BA (Hons) Fashion Design

Overview

Empowering you for a diverse array of fashion careers, our BA (Hons) Fashion Design course prioritises real-world experience. Develop the skills and confidence to excel as a designer, consultant, buyer, stylist, illustrator, and more, ensuring you're primed for success across the fashion industry.

Gain hands-on experience through internships, industry visits, and expert speakers, led by experienced fashion practitioners. Acquire professional, transferable skills essential for success in the global fashion industry. Our strong international connections offer opportunities for study abroad in Europe and North America, fostering a vibrant cultural exchange. Take advantage of work experience opportunities, including placements with renowned brands like J.W. Anderson and Alexander McQueen. Showcase your work at prestigious events such as Graduate Fashion Week and industry gatherings in London, Paris, Munich, New York, and Berlin, facilitating valuable professional networking. As a student on this course students have the opportunity to work with brands and companies such as Phoebe English, Mend Assembly, Davy J Swimwear, Mae’s Luxury Manufacturing, WGSN, Real Ideas, Studio PL1, Peclers Paris Trend Forecasting, FACE. Our students pursue various career paths, such as fashion designers, knitwear designers, stylists, buyers, tailors, fashion illustrators, pattern cutters, trend forecasters, visual merchandisers, studio managers, garment technologists, production coordinators, merchandisers, and lecturers.<a href="https://www.allsaints.com/"></a>

Our Graduates

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Alice Vandy

Alice Vandy graduated from Arts University Plymouth in 2012 with a BA (Hons) in Fashion. Shortly after graduating Alice set up her own UK brand ‘Alice Vandy’ and created collections which fuses fairytale fantasy with exotic youthful streetwear. The eye-catching designs by Alice Vandy got noticed and she has successfully designed showpieces for The X Factor, Britain’s Next Top Model and The Clothes Show Live. Jessie J snapped up her debut collection and following this the designer was asked to create an entire collection for the star. Alice focuses on delivering magical madness with her notoriously bold signature prints and has a growing tribe of Diamond Warriors and Bubble Wall patterns. My Little Pony asked Alice Vandy to collaborate with them and she launched her third exclusive collection of ponyland power pieces with the sugary sweet Hasbro phenomenon. Alice is due to launch her third exclusive collection with global brand Hasbro. Alice Vandy is based in Cornwall but her bold colourful and unique designs are now being worn by stars all over the world. Visit Alice Vandy’s website: www.alicevandy.com

Molly Mildren

Molly Mildren is Buyer at Mint Velvet, a British womenswear clothing brand with 46 boutiques across the UK and Ireland, a store in Dubai Festival City mall and international concessions within De Bijenkorf and Manor as well as John Lewis, House of Fraser and Fenwick. ‘My time at Arts University Plymouth was excellent. I studied an Extended Diploma here a few years ago and then moved to Cardiff to continue at degree level – but I moved back after my first year. The facilities there didn’t compare. In Arts University Plymouth, they’re amazing and it’s great how we get access to everything – screenprinting, 3D design in the Fab Lab, photography, and more – not just the fashion studio.’

Stefani Nurding

CEO and professional skateboarder Stefani Nurding has worked with brands including Vans, Animal and Sainsburys. She graduated BA (Hons) Fashion in 2014 with a First Class Honours. Inspiring girls around the globe, Stefani has been at the forefront of Devon's skateboarding scene since she was 18. Stefani was the organiser of the Skateistan charity event, using skateboarding as a hook to provide educational opportunities for at-risk youths in Afghanistan, Cambodia and South Africa. ‘Before I founded Salon, I noticed that there were not a lot of companies within skateboarding that were representing women and when they were, they were never representing feminine women. And so I felt like that was me.’