Bachelor of Arts [B.A] [Fashion Buying with Garment Technology] From De Montfort University

Reasons to study Fashion Buying with Garment TechnologyÊBA (Hons) atÊDe Montfort University:

• Develop your creativityin the garment technology pathway and enhance your technical skills and business sense
• Textile materials and commercial garment productionÊwill be taught in this pathway as well as fabric testing, garment fit, pattern cutting and creating technical specification.
• Learn the specialist areasÊof fashion buying across womenswear, childrenswear and menswear
• Work on live projects with industryÊand meet buying experts
• Option for a yearÕs industrial placementÊwhere you will apply your learning and gain valuable experience in companies such as George, Timberland and ASOS
• Next, Marks & Spencer, River Island, and SelfridgesÊare where some of our recent graduates have progressed onto careers at, and some have also and set up their own labels, such as Beth Widdowson and Lizzie Leary who started the successful online retail company Kindred Sole
• Fashion Buying with Merchandising BA (Hons) is a related course which will prepare you for your career, exploring areas such as business strategy and effective analysis and planning
• International opportunityÊthroughÊ#DMUglobalÊwhere you will have the opportunity for a meaningful international experience, with previous field trips to Antwerp, Amsterdam and New York
• The new Vijay Patel buildinghas been designed to provide the space and facilities where ideas can develop and flourish for all of our art and design courses

You will be introduced to the roles and responsibilities within a typical buying office, and taught about the life cycle of a product from concept stage through to delivery on to the shop floor, and key aspects of trading.