Course General Description

Focus on the business side of fashion and the emergence of new and developing creative roles within the industry. This programme focuses on the communication and the business of fashion. The fashion industry continues to evolve over time. Globalisation, new dimensions of commerce and technological advancements have propelled the industry into an age of unprecedented change. An understanding of the interplay between fashion media, fashion entrepreneurship and the socio-cultural significance of fashion underscores the competitive edge of this programme. The programme is developed in response to the growing need to cover the spectrum of new creative roles within the fashion and lifestyle industries. You will acquire a broad range of skills and understand areas such as Art Direction, Branding, Entrepreneurship, Fashion Curation, Fashion Narratives, Fashion Retail, Image-making and Marketing. The aim is to provide the local and international fashion industry with Strategic Designers and Creative Thinkers. You will graduate with the skills and know-how to thrive in a fast-moving, rapidly changing and increasingly demanding global fashion industry.

School General Description

LASALLE College of the Arts (informally LASALLE) is a post-secondary arts institution in Singapore. Founded in 1984, LASALLE boasts eight art and design schools that offer more than 30 diploma, undergraduate and postgraduate programmes in contemporary arts and design education. LASALLE's bachelor's and master's degrees are validated by Goldsmiths College, University of London, one of the top universities in the world for Arts and Humanities. Many leaders in the Singapore arts scene are linked to LASALLE, including Alan Oei as artistic director of The Substation and Eugene Tan as director of the National Gallery Singapore. LASALLE is Singapore's first local homegrown institution to be awarded the EduTrust Star, a certification that acknowledges LASALLE's “quality education services”. It was also awarded the Green Mark Gold Award by the Building and Construction Authority, for its contribution to sustainability and environment awareness in the development of the McNally campus.