Fashion Design BA (Hons)
Fashion Design at De Montfort University is a dynamic course which inspires students to explore the relationship between design and technology. We blend theory with practice, fostering creativity within a theoretical and philosophical framework and support the students as they develop technical skill and understanding.
Our graduates meet the demands of the fashion industry and can confidently navigate the boundaries between creativity, technology and design. As an acknowledged leader in creative education, we work tirelessly to give our students a rich and rewarding experience. With our support, they realise their full potential and enter the workplace ready to make a valuable contribution from the start.
Our students have many opportunities to work on project briefs set by industry and to enter prestigious national and international competitions. They gain design and technical expertise relevant to a range of fashion activities, particularly womenswear, menswear and fashion knitwear.
We nurture their talent, develop their creativity and encourage them to exceed their own expectations.
For more information about the course, please contact:
Arts, Design and Humanities
De Montfort University
The Gateway
Leicester LE1 9BH
T: +44 0116 250 6070
E: enquiry@dmu.ac.uk
Karen Deacon Programme Leader Fashion Design
T: +44 0116 207 8067
E: kdeacon@dmu.ac.uk
W: dmu.ac.uk/fashiondesign
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British Fashion Council and Stella McCartney
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Shortlisted for Womenswear Design Fashanne Award
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Charlotte Cunningham Shortlisted for Menswear Design Fashanne Award
Anna Breward Runner Up for Sustainability in Design Fashanne Award
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always homemade. The collection celebrates traditions and the way the family lived
lives.
The Fashanne Awards provide a showcase for design talent and gives the next generation of fashion designers a helping hand into the world of work. Fashanne attracts high level and sustained support from industry, with substantial media attention.
Fashanne champions diversity, inclusion and sustainability
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Kirsty Pritchard Winner of Roadley Award for Sustainable Innovation
The Leathersellers’ Student Grants programme aims to support disadvantaged undergraduate students whose circumstances may otherwise prevent them achieving their goals. These grants aim to improve social mobility, relieve financial need where other support is not available and enable students to have a positive impact on society in the future.
Emily Grimes Leathersellers’ Company Award
Olivia Black Leathersellers’ Company Award
‘Oh, to be a part of the furniture’ is a collection inspired
the housewife. The
the idea of female identity and image being the house itself. Stephanie’s
merge the female body with furniture whilst exploring domestic tasks such as cleaning and ironing, which is often overlooked as another daily task within the home.
“It was only recently I discovered that home related gifts from other women were to benefit the house and not the woman, which merely demonstrates that women are to be a part of the home and seen as nothing more”.
‘I am afraid didn’t pack for the beach!’ is inspired by imagery of men in the 1940’s wearing suits at the British seaside - and the peculiarity of this today. The concept plays on traditional tailoring with distortions applied to the silhouette through a funhouse mirror. Inspired by the piers, amusements parks and the outgoing lifestyle of her Blackpool hometown, Charlotte merged the traditional and modern gentleman.
In a world so hugely overpopulated by garments and textiles, Anna’s collection ‘Make do and Manipulate’ aims to reinvent discarded materials using the principles from the war time effort of ‘make do and mend’.
early 1990’s
downturn, and everything was nearly
their
‘R’ for Repurpose’ Competition
a
that repurposing materials already available is a viable circular solution
offers new opportunities to reconsider manufacturing processes, products, technologies consumption
waste management,
chance to relaunch economic activities and create jobs. Anna’s project, ‘The Novelty Addict’ explores methods of producing new garments from old with cut and waste knit and knitwear techniques. Anna developed a method of patch-working knit together in an effort to reduce waste whilst retaining the fabric’s structural stability, allowing for a professional standardised finish. In 1985, the company initiated a ‘Student Bursaries & Awards’ scheme to encourage students in further and higher education to take an interest in the knitting/knitwear industries by entering an annual competition for bursaries and awards. The scheme is funded by Liverymen and the Company’s associated industries. Anna Breward Awarded £3,000 David Bethel Bursary Worshipful Company of Framework Knitters Taking inspiration from traditional mending and repairing techniques and juxtaposing them with more contemporary art references the collection shows how you can make new from old.
