Sustainable Fashion: Business and Practices MA

Sustainable Fashion sets out to challenge current thinking in fashion by embedding holistic sustainable design and business solutions throughout. The coursework requires critical thinking and problem-solving and is designed to create systemic change to help combat fashion's unsustainable footprint.

Projects develop and deepen your understanding of sustainability as it relates to the fashion, textile, and related industries. The course allows participants to develop solutions and plot a new future for themselves and the fashion industry by developing new systems that challenge existing practices.

Students will choose their areas of focus, ensuring their outputs have real-world applications contributing to society, culture, and ecology.

Reasons to choose Kingston University

• Kingston University is consistently rated among the best institutions in the UK for fashion and related disciplines.
• Kingston School of Art includes world leaders on the topic of sustainable fashion, who bring a depth and breadth of understanding to the topic.
• The program's approach to pedagogy challenges the current system of fashion, plotting an alternative and more sustainable future for fashion businesses and related activities, based on critical thinking and creative problem-solving.

• A 2:1 or above honours degree in a fashion or business-related undergraduate course including, but not limited to, fashion design, fashion buying, international business, retail, communication, product design or marketing.

• A 300-word personal statement will be required as part of the submission criteria, that highlights your motivation for the application.

• IELTS of 6.5 overall, with no element below 5.5. 

The Sustainable Fashion Business and Practices curriculum helps to prepare students for a multitude of sustainably-focused undertakings and employment opportunities. These range from brand development, products, systems, models, and services, communication vehicles, not limited to medium, and expressed both physically as well as digitally, through websites, blogs, apps, magazines, e-zines, exhibitions, installations, and more. This course will address the gap between intent and the in-depth knowledge required for diverse applications.