Design and Technology (Fashion and Textiles)

Course summary

Fashion and Textiles is all around us. A qualification in Fashion and Textiles invites students to engage in the journey from the fibre origin to the designing and manufacturing of the finished item. For example exploring the path of a natural staple cotton fibre as it passes through many technical stages before being transformed into a printed summer dress for sale in a high street chain store. The course content is varied and thorough giving students a real-life insight and first steps into what it may be like to work as part of the textile industry, whether it is marketing, styling, buying, designing or making.