Introduction This newspaper contains work from some of our 2018 graduates and celebrates some of their many achievements.
make things relevant for now and the future; this is what we aim to teach on the course.
Students have had their work featured in L’Official magazine and View on Trends, with two students included in 9394 Magazine’s top 25 graduates of 2018. We are very proud of all the achievements of our students and graduates both past and present and look forward to celebrating the achievements of the 2019 cohort in our next issue.
The Fashion staff team are experienced and dedicated as seen from comments in the 2018 National Student Survey and our overall satisfaction rate of 95%. I would like to thank the staff team for their tireless dedication in directing and supporting our students.
Fashion is about understanding social history and context, reinterpreting and reinventing things, nothing is totally new but you have to think creatively and
Louise Pickles Head of Fashion
British Fashion Council Competition 2018
Vietnamese Camouflage Print
Danish Camouflage Print
Camouflage Inspired Leaf Prints
Layered hand-drawings to create my own camoflage print to make clashing printed outfits
British Camouflage Print
“Self-Parallaxxx”, 2017 Photography Signe Pierce explores neon colours in nature and modern society - an elecetronic neon nature.
Own developed camouflages
“I was selected as a finalist for the ‘BFC X Stradivarius’ competition and flown to Barcelona
Colour & Print Development
With print and colour inspiration from Signe Pierce’s “Self-Parallaxxx” series this led me to investigate how camouflages have been made as individual prints. From my own drawings from Signe’s photography I developed my own camouflage.
Finnish Camouflage Print
for a day at their HQ for the final interview. Without Bath Spa I wouldn’t have had this amazing opportunity! Now working as a Design Assistant in London, I feel the course fully
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prepared me for all elements of the Fashion Design Industry.
Charlotte Weaver - Finalist - Stradivarius Design Competition
Charlotte Weaver BA (Hons) Fashion Design 2018
Cover Page: L’Officiel Lithuania, Stylist: Katrina Knizikeviciute Bajoras, Designer: Charlotte Weaver
Stradivarius Design Competition 2018
Maria Emslie Finalist British Library x Teatum Jones Fashion Research Design Competition
British Fashion Council Competition 2018
George Clarke Finalist British Library x Teatum Jones Fashion Research Design Competition
“Studying at Bath Spa helped me become more
creative and confident in myself, it gave me the chance to develop my own brand and push my creativity and design skills to levels I could never have achieved without all the amazing input and encouragement from the staff.
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George Clarke BA (Hons) Fashion Design 2018
Fashion Museum Bath Partnership
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Having access to the Fashion Museum archives is an amazing facility to understand first-hand social history in context, as well as contemporary fashion, vital to use for project research and a brilliant resource unique to Bath Spa.
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Kat Priest BA (Hons) Fashion Design
Graduate Fashion Week Catwalk 2018
Main Image : Charlotte Weaver‘s ‘Death of Coral & the Polluted Oceans’
Below : Jack Capstick menswear collection. Jack is now studying tailoring at postgraduate level.
“Being at Bath Spa was the most challenging, yet creatively fulfilling experience. I am really grateful for the training we were given in concept, design process, product development and building a portfolio. I don’t think I would be ready for a career in fashion if it wasn’t for the tutors at Bath Spa and the
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industry-based opportunities we’ve been given.
Jack Capstick BA (Hons) Fashion Design 2018
“I was selected for a 3-month internship at Old Navy in San Francisco, which gave me a great insight into working for an international company and introduced me to the marketing side of fashion. I start an MA in Marketing at LSE in the autumn. None of this would have been possible
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without the personalised approach and guidance at Bath Spa.
Maria Emslie BA (Hons) Fashion Design 2018
Right : Maria Emslie’s collection. Maria is studying for an MA at LSE.
iD International Emerging Designer Award 2018
GEORGE CLARKE George Clarke - Finalist, 1 of 3 Graduates from the UK
GEORGE CLARKE
“I was lucky enough to be a finalist in three national competitions including the i.D International Emerging Designer Awards, where I was one of only three finalists from the UK and was winner of the Blunt Designer Award. The final was held in New Zealand and Bath Spa awarded me a scholarship so that I was able to attend, something I would not have done without their support.
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George Clarke BA (Hons) Fashion Design 2018
George Clarke (right) at the iD International Emerging Designer Awards Ceremony.
Levi’s Design Competition 2018
George Clarke - Finalist & Winner of Blunt Design Award
“The experiences gained whilst studying at Bath Spa boosted not only my design practice but gave me the confidence to pursue setting up my own label and applying for MA study.
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George Clarke BA (Hons) Fashion Design 2018
Sustainable Denim Collection Competition Lenzing & GFW 2018
George Clarke - Runner Up 2018
George Clarke - Finalist
CASS Art Illustration Competition 2018 STREETSCAPE A/W ‘19
A collection inspired by Irving Penn’s small trades book, based around aprons and overalls, with hand-painted and digital print.
“Bath Spa has given me the opportunity to
achieve my goals and to become more confident within myself, they gave me the support, encouragement and tools to be prepared for the fashion industry.
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Matilda Lines BA (Hons) Fashion Design 2018 Freelance Fashion Illustrator & Designer
LINES Matilda Lines -MATILDAFinalist
British Fashion Council Competitions 2019
Louise Desoeuvre - Finalist British Library x Nabil Nayal Research Design Competition
Givenchy Competition 2019
Louise Desoeuvre - Finalist
MATILDA LINES
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Anna Fuller 2018
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