SUBJECT

Textiles & Fashion Design

What are lessons like in this subject?

You will work in a welcoming, creative, open studio environment. experiencing both traditional and contemporary Textile and Fashion Design processes. You will have access to industry standard Mac suites, sewing machines and screen-printing equipment alongside a range or experimental processes and materials across the Visual Arts department. You will engage with live briefs, thinking like a designer in industry, from the ideas generation stage, client profiling, and design ideas through to the production of final garments and exhibition pieces. You will have talks from practitioners working in the textiles industry, to help your progression into creative degrees and job roles. You will also have a direct progression route onto our Foundation Art and Design Diploma based at the NCLT Trust HQ in Normanton, West Yorkshire.

What will I study?

  • Observational drawing
  • Fashion illustration
  • Garment construction
  • Mark-making
  • Fabric manipulation
  • Embroidery
  • Weave and knit
  • Collage
  • Printmaking
  • Experimental textiles
  • Felt-making
  • Concept building and contextual research
  • Portfolio presentation
  • Time management and problem-solving skills
  • Presentation skills

What our
students

say

Studying textiles allowed me to explore my creativity and refining my techniques through the shared passion I had with my teachers for the world of fashion. This gave me the confidence to explore new techniques that I’ve never come across before, whilst portraying them in the most creative form I wanted!

Hayyan Khan, Buttershaw Business & Enterprise College Academy


Textiles & Fashion Design

Please note: Subject videos have been filmed from colleges across our Trust.

APPLY NOW to study in 2026

New Collaborative Learning Trust New College Pontefract Logo New College Doncaster Logo New College Bradford Logo Wingfield Academy Anston Greenlands Primary School Redscope Primary School Thorpe Hesley Primary School
New Collaborative Learning Trust
Ofsted Outstanding Provider Logo
Artsmark Silver Award - Awarded by Arts Council England Logo
Teaching School Hub Bradford Logo
Teaching School Hub Barnsley and Doncaster Logo
Teaching School Hub Selby and Wakefield Logo
Proud to be Fredie, fairness in the workplace  Logo

Click here to login to

Cedar Logo