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Fashion is an international industry employing people in a variety of roles across the world.
Your career options as a graduate of this course include • creative pattern cutter • fashion design consultant • fashion illustrator • garment manufacturer • stylist • fashion entrepreneur • freelance designer maker • fashion promotions • marketing.
Key roles in fashion design
Information about some of the key jobs available within fashion is given below.
Fashion designer
Designers usually specialise in one area such as womenswear or menswear. Most design businesses are based in London, especially Central London. You spend a lot of time designing on a computer, but there are also good opportunities for overseas travel. About 500 new designers are needed each year, making it a competitive job market to enter but highly talented designers are in demand.
Styling
Styling is an increasingly visible and high profile profession. Having some understanding of numbers, business, and communications in addition to creative skills is essential. Internships and networking are also more important in styling than in the other professions.
Production management
Production management is the front line of fashion and can be an exciting and challenging. The New York Times recently reported a growing movement towards zero waste production, where very little material goes unused. It’s a design as well as manufacturing challenge. The job requires some business training and you should have a fascination with how things are made.
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Part-time – typically six years, maximum eight years
Complete the application form available at www.shu.ac.uk/study/form
2013/14 academic year
Typically £4,500 a year
The course fee may be subject to annual inflationary increase. For further information on fees and funding see www.shu.ac.uk/funding
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Chelsey Crossland set to impress at London Fashion Week
A fashion design student from Sheffield Hallam has been shortlisted for a prestigious fashion award that will see her designs showcased at London Fashion Week.
Chelsey Crossland, who is graduating this year, has been shortlisted for the Future Optimism competition – Fashion Awareness Direct's (FAD) annual showcase of new talent.
Chelsey qualified with her eco-friendly fashion collection, ‘A Home at the End of the World', which uses existing garments and leftover fabrics to create something new and give the clothing a new lease of life.
Her two outfit designs will be presented during London Fashion Week and will be judged by leading professionals in the industry, including iconic fashion journalist and talent spotter Hilary Alexander.
Chelsey, 22, originally from Rawmarsh in Rotherham, who now hopes to work as a designer within a luxury fashion company, said 'To be shortlisted is an amazing opportunity and it came as a massive shock. I am really excited to show my work at one of the most prestigious fashion events.
'Ethical clothing is now being transformed by exciting designers and they are taking it to high end fashion and expanding it into all clothing areas.'
David Morrish, fashion lecturer at Sheffield Hallam, said 'We are all very proud of Chelsey and what she has managed to achieve. It is a testament to the hard work she has invested into addressing this challenging and exciting competition brief.'
Future Optimism is this year's FAD competition for undergraduate fashion students. The final catwalk event will take place as part of London Fashion Week which runs 15–19 February 2013.
The shortlisted work is available to view online www.fad.org.uk/archives/4130the_2013_finalists/index.php
Christopher Bailey receives honorary doctorate
Christopher Bailey, chief creative officer of British luxury brand Burberry, has received an honorary doctorate from Sheffield Hallam University, which he describes as 'an incredible place, with inspiring students and a diverse and individual style'.
Christopher received his honorary doctorate in front of an invited audience of Sheffield Hallam fashion students and academics, along with representatives from the city's fashion industry.
The award was given in recognition of his services to the fashion industry and his charitable work in the UK.
Christopher enjoyed the opportunity to tour the University's facilities and meet some of the students before the ceremony. He also conducted a 20 minute question and answer session with the students, during which he gave them advice on staying focused on what they want to achieve. He said: 'The great thing about this university is its diversity. There are people making things from steel, from wood, from stone, from cloth - all in the same place. That is really inspirational.'
In his role as chief creative officer, Christopher is responsible for the design of all Burberry collections and products, as well as advertising, corporate art direction, architectural design, multi-media content and overall brand image.
Accepting his award, Christopher said: 'It is a privilege and an honour to become a part of Sheffield Hallam University. I have been to a lot of universities and what I have seen today is up there with the best in the UK.
'Today has been really inspiring and although the fashion course is relatively new, it already feels very established and has a clear point of view. It is a very diverse place and everyone here is displaying their own individuality. Be inspired by the passionate leaders you have here and by the different approaches and techniques that you will experience.
'I'm from Yorkshire and home means an awful lot to me. It is wonderful to have such an incredible and inspiring learning place at the heart of the region. Thank you for having me as part of your gang.'
Professor Philip Jones, Vice Chancellor of Sheffield Hallam University said: 'We were delighted to welcome Christopher to the University. He has inspired our students and given them some invaluable advice and feedback that will shape their futures.
'We were particularly pleased to show Christopher the breadth of creative courses that we delivered here at Hallam and to show how our students use our state of the art facilities to turn their creative ideas into reality.'
