MA MA Fashion Artefact

The course seeks to recruit students who can demonstrate: 

• A strong commitment and motivation towards a career in an aspect of the fashion and creative industries 
• An awareness, and relevant experience of, fashion or the creative industries; 
• High-level knowledge and skills commensurate with planned entry into the defined course including the ability to design and manufacture fashion artefacts. 

The course seeks to recruit students from diverse socio-economic and cultural backgrounds, and welcomes applications from mature students. 

All our postgraduate courses offer career development, so that you become a creative thinker, making effective contributions to your relevant sector of the fashion industry.

LCF offers students the opportunity to develop Personal and Professional Development (PPD) skills while studying through:

• Access to to speaker programmes and events featuring alumni and industry.
• Access to careers activities, such as CV clinics and one-to-one advice sessions.
• Access to a graduate careers service
• Access to a live jobsboard for all years.
• Advice on setting up your own brand or company.

Career paths

Graduates from MA Fashion Artefact will be in a position to gain employment as innovators within the field of fashion design or object based fashion artefacts / accessories and may identify a fashion house, large corporate company or alternatively choose to build their own identity through the launch of their own product/design label. Graduates of MA Fashion Artefact have previously gone on to set up their own labels and work in a number of roles within the industry at companies including Burberry Prorsum and Alexander McQueen. Further employment opportunities include trend prediction, stylist, illustrator and freelance designer.

Masters graduates have an acknowledged advantage in the employment market, obtaining work in a wide range of vocational and academic fields related to fashion. Graduates from the MA Fashion Artefact will be in a position to gain employment as innovators within the fields of fashion design and technology, fashion communications, or management and marketing for the fashion industries. The MA also provides an excellent preparation for higher level research degrees (MPhil or PhD), with an increasing number of graduates undertaking research in fashion related subjects, in both practice and theory.

Graduate Futures

The Course is divided into three 15-week blocks (full-time). The first block is 60 credits and students who successfully complete this block are eligible for the award of a PG Cert. The second block is a further 60 credits and students who complete blocks 1 and 2 are eligible for the award of PG Dip. The third and final block is the Master Project, this is a 60 credit unit and students who successfully complete this block are eligible for the award of an MA. The final award grading is based upon the MA project only. 

Block 1: 

Collaborative Challenge (20 credits)

This unit is your opportunity to innovate and explore developmental processes and engage with collaborative working practices. You’ll develop your professional negotiation, teamwork and networking skills that are essential in the cultural, entrepreneurial and creative industries. The emphasis of this unit is on cross-disciplinary student-led collaboration. You can engage with industry and college-based briefs.

Materials and Methods (40 credits)

The unit is designed to establish and develop your 3D study proposal by exploring and expanding on your manufacturing skills. You’ll explore different skills and techniques, gaining an understanding of the complexity involved in multidisciplinary making processes. Work will develop individually in response to introductions to equipment and facilities on and off site and master classes in response to your chosen studio provided and in line with your chosen material selection, fabrication methods and design intentions.    

Block 2: 

Research Proposal (20 Credits)

Developing effective research approaches is key to success in your Master’s project and career. This unit explores theoretical perspectives on your practice and discipline, helping define your research philosophy. You'll build core capabilities and create a theoretically grounded proposal using primary and secondary methods. You'll develop a framework connecting theory and practice, formulate research questions, and ensure your study is ethical, achievable, and critical, with potential for interdisciplinary exploration.

Analytical Design and Manufacture Methods (40 credits)

The unit focuses on adopting an analytical approach to practice, emphasising sustainability, ethical design and positionality. This unit supports the development towards your Masters’ Project, by building on your study proposals and studio practice. Ongoing research will direct your proactive practice-based development, guided by material analysis, manufacture methods, and design functionality.

Block 3: 

Masters Project (60 Credits)