‘This project encouraged me to rethink and reinvent an existing Stella McCartney jumper using no new materials
creating minimal waste
the orginal garment
my final finished products’. Both pieces can be worn front or back and can be worn as a pair, or separately. FASHION DESIGN GRADUATE SUCCESS 2022
wish
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Fashanne Award
Influenced
Graduate Fashion Foundation and Shelter
Fashanne champions diversity, inclusion and sustainability
The Fashanne Awards provide a showcase for design talent and gives the next generation of fashion designers a helping hand into the world of work. Fashanne attracts high level and sustained support from industry, with substantial media attention.
The Roadley Award
FASHION DESIGN GRADUATE SUCCESS
The Leathersellers’ Student Grants programme aims to support
undergraduate students whose circumstances may
prevent
achieving their goals. These grants aim to improve
mobility,
where
support is
available
enable
to
on
in
Joseph Anderson Leathersellers’ Company Award
Chinenye Nelson Moore Leathersellers’ Company Award
Danijela Vidic Leathersellers’ Company Award
Charlotte Cunningham Leathersellers’
Award
lifestyle of
Blackpool hometown, Charlotte
Aiyaaz Khan Shortlisted for Knitwear Design Fashanne Award
Adjoa Essel
Shortlisted for Menswear Design Fashanne Award
Adjoa was inspired by her heritage as a British-Ghanaian woman combined with the perception of male mental health and the communication of their emotions. Using fashion design as a vehicle, she explored the issues that males face on a daily basis whilst making connections with traditional Ghanaian ceramics.
The Roadley Awards originate from a donation made by Sydney Marcus Roadley to De Montfort University with the wish that the interest on this donation is used annually to provide financial support to students studying Fashion and Textiles. The funding supports innovation, which has been extended to focus on sustainability.
The Graduate Fashion Foundation has partnered with the housing and homelessness charity Shelter to launch the Fashion For Social Change Award 2022. The challenge for students was to create and develop ideas around the theme of ‘activism’ for housing rights with a focus on building more social housing, housing emergencies and renters’ rights.
Phillieppe Fraser Winner of Roadley Award for Sustainable Innovation
Kate McElduff
Winner GFF x Shelter Competition
Ella Barnett Leathersellers’ Company Award
inspiration is drawn from her Scottish-Nigerian heritage; primarily
of South-eastern Nigeria and specifically
Masquerades. Chinenye’s
fusion
Danijela took inspiration from her Serbian heritage, particularly her parent’s endurance through the adversity of post-war circumstances and the belief in their dreams. Fusing leather with traditional Serbian textiles, Danijela created a contemporary collection of outerwear pieces.
a housewife” focuses on characteristics of contemporary women - the business woman, the sex worker, and the housewife. Seanitta explored historical documentary photography combined with self-styling of the “characters” in order to understand them. Her collection made use of deadstock leather together with mesh, tights, donated bridal fabric, and satin silks.
Seanitta Jones Leathersellers’ Company Award
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‘Forbidden Friendships’ explores the role of homosexuality during the Florentine renaissance period, investigating how giants such as Michelangelo and Leonardo DaVinci were all ‘closeted’ men. The concept takes inspiration from classical fine art techniques, analysing Italian mosaics and translating them into textile/knitwear elements. Whilst researching into traditional male renaissance attire and understanding knitwear processes used at the time, Izzy also celebrates his Italian background combining a powerful sense of heritage and romanticism with a blend of classical silhouettes and juxtaposing this with a knit/sportswear aesthetic.
Company
am afraid I didn’t pack for the beach!’ is inspired by imagery of men in the 1940’s wearing suits at the British seaside - and the peculiarity of this today. The concept plays on traditional tailoring with distortions applied to the silhouette through a funhouse mirror. Inspired by the piers, amusements parks and the outgoing
her
merged the traditional and modern gentleman.
