MA Fashion Communication

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The MA Fashion Communication enables professionals and postgraduates to enter the world of Fashion through a series of modules that focus on past, present and future scenarios of the wider fashion industry. Students will enter into an education that is affiliated with Conde Nast Publishing providing exclusive access and support that is unparalleled in other learning establishments.

This course is specifically designed to provide opportunities for individuals who wish to enter the fashion industry, who may have no prior knowledge, and/or experience within this specialist and varied field. The course provides you with transferrable skills and knowledge that can be applied to a diverse range of career opportunities and pathways. Focused on the communication of fashion and brands, the course facilitates opportunities to communicate in the visual, verbal and written formats, capitalising on previous learning and specialist knowledge.

This MA is an internationally recognised qualification validated by the University of Buckingham, worth 180 credits at QCF level 7.

Why Study With Condé Nast College?

You will be studying this course with the only UK fashion education provider that operates from within the fashion industry. This unique environment provides you with an inside out perspective on the inner workings of fashion communications in all its forms, as well as how the creative industries operate. You will have unique access to a range of experts in their fields.

With weekly guest speakers representing a broad range of professions within the fashion and creative industries, you will be learning directly from highly experienced academics and practitioners.

The Condé Nast College of Fashion & Design provides expert career advice to students and graduates, utilising our extensive industry contacts and preparing students for employment through live industry projects and work placements.

Throughout the learning experience, you are encouraged to develop your own industry links and source a potential placement that contributes to your study and professional development, whilst broadening your knowledge of specific roles and careers.

The personal and professional development of students is a continued focus throughout the study and forms a key aspect in the process of sourcing potential placements and identifying future careers within the fashion industry.

In recent years, technological advancements have driven new opportunities within fashion communication and there is now a wealth of varied and exciting career opportunities in both publishing and brand communication. The boundaries between the commercial selling of products and the creation of media content have broken down to create an exciting creative landscape for media communication across all fields of the fashion and lifestyle industries resulting in an increasingly broad range of job opportunities.

Course Structure

You will be studying this course with the only UK fashion education provider that operates from within the fashion industry. This unique environment provides you with an inside-out perspective on learning the inner workings of fashion communication in all its forms and how the creative industries operate, as well as having access to a range of experts in their fields.

With weekly guest speakers representing a broad range of professions within the fashion and creative industries, you will be learning directly from highly experienced academics and practitioners.

The first term of the MA programme explores pinnacle shifts in the culture of fashion and also facilitates the development of visual sensibilities and communication skills. The knowledge and skills acquired will support and underpin continued study by providing valuable context and awareness of fashion as a form of communication.

The second term aims to engage your imagination, creativity and foresight – you are asked to reimagine the fashion industry, questioning how fashion will be experienced, used and purposed in future environments.

The third term develops collaborative skills and ingenuity with the introduction of an industry-focused project and also examines and explores some of the complex ethical issues facing the fashion industry today. A key element of the learning experience is for you to question your own potential role in the fashion industry and reflect on what and how you can make a positive impact or contribution via your chosen specialist field.

The final term consolidates key aspects of the previous study, whilst enabling you to develop your own themes, ideas and forms of fashion communication within your chosen specialism. The final fashion project presents an opportunity for you to present a body of work supported by a thesis that demonstrates your academic ability, independent thinking and creative prowess.

Highlights

• Access to professional industry mentors both from Condé Nast and the wider fashion industry
• Outstanding Industry speakers
• Careers advice
• Access to Vogue House and the Vogue Archives

Modules

• Brand Communication & Marketing Strategy
• Fashion Re-imagined
• Creative Research: Fashion Markets & Creative Industries
• Creative Collaboration: Applied Fashion Communication
• Final Fashion Communication Project & Thesis

Who Teaches at The Condé Nast College?

The academic team at Condé Nast College provide a varied background and knowledge base of the wider fashion industry. Individual links and continued study provide constant updates from within the fashion industry sector and beyond. The culture and style of teaching are designed to enhance personal perspectives on the fashion industry and to question fashion communication, its methods and future whilst supporting and developing individual skill sets and styles.

During your course, you will be taught by a range of our academic staff as well as industry guests and visiting lecturers.

Some of our previous industry speakers included: Tommy Hilfiger, Tory Burch and Victoria Beckham to name a mere handful.