing functions as a system of signs and how those signs can be subverted, furthering your creative design ability in the process.

Step into the role of a fashion designer working for an established brand that specialises in functional clothing. Design a range of garments that merge functionality and aesthetics, as well as be in-line with forecast trends. Designs must be commercially viable and forward-thinking to appeal to a customer. Further your pattern-cutting and sewing skills by making final products in real fabrics.

Develop your individual design identity, deepen your understanding of the creative design process, and further your technical skills through the development of a cohesive, high-end ready-to-wear collection. Develop a concept based on a selected or invented 'muse' and will use this to inform the concept and creative design of a capsule collection that includes sustainable fabrication.

Immersive, practice-led module challenges you to create a product range to a live brief from a partner company. Develop a complete buying and merchandising plan for a new capsule collection, including market and trend analysis, range planning, and sourcing strategy, providing tangible evidence of their professional competencies.

Create a hardcopy portfolio with tactile elements to take to graduate events and job interviews, as well as build a complimentary online/digital presence. Portfolio work will tell the story of your final collection, as well as include a follow-on collection and a design competition entry.

Investigate and evaluate eco-conscious design methods within the industry, and use either one or a combination of methods to design a range of clothing and produce a prototype of a garment that reflects innovation, responsibility and aesthetic appeal.

Focus on developing an individual and visually exciting concept and use this to inspire a range of creative design ideas that are thoroughly explored, analysed and developed through to the initial prototype stage. This process enables you to further advance your skills in and knowledge of the creative design process, alongside key technical and digital skills, realising your unique design identity in the process.

Push your creative design ability and technical skills to new levels - to problem solve and think innovatively, resulting in a fashion collection that communicates a strong personal design identity and a range of professional skills and knowledge. This module is informed directly by the Final Collection: Research and Development module and you can create either a 3D or 2D fashion collection.