Course details may be subject to change.
Develop the fundamental skills needed for a career within the fashion industry with our Fashion Styling and Promotion course.
Gain fashion retail, promotion, marketing, visual merchandising and styling skills in practical sessions, as well as Adobe workshops.
You will submit a digital sketchbook as evidence for each module, documenting research, development and the final outcomes.
Entry Criteria
You will hold a minimum of four GCSEs at grades 4 (or above).
This will include maths and English, as well as an art & design and/or design & technology qualification.
Additional Costs
You will be asked to contribute £20 to fund trips, visits and activities.
What are the next steps?
You will be invited to meet the tutor to discuss the course. Please bring your predicted grades and a portfolio of your creative work.
Modules Studied
You will study the following modules:
Year 1 Shop Report
- Investigation into quality, materials and prices used in Low to Highstreet stores.
- Market Levels
- SWOT Analysis
- Research skills
- Adobe Photoshop
- Adobe Illustrator
- Customer Profiling
Range Planning, Merchandising and Distribution
- Trend Research
- Designing and Creating ranges
- Adobe Illustrator
- Stock rotation
- Key pieces / core ranges for fashion
Collaboration [[[Promotion ~ Branding ~ Marketing ~ Packaging design ~ Mock-ups]
Year 2 Visual Merchandising (Live Project)
- Research Skills
- Stock maximising and rotation
- Styling
Styling
- Trend Research
- Contextual research into Photographers, stylists, and fashion designers.
FMP
You will showcase the key skills you have developed over the past two years to inform your own personal project; this should specialise in an area of your choice. You will write your own creative brief and conduct primary and secondary research, develop a concept, and produce an outcome fit for industry.
Teaching and Assessment
You will attend lectures and practical workshops and you will be assessed by:
- Creative digital portfolio/sketchbook
- Demonstrations
- Practical workshops
- Group tasks
- Research skills
You will not be required to sit any exams - you will be assessed on coursework.
Placement
We work collaboratively with industry professionals to provide you with valuable work experience.
Placement opportunities and live client briefs will provide you with an insight into how the industry operates and how your skills will be applied in the world of work.
Following completion of the course, you could progress to work in fashion retail, promotion, marketing, visual merchandising, styling, or progress to study a degree at NCD or university.
