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This 13-week course is designed to give you an authentic Central Saint Martins fashion design experience, using experimental research and design development techniques that are original and innovative.
Immerse yourself in a transformative 13-week journey that encapsulates the essence of cutting-edge fashion design. This curated experience is crafted to provide you with an authentic taste of Central Saint Martins' innovative approach to fashion, blending experimental research with avant-garde design development techniques. Elevate your skills, ignite your creativity, and explore the forefront of the fashion industry in the heart of one of the world's most dynamic and influential design capitals. Join us for a unique opportunity to push boundaries, redefine fashion norms, and unleash your full creative potential. This course is ideal for you if you have fashion experience and are heading for a career in fashion.
Dates: 08 September 2025 – 05 December 2025Application deadline: 15 May 2025Fee payment deadline: 28 July 2025Fee: £11,300
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Dates: 19 January 2026 – 17 April 2026Application deadline: 31 October 2025Fee payment deadline: 8 December 2025Fee: £11,300
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Duration: 13 weeks
Class hours: Min 120 hours / max 160 hours
Non-class hours: Min 120 hours / max 160 hours
Credit value: Min 12 credits / max 16 credits
Level: Prior experience of fashion design
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Students applying for this course are expected to have a minimum GPA of 3.0 or equivalent.
A portfolio containing 20-25 images is required for this course. You will be sent an email after submitting your application, asking you to submit your portfolio.
You will enrol on 3 mandatory units, 3 core course units and then may select elective units, to total a maximum of 16 credits. Delivered primarily at Central Saint Martin. Teaching locations are subject to change. Individual student timetables will be shared during the course induction week.
Understanding Contemporary Cultures (2 credits)
London Cultural Studies (2 credits)
Creative Histories (2 credits)
Advanced Fashion Design* (3 credits)
Advanced Fashion On/Off the Body* (2 credits)
Visual Identity and Communication (1 credit)
Fashion Biomaterials* (2 credits)
Fashion Jewellery* (2 credits)
*will be based at the CSM Archway Atelier space
Our shared mandatory units allow for collaboration and community across Central Saint Martins, London College of Communication and London College of Fashion.
Leading our core modules Advanced Fashion Design and Advanced Fashion On/Off the Body will be Joshua Beaty.
Lili Murphy-Johnson is a multidisciplinary artist working across jewellery, performance, and film. The resulting works playfully and provocatively intervene in the public realm, inviting us to reflect on questions of class, social politics and capitalism.
Using performance Lili tests ideas around objectification, the value of labour, and how it is measured. Her work is driven by the way the meaning or value of an object can disappear or alter depending on who is viewing it, drawing out humour from moments of awkwardness and tension, and exposing the frayed edges of social interactions in public spaces.
Lili has exhibited and performed in the UK and internationally, including at Camden Art Centre, Grundy Art Gallery, Munich Jewellery Week, and Pratt Institute.
Leading our Visual Identity and Communication core module is Melanie Ashley. Melanie directs communications, press and events at Central Saint Martins, including producing both MA and BA Fashion Shows, overseeing the most exciting fashion talents that emerge in London. Fashion in London is her specialist subject, having worked across PR, fashion events, styling and digital innovation in London for 10 years for clients including British Vogue, Dover Street Market, Love Magazine and designers Richard Malone, Matty Bovan and Fredrik Tjærandsen. After graduating from CSM in BA Fashion Communication she worked with famed fashion PR Mandi Lennard, then alongside Camilla Lowther at pioneering photography agency CLM and has continued to focus on emerging talent in London throughout this time. Alongside her teaching and work at CSM she continues to be part of music artist M.I.A's creative team, traveling internationally which continuously informs her world view and perspective on fashion reinforcing an important sentiment - Fashion doesn't exist in a vacuum.
Lucrezia Alessandroni leads our Fashion Biomaterials elective course unit. Lucrezia is a biodesigner with a background in product design and visual communication, Lucretia's interest is in combining design principles and scientific approaches. With a passion for wearables and open-source technologies, this drove Lucrezia to explore new materials with a focus on the sustainable angle, and the interconnections among living organisms and ecosystems.
Mizuki Tochigi is a London based contemporary jewellery artist who graduated Central Saint Martins. She believes that sustainable thinking can be a positive, creative force and uses this mindset to drive her designs. The challenge of projects that emphasise responsible practice encourages her to creatively use waste or environmentally friendly materials. Mizuki aims to challenge the perception of everyday materials, adding value to them by using her jewellery skills to reassess our relationship with waste. She believes in making a direct change to our actions for sustainability through her jewellery. Alongside her practice Mizuki also works as Jewellery Technician at London College of Fashion and Central Saint Martins.
You’ll need a “fashion toolbox” with you for your first session. This includes a Patternmaster, Tape measure, Fabric scissors, Sketching pencils, Black pen, digital camera/ camera phone.
Other mixed media materials can be purchased as needed, at a discounted price from the college shop or from external suppliers (please contact us if you need any further information).
UAL Study Abroad awards are available for the UAL Study Abroad Semester.
There are 3 full tuition awards available.
We are looking for students who will be able to create social media content and blogs of their time with us as a Study Abroad Student.
Deadline: 30 May 2025 for the Autumn term and 31 October 2025 for the Spring term.
Find out how to apply.
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