The Fashion Styling and Communication course is designed to help you develop a strong foundation in fashion promotion, styling, and visual communication. You will explore the art of visual storytelling and creative direction, learning how to craft compelling narratives that connect clothing, image, and audience. Through practical workshops, you will gain experience in fashion editorial production, branding, and the creation of mood boards and look books.

Teaching takes place in digital and photography studios, giving you hands-on practice with professional lighting, cameras, and editing software such as Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign. You will experiment with both studio and location shoots, styling models, sourcing garments, and creating concepts that reflect current industry trends.

Live projects with brands, local businesses, or community organisations provide real-world experience and help you build a professional portfolio. These collaborations develop key employability skills—such as client communication, and teamwork—while building your confidence in presenting ideas and working to deadlines.

By the end of the course, you will have a diverse body of creative work and a clear understanding of potential career paths in fashion styling, art direction, editorial production, brand communication, and related fields.

Fashion Styling and Communication Level 3 may include:

• The Creative Process
• Developing Creative Practice
• Responding to a set Brief
• Researching a Specialist Industry Practice
• Specialist Technical Skills Development
• Specialist Creative Outcome

In addition to this course and depending on your current qualifications, you will also engage in English and Maths, and work-related learning activities to develop your English, maths and employability skills.

• 5 GCSEs (9-4) including English and Maths (or Level 2 Functional Skills equivalent) plus an Art and Design subject, or satisfactory results (Merit/Distinction) in a relevant Level 2 qualification
• An interview with a portfolio of artwork.

On successful completion of the first year Diploma programme you can continue your study of Fashion Styling and Communication onto the second year: Extended Diploma at Level 3; alternatively, you can choose to study for the Art and Design Foundation Diploma, or other further/higher education courses.

The second year Extended Diploma programme will prepare and guide you through the UCAS application to progress to related degree courses or to employment within the Creative Arts sector, or an Advanced Apprenticeship in Fashion and Textiles (Apparel).

Opportunities exist throughout the fashion and textiles industry. Successful completion of this course could lead to jobs as a designer for fashion, textiles or costume, fashion stylist, illustrator, wardrobe assistant or supervisor, event coordinator, merchandiser, production manager or buyer.