Master of Arts - Fashion and Textiles

Program Description

The Fashion and Textiles MA is a research-inspired, practice-based and design-led adventure for experienced fashion, intimate apparel, footwear, accessories and textile creatives. 

Reasons to study the Fashion and Textiles MA at DMU:

• Learn from an expert teaching team who are active in their own field, and maintain links within the industry and current designers, ensuring they teach real-world relevant skills
• Learn in a highly stimulating practice-based environment that challenges students to develop and explore your chosen specialism and potential career path at Masters level
• Enhance your academic research skills and understanding in order to ignite creativity and authoritatively position creative directions
• Industry placement opportunity students can choose to undertake a year-long work placement, gaining valuable experience to enhance practical and professional skills further
• Opportunity to contextualise work and collaboratively work with international practitioners within the discipline of fashion and textiles
• Access to top-class facilities within a dedicated centre with access to a range of workshops and a host of specialist equipment
• The new Vijay Patel building has been designed to provide the space and facilities where ideas can develop and flourish for all of our art and design courses
• Guest lectures from fashion industry experts complement the course
• The Design School’s long standing heritage, highly qualified staff and excellent facilities, provides a stimulating environment for highly motivated, dedicated and innovative graduates from fashion and textile design disciplines to take their development to the next level of creative innovation.

Students can choose from one of the following subject specialisms, which will then provide the focus of their design practice:

• Contour Fashion focuses on intimate apparel, including jersey wear, lingerie, swimwear, corsetry, loungewear and bra design
• Fashion Design specialises in womenswear or menswear.
• Footwear Design and Accessories covers women’s, men’s and children’s footwear for leisure or fashion, as well as accessories for sport.
• Textile Design examines fashion, interiors and lifestyle, with the opportunity to specialise in print, construct, knit and mixed media
• At the heart of this course is a focus on building creative, technical and intellectual knowledge, alongside critical and contextual understanding of wider issues.
• There is a close-knit community of postgraduate students and staff which creates a supportive learning environment for students from around the world. The university will provide a stimulating environment for highly motivated, dedicated and innovative graduates from fashion and textile design disciplines to take their development to the next level of creative innovation.
• Students will have the opportunity to compliment your creative practice by selecting from a range of option module, allowing students to bespoke their experience and skills, ready to launch them into the next chapter of their career development. Option module areas include; Marketing, Business Planning, Web Presence, Global Strategic Markets, Ethical and Sustainable Fashion.