BA (Hons) Fashion Atelier with Integrated Foundation Year Bachelor's degree at University for the Creative Arts

You are introduced to the fundamental principles of Fashion Atelier practice, focusing on how seams and other forms of suppression shape silhouette and define the three-dimensional form of a garment. You will develop an understanding of how fit, hang and balance are achieved through the considered alignment of the correct pattern shape to the correct body form with the correct fabric selection. Through a series of workshops, you will explore these atelier principles in both creative and analytic

This module introduces you to the core creative, technical and digital skills required for career-readiness and professional practice within fashion and creative industries. Through experimentation, problem-solving and discipline-specific workshops, you will begin to establish a confident foundation for future study and progression into industry contexts. The module introduces primary and secondary research methods, design development processes, illustration and CAD, enabling you to investigate

Building on the core Atelier skills developed in modules 1 and 2, supporting continued growth in creative and technical practice. You will reflect on your learning and how it informs future creative and technical decision-making, while being introduced to garment archetypes and key industry practices that shape design and technical product development. The module focuses on creative cutting, specialist draping and three-dimensional experimentation, alongside garment construction and bespoke tail

In this module you situate your research and creative practice within wider social and cultural frameworks, encouraging exploration and synthesis across historical and contemporary contexts. You will develop an understanding of how clothing expresses socio-cultural ideas of the self and how these ideas influence the production and consumption of fashion and dress. Through a series of workshops, you will explore representation, global perspectives and fashion cultures, with a focus on tradition a

This module focuses on developing your ability to apply informed research, design and technical processes to the cut, fit, balance and finish of contemporary bespoke tailoring. You will further develop your approaches to draping, cutting, construction and finishing and explore the role and importance of heritage within your work in shaping craft skills that emphasise precision and detail, while understanding how traditional techniques can be reinterpreted within contemporary practice. You will c

In this module you will develops your understanding of professional fashion networks and the skills required to engage with them confidently. Through live or industry-informed briefs, you will experience professional practice by working with external partners and responding to the constraints, expectations and accountability that shape real-world design projects. The module emphasises collaboration, peer learning and reflective practice, enabling you to work effectively within teams, accommodate

The Flou Studio focuses on soft sewing, where traditionally delicate and fluid fabrics such as crepe de chine, georgette, mousseline, lace and other fragile or unstructured fabrics are used. They are notoriously hard to work with, but you will develop the confidence and control required to work with them successfully as a core Atelier skill. French Haute Couture workrooms use the term "le flou" to describe softly sewn garments with a fluid handle to them, and this module places experimental thre

This module explores a range of contexts and perspectives that highlight the relationship between creative practice and conceptual thinking. You will engage critically with appropriate research methods to investigate cultural dress forms and contemporary fashion design experimentation and communication. A key focus is the translation of artisanal technical and design principles across cultural contexts, enabling you to reinterpret heritage skills for contemporary application. You will continue t

You extend and consolidate the core Atelier skills developed in years 1 and 2, supporting the advancement of an individual Atelier practice through rigorous research and iterative, experimental product development. You will generate an extensive body of advanced research and development that informs the evolution of your design philosophy, critical analysis, reflective practice and decision-making. The module culminates in a cohesive body of work that establishes your Atelier signature and defin

This module supports the transition from student to graduate by embedding career-readiness and professional practice within advanced atelier-based toile process development. You will engage in in-depth technical and creative product development, culminating in the realisation of resolved prototype garment samples demonstrating a confident personal design identity. Through the investigation and resolution of complex technical, material, and construction challenges, you will develop advanced probl

This culminating module enables you to realise an ambitious body of work that synthesises the knowledge, skills and creative approaches developed throughout your Fashion Atelier course. Through sustained research, experimentation and critical engagement with disciplinary and interdisciplinary contexts, you will manage a complete creative and technical project to resolution and public presentation, demonstrating innovation, professional readiness and a confident creative identity. The module emph