FA4018 - Fashion Product

This practical module will be delivered in our fashion studios and workshops. Specialist technical staff will support you in using pattern-cutting tools and industry-standard machinery to allow you to realise a garment or fashion product using professional standards. You will use your time in the studio to work towards the work requirements guided by the academic and technical team through practical skills demonstrations, presentations, tutorials, and peer review. Experiential learning allows you to learn through making. You will engage in discussions to get you to think about the responsible design practices explored so far at level 4 and reflect on how you could apply these principles to your design and realisation.



You will also be expected to continue to develop your project work during self-directed study. You will be inducted into the workshops by completing the Fashion Practice module in block 1. Once you feel confident, you can access technical workshops for directed study to develop your work and practice your skills between timetabled sessions. You can also book our fashion photography studio and equipment to creatively explore your ideas for photostyling.

Your module tutors will be your main source of support for your academic development. Through a mix of lectures, seminar discussions, practical workshops, and tutorials, they will provide you with the support you need to pass and succeed in each module.



At the outset of your module, you will receive a module briefing that will explain all learning outcomes and requirements. Crucially, it will also include a detailed timetable explaining the planned delivery of the module, workshops, and opportunities for support, including tutorials. You will meet your module tutors on a weekly basis.



During your modules, you will be expected to present work for feedback through group discussion with your peers, tutors, external collaborators, or stakeholders. You will also receive more individualised tutorial feedback prior to your submission to help improve your work.

In addition to your module tutors, you will be supported by various others and university services:



The Faculty provides a wide range of technical expertise to support your study. Technicians aligned with your modules will be able to provide technical instruction and demonstration of equipment and software required to complete your project work.

Library staff will provide induction sessions to introduce you to essential study skills, IT skills and information retrieval skills.

On live projects with external collaborators (or stakeholders), you may receive specific project feedback and professional career advice.

Visiting lecturers and professionals will give you greater contextual awareness and inspire you.

Academic Language Skills modules are available to help students at the Northumbria Campuses whose first language is not English or who have no experience studying in English in the UK.

All modules at Northumbria include a range of reading materials that students are expected to engage with. The reading list for this module can be found at: http://readinglists.northumbria.ac.uk
(Reading List service online guide for academic staff this containing contact details for the Reading List team – http://library.northumbria.ac.uk/readinglists)

Knowledge & Understanding:



1. Demonstrate knowledge of responsible practice through the development and execution of design artefacts.



Intellectual / Professional skills & abilities:



2. Apply knowledge of established development processes to create design-related artefacts.



Personal Values Attributes (Global / Cultural awareness, Ethics, Curiosity) (PVA):



3. Demonstrate making skills through the appropriate use of materials, processes, and technologies to realise fashion products or prototypes.



4. Actively engage in studio and workshop activities to demonstrate commitment to your studies.

Formative Assessment

You will have the opportunity of continuous formative assessment through verbal feedback in studio sessions, self-assessment, and peer reviews.

Formative assessment will indicate the level at which you are currently achieving the relevant MLOs and offer an opportunity to discuss progress and ensure the right support is in place to achieve your goals. Formative assessment allows you to apply the feedback to your existing work and improve your competencies before your final summative assessment.

Summative Assessment

During the assessment period in weeks 9 and 10 of this module, you will prepare, present and submit work for summative assessment. This module has one component. 

100% Practical

MLOs 1, 2, 3, 4

You will submit a developed specification and written reflection on responsible design practices. A toile and finished garment or prototype with sampling and a photostyling image of your realised design.

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In this practical module Fashion Product allows you to apply and build on what you have learned across your level 4 studies in blocks 1 and 2. You will build on what you have learned in the Fashion Practice module, using the knowledge and skills gained through your technical inductions and introduction to pattern-cutting and construction techniques. You will use your fashion trend forecasting package from block 2 to inform the realisation of one design, carrying forward your chosen specification drawing for further development and sampling. You will demonstrate your knowledge of responsible practice through development and realisation of your proposed design. What you have learned in the Fashion Photography and Illustration module will be utilised when you present a photostyling image of your realised design, considering the mood and aesthetic of your trend and how to capture this appropriately through photography or film.