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BA Fashion Design

Fashion is culture. Studying the Official Degree in Fashion Design at ESADA opens the doors to a creative sector in continuous evolution and with ample job opportunities at national and international level.

BA Fashion Design

Fashion is culture. Studying the Official Degree in Fashion Design at ESADA opens the doors to a creative sector in continuous evolution and with ample job opportunities at national and international level.
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Study Fashion Design

We offer a solid training so that the student is able to face the challenges posed by today's fashion industry.

Studying the Degree in Fashion Design at ESADA will train you to work in complete processes; first you define the identity and image of the brand or project, then in the design and creation of a collection and finally, you develop the communication and distribution strategies.

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The training courses are Prêt-à-porter, Haute Couture, Accessories, Communication and Styling.

It is also complemented by workshops, intensive workshops and real projects, where students have direct contact with professionals from the sector, which generates a real and practical working environment.

ESADA's academic programme emphasises the student's professional development through real projects. In this way, students will develop their creative profile and will be able to work and collaborate with real brands with active professionals in the fashion sector.

In terms of job prospects, students will be prepared after completing their degree to continue their development and training in companies and brands or to create their own firm. We also focus on job opportunities in the field of fashion communication, editorial projects and styling.

We encourage participation in fashion design competitions, where the value of the participants' talent is recognised. In this way we help them to put into practice what they have learnt and to get to know how the fashion industry works right from the start.

We organise presentation events and catwalks to familiarise our students with the way we work, where they learn to work as a team with their collections and to focus on the communication of their projects.

It is time to stop time, to create universes, to be different and real. This society needs a fashion that stirs consciences.
Jairo Díaz, Fashion Design Degree Coordinator.

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Fashion Design Syllabus

1º Course

  • Workshop: patternmaking and tailoring I (Annual, 10 ECTS)
    Introduction to the basics of patternmaking and sewing. Identification and analysis of fabrics. Basic techniques of assembly, sewing, and finishes. Use of tools and sewing machinery. Development of basic patterns and initial transformations.
  • Representation systems (Annual, 8 ECTS)
    Introduction to graphic representation systems applied to fashion design. Proportions, scales, and views. Methods of technical and expressive sketching. Development of plans, technical sheets, and design specifications.
  • Vectorial representation (Annual, 7 ECTS)
    Use of vector design software for the representation of garments and accessories. Creation of technical and stylised illustrations. Digitisation of designs and preparation of files for production.
  • Visual Language (Annual, 8 ECTS)
    Understanding and comprehension of design language: graphic alphabet, form, structure, colour, texture, light, graphic space, composition, interactions between art and design. Analysis of image in expression and perception.
  • Photographic documentation (Annual, 5 ECTS)
    Fundamentals of digital photography and its application in fashion. Techniques of lighting, composition, and retouching. Use of audiovisual media for the presentation of collections and fashion campaigns.

2º Course

3º Course

4º Course

Final Graduate Project (2nd Semester, 12 ECTS)

  • Integrated digital project (Code: 4MPRDI) (1st Semester, 8 ECTS)
    Basic elements of a project. The research process. Project layout. Portfolio creation. Website development and maintenance. Trend dissemination: blogs and social media. Digital catalogues. Specific software for the subject. Research and experimentation methods related to the subject.
  • Organization, planning and monitoring of the fashion product (Code: 4MOCON) (1st Semester, 2 ECTS)
    Professional skills and project management. Legislation and regulations concerning the textile and clothing industry. Team formation. Search for suppliers at a national and international level. Conceptualisation and development of the collection: creative process, fabric selection, colour palettes, silhouettes. Information sources: trend books and consultancy. Acquisition of raw materials: fittings, fabrics, hangers, labels, bags, etc. Manufacturing process: supplier selection, cost and quality analysis. Quality control. The fashion brand.
  • Fashion marketing (Code: 4MMAR) (1st Semester, 3 ECTS)
    Market research. Production, advertising, and consumption. Market and target audience. Selection of collaborators, cost analysis. Management of delivery, payment, and collection calendars. Distribution: channels, own points of sale, and promotion. Dissemination of fashion products: specialised fairs, marketing and communication. Textiles, fashion, and accessories. National and international catwalks. Organisational and production methods for styling: the showroom. Customer satisfaction control, attention, and service. Concept art. Brief. Corporate identity and merchandising.
  • Fashion image (Code: 4MIMMO) (1st Semester, 4 ECTS)
    Perception. Perceptual laws and theories applied. Fashion: contexts, configuration, representation, and expression through fashion imagery. The language of imagery applied to fashion. Sensation and fashion. Study of sensory, perceptual, and cognitive processes of fashion images. Creation of the fashion image concept. Semiotics of fashion images. Associated values. Archetypes of femininity and masculinity. Image and stereotypes. Expressive elements related to fashion. Introduction to the sociology of fashion. Trend analysis and criticism.
  • Styling, fashion and communication (Code: 4MEMC) (1st Semester, 5 ECTS)
    The concept of aesthetics and styling. Styling and aesthetics: images of beauty. Body types. Styling and visual communication: catwalks, photography, media, etc. Styling and creation: concept or style idea, collection basics, and key garments. The fashion image consultant: the personal shopper. Fashion styling and window dressing. Creation of fashion image and its dissemination through styling.
  • Styling in shows and audio-visual media (Code: 4MESMU) (1st Semester, 6 ECTS)
    Audiovisual productions. Fundamentals of scenography. The stage space. Working in interdisciplinary teams. The stylist's role. Needs, constraints, and resources. Styling for: catwalks, music productions, advertising, theatre, film, public and private spaces. Characterisation and identity of the character. Creation of the media character. Styling and visual representation, behavioural guidelines.

