Fashion - Level 2 - Dartford

Applications Open -

Applications Close - 13th August 2027 for application forms - please visit www.northkent.ac.uk if applying after this date for GCSE Open Events and Open Enrolment Dates.

How to Apply - Apply through Careers East Sussex

PLEASE NOTE - Popular courses can fill up quickly so apply early to avoid disappointment

Continuous assessment in project work,practical workshops ,presentations, final project for end of year show and exhibition

So you want to be a designer ,stylist, design assistant, buyer, fashion magazine assistant, assist on fashion photoshoots, fashion blogger, fashion merchandiser, or garment technologist? This course will give you the technical skills and allow you to explore your creative ability to be able to succeed in the fashion business. You will learn fashion drawing, sketching, sewing and garment making skills, styling, fashion research, fashion media, fashion history and pattern cutting. You will learn how to be able to present your work to a client/design director. You will learn the ability to develop and produce a personal project in your own identity. You will work with industry professionals on a range of industry relevant projects to help you to develop your creative and technical skills, supported by educational visits to exhibitions, galleries and fashion retail environments to widen your fashion knowledge. You will create a personal project of a final piece which will be shown to the public at the fashion show and in the end of exhibition held at the college. Our Education Programme includes opportunities for you to develop your English and maths skills as required, depending on your GCSE results upon entry.

Continuous assessment in project work,practical workshops ,presentations, final project for end of year show and exhibition

Minimum of four GCSEs at grade 3 or above including English and preferably maths and one creative subject. Or an equivalent Level 1 Diploma in Art and Design at Merit or above. You will need a positive school report/recommendation/reference from your school/tutor. (Applicants who are home schooled, with no formal qualifications, will be required to take college internal assessments; in addition to the below, to determine their suitability for the demands of the course).

Progression onto the L3 Diploma in Fashion Course of your choice, dependant on final grade, attendance record and interview