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Fashion

Fashion is a popular style or practice, especially in clothing, footwear, accessories, makeup, body piercing, or furniture. Fashion is a distinctive and often habitual trend in the style in which a person dresses.

Simply liking going clothes shopping won't prepare you properly for a fashion course. You need to be prepared to think analytically about clothes, study their history, and follow trends with an eager eye.

Have a practice with the scissors and sewing machine at home. This is a degree that needs a certain amount of natural talent. If you keep sewing your fingers together, consider a different path.

Good to Know

Undergraduate Fashion Degrees often require you to have an Art foundation Year 1st, or have a foundation year built in to the degree.

Universities Offering Degrees within

Fashion

Campus
Institution Name
Country
Campus Style
Institution Size
Selectivity
Education Model
Arts University Bournemouth
UK
Suburban Campus
Small Institution <5000
Selective (25-50% admitted)
As a specialist creative arts university we want our students to be experts in their discipline and so we offer single subjects.
Goldsmiths University
UK
City/Suburban – We’re in a borough of London, 10 minutes from the City.
Medium Institution 5000-15,000
Somewhat Selective (50-75% admitted)
Single Subject Focus
Minerva University
USA, South Korea, India, Germany, Argentina, UK and Taiwan.
Safe, welcoming residences in dynamic urban environments
Small Institution <5000
Extremely Selective (<10% admitted) - https://www.minerva.kgi.edu/undergraduate-program/admissions/applicant-qualifications/
Fully active learning in every class. Small, engaging seminar format.
Otis College of Art and Design
USA
2.5 miles from the beach, in the city of Los Angeles, somewhat of a suburban neighborhood
Small Institution <5000
Admission is based on the visual arts portfolio, academics, and the personal statement/essay.
Faculty are professional artists/designers, teaching to industry standards.
Paris College of Art
France
City Campus
Small Institution <5000
Selective (25-50% admitted)
Art and Design School
Parsons Paris, The New School
New York City, United States / Paris, France
Medium Institution New York, Small Atelier Styled Institution Paris
Medium Institution 5000-15,000
Selective (25-50% admitted)
Art and design, Inter/Transdisciplinary Education, Liberal Arts, Performing Arts
University of Southampton
UK, Malaysia
City Campus, City Island Campus
Large Institution 15,000-30,000
We are a research focused institution offering single subject degrees, joint honours, integrated degrees as well as Liberal Arts and Science.
University of the Arts London
UK
UAL is a city based university with our Colleges based across London.
Large Institution 15,000-30,000
Highly Selective (10-25% admitted), Selective, Somewhat Selective
UAL offers a range of honours and integrated masters courses in the wider subject areas: Art, Design, Fashion, Media and Communications, Performing Arts
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Common Degree/ Major Names

BA
Fashion Communication and Promotion
BA
Fashion Journalism
BA
Fashion Promotion
BA
Apparel Studies
BA/BSc
Fashion Merchandising
BA
Fashion Textiles
BA/BFA
Fashion Design
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Useful Skills

Idea Visualisation
Practical (working with your hands)
Staying Motivated / Working Hard
Design Mindset
Aiming High
Staying Positive (Resilience)
Creativity
Attention to Detail
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