Optional (Code: 4MOS) (1st Semester, 8 ECTS)

Practicum (2nd Semester, 12 ECTS)

Specialisation in Digital Marketing

ESADA, aware of the revolution that digital marketing is bringing about in communications and the importance this has in the professional development of our students, has developed a specialisation in this discipline that all students at our school will be able to access.

Three subjects related to Digital Marketing are offered and the aim is for students to obtain the necessary knowledge to manage their own brand or to obtain an alternative outlet in the labour market, related to these new professions in demand:

  • Subject I. Fundamentals of digital marketing,
  • Subject II. Advanced digital marketing,
  • Subject III. Digital Marketing: Monitoring and Analysis.

Students will be able to take these subjects within the optional programme of our study plans. At the end of the course, they will receive a certificate from the centre accrediting their specialisation in Digital Marketing.

The objective of higher artistic education in Design will be the qualified training of professionals in the field of design, capable of understanding, defining and optimising design products and services in their different fields, mastering scientific, humanistic, technological and artistic knowledge and the methods and procedures associated with them, as well as generating values of artistic, cultural, social and environmental significance, in response to the social and technological changes that are taking place.

As it is a regulated education, the regulations that develop the Higher Degree in Design specialising in Fashion Design establish a series of Specific Competences that students must acquire.

  • Generate creative proposals for fashion and clothing design appropriate to the material, functional, aesthetic and communicative conditions of the working assumptions.
  • Conceive and materialise fashion and clothing design projects that integrate formal, material, technical, functional, communicative and realisation aspects.
  • Knowing the characteristics, properties and behaviour of the materials used in the different fields of fashion and clothing design.
  • Knowing the machinery and the manufacturing, production and manufacturing processes of the sectors linked to fashion and clothing design.
  • Adapt the methodology and design proposals to the technological and industrial evolution of the sector.
  • To base the creative process on research, methodological and aesthetic strategies.
  • Interrelate formal and symbolic languages with specific functionality.
  • Solve the aesthetic, functional, technical and realisation problems that arise during the development and execution of the project.
  • Analysing market studies and their incidence in the development of new products and collections.
  • Knowing the technological resources of communication and their applications to fashion and clothing design.
  • Master the specific digital technology linked to the development and execution of fashion and clothing design projects.
  • Knowing the economic and organisational framework in which business activity is carried out.
  • Knowing the economic, social, cultural and historical context in which fashion and clothing design is developed.
  • Understand the legal and regulatory framework that regulates professional activity, occupational health and safety and intellectual and industrial property.
  • Reflect on the positive social influence of design, its impact on the improvement of the quality of life and the environment and its capacity to generate identity, innovation and quality in production.
At ESADA, students are trained with a multidisciplinary approach that is essential for professional development and with the ability to stand out in an increasingly complex work environment.
  • Fashion Designer
  • Textile designer
  • Creative direction for the textile sector.
  • Modeller
  • Creative Director
  • Fashion communication manager
  • Stylist
  • Theatrical/cinematographic costume design
  • Tailor-made design and tailoring
  • Coolhunter - Trend research
  • Street Style
  • Theatrical and film costumes.
  • Design of accessories: jewellery, shoes, bags, headdresses, headgear.
  • Business management of creative activities.
  • Personalised or corporate designs.
  • Design, research and development of new concepts, materials, applications and products.
  • Research and teaching.

Access to the degree

Don't forget to visit the section Requirements to find out in detail what you need to study next year at our centre. 

Official Degree

  • 4 years | 240 ECTS

  • Access to public grants

  • Internships from 2nd year onwards

  • Erasmus+

  • Project based learning

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Tuition fees and scholarships

New students

4260€

Includes:
Opening of Academic Record: 350€
Reservation: 250€
60 credits ECTS
Students with ESADA records

3790€

Includes:
Reservation: 250€
60 credits ECTS

As students of an official degree, you will have the opportunity to apply for the scholarships of the Ministry of Education for post-compulsory studies, as well as those of the Regional Ministry of Education (ADRIANO).

As these studies are within the European Higher Education Area, you will be eligible for Erasmus+ grants for both study abroad and international internships.

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