Going to university to study fashion? Before you apply make sure you’ve shopped around and have chosen the right course. You may not know but there are many different degrees you could study to go into fashion. Within this blog, you’ll learn what the different types of fashion degrees there are, in turn helping you decide which one is best for you.
A General Fashion Degree
If you aren’t sure which area of fashion you’d like to specialise in, then doing a general fashion degree is probably the best step. Within this degree, you’ll be able to learn the ins and outs of the fashion industry, and the processes involved, from research to design and development to garment construction. You will work in 2D and 3D, exploring textiles, styling, how to forecast trends, and even photography. As well as this, you’ll be able to learn about business and marketing, giving you broad knowledge of the whole fashion industry and how it works.
Fashion Design Degree
Within this degree, you’ll learn the basics of fashion design, and gain a broader understanding of research, design, development, and production of clothing. From this degree, you’ll learn the practical (pattern cutting, sewing, garment construction) and technical skills (drawing and illustrating) needed to design and make clothes.
You can also specialise further within this degree area:
- Fashion Jewellery
- Fashion design and technology: womenswear/menswear/sportswear
- Fashion knitwear design and knitted textiles
Fashion Textiles Degree
With this type of fashion degree, you will develop your skills within the textiles area. This will involve learning about “print, knit, embroidery and embellishment”. Through this, you will be able to learn about certain fabrics, sample textiles, and test prototypes. This degree is for individuals that have a growing interest in fashion and textiles, and want to increase their knowledge of creating clothes.
Other degrees:
- Fashion Communication Degree
- Fashion Promotion Degree
- Fashion Styling Degree
- Fashion Photography Degree
- Fashion Journalism Degree
- Fashion Marketing Degree
- Fashion Management Degree
To learn more about this long list of other degrees, click here.
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