BA (Hons) Fashion Design with Integrated Foundation Year in Bath United Kingdom | Bath Spa University

This intensive, high-energy program is designed for driven and goal-oriented students pursuing a future in fashion. The curriculum provides an in-depth design foundation for committed individuals seeking specialized roles in the fashion world. Our approach focuses on nurturing each student's unique potential to become original, forward-thinking designers with styles that resonate in today's fashion landscape. The program prioritizes conceptual thinking, artistic expression, and cultivating a personal design approach supported by expert pattern-making and production techniques.

Fashion represents a constantly evolving, rigorous field that mirrors societal attitudes and emotions. It embodies transformation through creative design, shaped by cultural, social, historical, economic, and political shifts. Accordingly, you'll explore every phase of the design workflow - from initial research and concept development to sketching, color and textile experimentation, historical context studies, and transforming two-dimensional concepts into three-dimensional creations.

Our alumni have secured positions at prominent brands including Zara (Spain), Chinti & Parker, Osman, Peter Pilotto, Old Navy (San Francisco), Erdem, Berghaus, Issa, Toast, Dune, Mulberry, Roland Mouret, Boudicca, Coast, Karen Millen, Giles Deacon, Gieves and Hawkes, Esprit (Cologne), French Connection, Sharon Wauchob (Paris), Joseph, Zara (Spain), and Nicole Farhi. Others have pursued advanced degrees or launched their own fashion ventures.