MA Fashion Futures

MA Fashion Futures places sustainability at the heart of fashion practice to help shape the next generation of fashion practitioners who prioritise environmental, social, economic and cultural criteria.

Students are encouraged to critique the nature and purpose of design in a rapidly changing world, imagining and envisioning alternative ways in which fashion will be created and experienced in the future, whilst grounding their research in an understanding of the immense challenges that face the industry and wider society today.

In this ground-breaking course, you are encouraged to explore and develop experimental fashion practice and theoretical perspectives in parallel in order to conceptualise a transformed fashion system, one that values nature first and creates economic prosperity in service to this goal. Using your own knowledge, practice and experience as a starting point, you will identify new territories for fashion and work in new spaces with novel technologies, to communicate ideas in relation to design for sustainability to varied audiences.

Through a combination of taught content and independent study, you will examine a diverse range of methodologies and forms of communication, including film, digital platforms, garment and artefact prototyping, publishing, events and performance. Key to MA Fashion Futures is critical fashion practice and reflexive thinking to test, reframe and make responses to existing paradigms. This will enable you to develop a very personal response to, and a critique of, the current paradigm and the role and activities of fashion in a changing world.

About London College of Fashion
London College of Fashion, UAL is a world leader in fashion education. We take pride in a global reputation for our courses, research and graduates that are shaping the future of the industry, driven by values around sustainability, ethical responsibility and social justice. For over a century we have been shaping the leaders of tomorrow and nurturing creative talent.

Our boundary-pushing research unites design, science, engineering and technology and our network of experts work collaboratively with industry, the public and partners to share knowledge and expertise, making a meaningful impact on the fashion industry.

Our home in east London on the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park allows us to present a Cultural Programme of exhibitions, events and digital encounters, enriching the local area and helping us to engage with our community in new ways.