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Fashion and Textiles MA application portfolio advice

Your Portfolio

The portfolio should show how you think, what inspires you visually to develop into your ideas. Your projects should show creativity, originality and have clear evidence of concept development. You will need good technical skills and the ability to evaluate to show a practical understanding of interpreting research to develop into your chosen pathway. If you are applying from a non-traditional design background, choose projects or examples of work you have completed, which show your interests and strengths. Please send images to demonstrate three projects or key areas of your work and show your most recent work. There should be at least ten images.

Once your application has been received, you will either be invited to an interview where you will present your portfolio of work (on campus for Home/EU applicants, via Skype for Overseas applicants), or alternatively you may be asked to submit a digital portfolio of your work.

Portfolio submission options for overseas applicants

What are we looking for?

We are looking for:

  • Someone that will benefit from the course and have ideas to develop
  • A demonstration of motivation and commitment
  • An ablility to communicate your ideas both visually and verbally
  • Evidence of technical skills
  • A personal identity in your work
  • Evidence that you are innovative, creative and engaged with your work, professional, technically competent and curious

What should a portfolio contain?

Sketchbooks

Your sketchbooks need to communicate key sources of design inspiration, research interests, to include primary and secondary sources and analysis.

Drawing

Drawing is an important tool for the designer from both an analytical and experimental perspective. Ensure that a range of examples that demonstrate your individual style are included.

Final layouts

Please include final project sheets. It would be useful, although not essential, to include some examples that have been developed using Adobe Photoshop or Illustrator.

Written work

Please submit with your portfolio an essay, report or a written document demonstrating your understanding of fashion in a contemporary context. We like to see how you organise and articulate your thoughts in written format.