The Fashion MA at Kingston University is designed for those looking to push the boundaries of fashion design. This creative degree offers a unique blend of creativity and critical thinking, providing you with the tools to innovate and excel within the fashion industry. 

In this course, we’ll encourage you to explore new design concepts, refine your technical skills and develop a deep understanding of fashion as both a cultural and commercial force. You will engage with real-world fashion projects, collaborate with industry professionals and access world-class resources to develop your own portfolio and creative voice. 

Importantly, you’ll join an industry of creatives striving to achieve the UN Sustainability Goals of responsible consumption, production, and climate action. You’ll seek to create elevated design outputs through innovation of manufacture, fabrication, responsible approaches to garment construction and slower small-scale production.

Whether you want to work in fashion design, marketing, or fashion communication, the Fashion MA will prepare you to stand out in an ever-changing industry.

MA Award
September Start
Full-time Study Mode
1 - 2 years Duration

Entry Requirements For This Course

To apply for this course, you need a good honours degree (2:2 or above) in fashion or a related discipline. Alternatively, significant professional experience in fashion design may be considered.

We would like to understand more about you and your practice, as well as your aptitude and motivations for studying on this course. Please submit a portfolio in digital format, 15-20 pages in length. We’re looking for you to demonstrate four key values:

  • questioning
  • curiosity
  • technical ability
  • Enthusiasm

Your portfolio should demonstrate these values through your strengths, abilities, and experiences in a range of disciplines. Aim to showcase your knowledge of: 

  • visual research for fashion
  • design drawing
  • visual communication of your ideas
  • the design process
  • 3D experimentation
  • 3D final outcomes, which should include garments and outfits. 

Combining your work into a landscape PDF is a good way to ensure your portfolio is easy to access and stays the way you want it to look. A project may be spread over several pages or take up just one. Think about the order you put things in.

You can use other formats to show your work by including links in your PDF (such as links to a website, Instagram, Flicker or Vimeo account). You just need to ensure your links work and that they can be opened on different types of devices.

Your portfolio should include:

  • Examples of visual research for fashion design.
  • Design drawing.
  • The process and development of ideas.
  • A contemporary use of fabric and colour.
  • References to contemporary fashion.
  • 3D experimentation.
  • 3D outcomes such as garments and outfits.
  • Digital portfolio format requirements
  • Project titles and a brief description of each project explaining your intentions and your individual involvement if presenting a group project.
  • High-quality images, of at least 72 dpi.

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