Fashion & Textiles

Course summary

This course enables students to participate successfully and with confidence in an increasingly technological world. Students will learn from the wider influences on the subject including historical, social, cultural, environmental and economic factors. Study will focus on core technical and designing and making principles, in the context of fashion and textiles and the development of additional specialist knowledge in order to prepare students for progression into either higher education or careers in this sector. • Students will use their creativity and imagination to design and make prototypes that solve real and relevant problems, considering their own and others’ needs, wants and values. • Students will learn about contemporary technologies, materials and processes, as well as established practices.