‘Home from Home’ is a knitted modular construction garment inspired by caravans and camping. Taking technical elements from awnings, flat packs and functionality, Kate developed a multifunctional garment. Considering adaptations for homeless and refugees, lambs wool knit has been fused together with emergency blankets to insulate the garment further.
Phillieppe’s design is influenced by her collection of childhood memorabilia combined with the American ‘Zoot Suit’ which inspired oversized silhouettes blended with extravagant garments she wore as a child.
Chinenye’s
the Igbo people
Igbo
collection is a
of cultural dance, music and traditional dress utilising waste leather and ‘Diakwu cloth’.
by ‘personal attachment’ and ‘maternal bonds’, Joseph’s collection challenges the conventional design of existing knitwear. Using a traditional construction approach within innovative design, Joseph created unusual silhouettes with leather offcuts and mohair yarn
Ella has created ‘underwear as outerwear’. Her concept is based around undressing and layering to create new forms. The collection comprises typical lingerie silhouettes adapting suspender belts, bras and corsets with leather.
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Haiyang Yu
Dhwani Dagliya
Eleanor Borrell
Humera Charania
Elena Parry
Emily Grimes
Danijela Vidic
Izzy Calver
Ella Barnett
Jack Barlow
Adjoa Essel
Khan
Aiyaaz
Anita Chen
Chinenye Nelson Moore
Bobbie Pike
Carolina Sousa Abreu
Anthea Tam
Anna Breward
Charlotte Cunningham
Jodie Ledger
Jessica Liu
Jessica Pack
Pang
June
Jasmine Rigby
Joseph Anderson
Jagoda Tutaj
Jubil
Tejome
J’Nay Blake
Rebecca Lewin
Mia Nutton
Kirsty Pritchard
Ma
Mingyang
Kate McElduff
Maarya Khatun
Magbel Boateng
Lucy Scatchard
Olivia Black
Mollie Saunders
Paige Allport
Kaya Beale
Oluwatoyin Akinniran
Morgan Boyce
Pei Liu
Phoom Pukdee
Phillieppé Fraser
Xinyi Lei
Tasia Richards
Rakisha Kaur Hayre
Yingfeng Liu
Xin Yu Liu
Yingfeng Liu
Tia Stewart
Zhen Nie
Yingyue Du
Seanitta Jones
Yinuo Han
Stephanie Orme
Tia Stewart 07521496003tiastewart98@icloud.com
Xinyi Lei 07529982614 leiy9163@gmail.com angelsandd XinYu Liu 07720899179 418517199@qq.com lxy 77853 Yingfeng Liu 07536946878 liuyingfeng97@gmail.com viridianfeng Yingyue Du 07759787176 yingyuedu0517@163.com yingyue_dy
Phillieppé Fraser 07802774895 kirsty-95@hotmail.co.uk strangeetcdesign Phoom Pukdee 07988710207 mster.phoom@gmail.com master.phoom
Rakisha Kaur Hayre 07464502447 rhayre.2001@gmail.com rkh.fashiondesign
Rebecca Lewin 07938798888 becca.lewin@hotmail.com rebeccalewin_designs
Seanitta Jones 07827125287 seanittajones@icloud.com sineatersdesign
Yinuo Han 07907465430 763306154@qq.com yinuohan
Stephanie Orme 07938550425 stephanie.orme9374@gmail.com so_fashiondesign
Zhen Nie 07529965383 zachitenie@gmail.com zachnie2021
Tasia Richards 07717842268 tasiarichards@ymail.com
Fashion Design Graduates
Ma Mingyang 7536135756 173689032@qq.com
Kate McElduff 07585950190 kfmcelduff@outlook.com katemcelduff.fashion
Mollie Saunders 07702495183 mollieesaunders@icloud.com mollieefashion Morgan Boyce 07584573515 morganboyce18@gmail.com morganb_fashiondesign
Kaya Beale 07533292923 kayaomar3@gmail.com unidentifieddesigns
Kirsty Pritchard 07787422518 kirsty_beatrice@hotmail.com kirsty.p.fashiondesign
Olivia Black 07807613397 oliviablackfashion@gmail.com oliviablackfashion
Oluwatoyin Akinniran 07307260106 oluwatoyinakinniran.lighthill@gmail.com xydesigns_chiq‹
Paige Allport 07850695085 paigeallport1999@gmail.com paigeallportfashiondesign
Lucy Scatchard 07835289186 lucyrscatchard@gmail.com lucyrsfashion
Pei Liu 07421737027 1064608013@qq.com 10.64608013
Maarya Khatun 07809278789 maaryakhatun98@hotmail.com maaryafshn Mia Nutton 07803539843 mianutton2011@hotmail.com mia.n.fd
Magbel Boateng07494673202 magbelboateng@gmail.com x_magbel_x
Thank You
The Fashion Design graduates of 2022 would like to say a special thank you to all the staff for their unrelenting dedication and support and for providing a stimulating environment in which we were encouraged to realise our creative aspirations and achieve our full potential. Our sincere gratitude goes out to all our family, friends and loved ones, for their continued support throughout our time at university. We look forward to using the skills and values gained at DMU to continue to excel as we take the next step in our career.
A special thank you to Graduate Fashion Week and Graduate Fashion Foundation plus all our supporters and sponsors: British Fashion Council, Shelter, TikTok, Coats, Sydney Roadley Award, Sian Revill, Boss Model Management, Stoll, Shima, PCA Vision, The Worshipful Company of Framework Knitters, Lectra, The Leathersellers Company © , GH Leathers, Corah Textiles LTD and The Albion Knitting Company .
Congratulations to the class of 2022
Jessica Pack 07715206645 jessicapack02@gmail.com jessicapack_design
Jodie Ledger 07903626955 jodie.m.ledger98@gmail.com jodiemarie_fashion
Emily Grimes 07393507144 emilygrimes26@gmail.com Haiyang Yu 07934410276 1064346642@qq.com oceanyu0120 Humera Charania 07387856359 humeracharania@hotmail.com humchafashion Izzy Calver 07500751526 isabellecalver@icloud.com izzycalverknitwear Jack Barlow 07521670133 jackliam_01@aol.com Jckk.B_Fshn Jagoda Tutaj 07762270180 jtutaj.fshndesign@gmail.com jagodatutaj.design Jasmine Rigby 07773979268 jasmine.rigby@gmail.com Jessica Liu 07536946880 liuyishan97@gmail.com jessica_61397 J’Nay Blake 07931412729 jnayblake@hotmail.co.uk byjnayy
Charlotte Cunningham 07507493482 charlottecunningham@sky.com charlotte.cunningham.fd
Chinenye Nelson Moore 07479697176 chinenyenmoore@yahoo.com chinenyenm
Danijela Vidic 07395522236 danijelavid@hotmail.com danijelacouture
Dhwani Dagliya 07459921725 dagliyadhwani0@gmail.com dhwani_dagliya
Joseph Anderson 07583390981 andersonjoseph001@gmail.com fashion.by.joseph Jubil Tejome 07400909020 jubilangelu@gmail.com jubil.angelu June Pang 07421741422 pyjune@163.com pyajune.63o
Eleanor Borrell 07580050481 ellescarlett95@gmail.com elleborrelldesign
Adoja Essel 07549237742 adjoaess@outlook.com adjoa_ess
Aiyaaz Khan 07710490990 aiyaaz579gmail.com aiyaaz_.khan
Anita Chen 07885658978 hachi30cxx@gmail.com AnitaChen_designs
Anna Breward 07760110779 ALBreward98@gmail.com breward_design
Anthea Tam 07482067828 anthea426@gmail.com
Elena Parry 07504286628 elenaparry99@gmail.com ep_fashiondesign Ella Barnett 07475767004 ellabarnettfsh@gmail.com ellabarnett_fashion
Bobbie Pike 07786172271 bobbie02pike@gmail.com bobbie.dmu fashion
Carolina Sousa Abreu 07379404439 csabreu.fashion@gmail.com csabreu.fashion
Photoshoot: Nigel Essex Publication Design: Gina Rushin Hair and Make Up: Sian Revill Models: Boss Model Management