Fashion Marketing
Fashion Marketing
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course overview
The course exposes students to countless opportunities in the fashion industry. It is tailored to blend creative fashion knowledge with business, marketing and contextual studies. Students learn about buying and merchandising practices as well as conceptualising and developing effective brand management strategies to execute advertising and promotional activities. They study how product, customer and market forces interact and get an introduction to the new challenges, technologies and issues facing the fashion industry.

Career Opportunities
- Brand Manager
- Product Development Manager
- Public Relations Consultant
- Fashion Merchandiser / Buyer
- Fashion Stylist
- Fashion Editor
Diploma in Fashion Marketing and ManagementÂ
Duration : 6 months
Marketing Foundation
To provide participants with the basic principles of marketing in the context of fashion retail industry through practical exercises, lectures, demonstrations and case studies. The primary scope is to cover all foundational concepts of fashion marketing management, so that the students are able to grasp other advanced modules in their program successfully. Students need to accomplish tasks such as an assignment, an integrated project and examinations in order to complete the module.
Fashion Marketing and Merchandising
This module introduces the student to the Fashion Marketing & Merchandising Concept and further clarifies the Marketing Mix from a Fashion Industry perspective.
Market Research
This module introduces the students to the basic elements of market research for strategic decision making. Students will learn how to develop a research project through the selection and application of appropriate quantitative and qualitative research methods.
FM Computer Graphic Skills
This module will introduce the basic techniques of computer graphic skills of Adobe Indesign, Illustrator, Photoshop and explore the relationship between type and pictorial images for visualization and communication. Student will develop an understanding of the basic design elements and principles, page composition, photo-retouching, visual weight, appropriateness, consistency and the basic use of typography to create multiple pages of fashion design layout document.
Fibres and Textiles
The module provides an extensive coverage of textiles knowledge, starting from the original source of plants to the synthesis of chemicals to produce fibres. It allows the students to analyze the different types of fibres, yarns, construction of fabrics, knitting, weaving, dyeing, printing and many other techniques that are available in the textile industry.
History of Costume 1
This module is designed to introduce the student to the development of costume throughout the major historical periods and will provide students with the ability to understand and identify the main characteristics of silhouettes, textiles, accessories for each period.
Colour Theory and Design Principles for Fashion
This module is designed to provide the student with the knowledge and skills through practical exercises, lecturers, demonstrations and examples to enable them to identify and apply the basic theories of colour and design elements and principles. Students will have to successfully complete practical exercises and integrated projects in order to complete this module.
Digital Photography
The module provides students with essential knowledge and skill sets to gain fundamental understanding of image capture through digital photography. In the module, students will be guided to explore both the technical and aesthetic aspects of photography as a contemporary medium of expression in visual communication. The guidance will take the form of lectures, tutorials, technical demonstrations, practicals, and critique sessions. The components of the module include familiarisation of digital photographic equipment, technical correlations of shutter speed, aperture, and ISO in exposure, common genres of photography, natural and studio lighting, digital photography workflow, etc.
Advanced Diploma in Fashion Marketing and ManagementÂ
Duration : 18 months
History of Costume 2
This module is designed to introduce the student to the development of contemporary fashion beginning with the Baroque Period through to the end of the 19th century and will provide the student with the ability to understand and identify the main characteristics of silhouettes, textiles and accessories for each period.
Human Resource Management
The purpose of this module is to introduce students to the principles and practices of Human Resource Management as applied to a small company.
Financial Management
The purpose of this module is to teach non-finance major students the basic concepts and techniques of financial management for small businesses.
20th Century Styles and Trends
This module introduces the student to styles and trends of the 20th century and the social, political, cultural events and style arbiters that have shaped and influenced fashion from the haute couture to ready to wear.
Technical Drawings (Garment Typology)
This module is designed to provide the student with the knowledge and skills through practical exercises, lecturers, demonstrations and examples to enable them to apply the basic skills of technical drawings to communicate design ideas and construction details. To identify and apply the vocabulary of classic garment shapes their variations and key garment styling and details. Students will have to successfully complete practical exercises and integrated projects in order to complete this module.
Introduction to Brand Management
This module introduces the concept of Branding by examining the process of how to build sustainable and credible brands that suits consumers needs and wants and resonates with their desires. The subject examines the brand building process and branding strategy options to build emotional connection with consumers establish and sustain compelling market position and differentiate the brand from its competitors.
Buying Principles
To provide students with the knowledge and skills through practical exercises, lectures, demonstrations, case studies and examples to enable them to be exposed to the major functions of fashion buying. Understand the important of logistics and merchandise strategy through all veins of the retail operations. Planning the merchandise mix, merchandise classification, assortment planning, and pricing are to be closely studied. Students will have to successfully complete an assignment an integrated project and examinations in order to complete the module.
Product Development
To provide students with the knowledge and skills to study the pre-production processes of apparel product development from planning through forecasting, fabricating, developing silhouettes and specifications. From this module the student is expected to comprehend an overview of the creative and technical processes involved in product development within the context of retail business environment. Students need to work on an assignment, an integrated term project and examinations in order to complete this module.
Fashion Coordination and Promotion
A module designed for the students to create, produce and participate in a Fashion Show or Fashion Event. The module involves the coordination of all aspects of sales promotion activities that may be used by a manufacturer or a retailer. It also includes discussions on consumer profile, customer awareness, wardrobe planning and selection. Basic techniques needed for the visual presentation of fashion through fashion show production and promotion will be explored. Students will have to complete an integrated project commissioned by an industrial partner.
Integrated Fashion Communication
This subject focuses on taking a strategic approach to creating and managing today’s Fashion Marketing Communication strategies. The subject provides a practical framework for the design, implementation and evaluation of strategic options for business. Students will develop an understanding of marketing planning and the principles of an Integrated Marketing Communications Strategy using Multi-Media Platforms.
Consumer Behaviour
To provide students with the knowledge and skills to understand the fundamental factors that influence consumer behavior, their choices and purchasing decisions.
Academic Research and Communication Skills
Global Supply Chain Management (Fashion Buying)
To provide participants with the knowledge of basic principles of logistics and supply chain management in the context of fashion retail industry through practical exercises, lectures, demonstrations and case studies. The primary scope of this module is to understand the role that supply chain management plays in creating competitive advantage for fashion retailers in providing ‘’ the right product at the right time to the right consumer’. Students need to accomplish tasks such as an assignment, an integrated project and examinations in order to complete the module.
Fashion Marketing Project 1
This module introduces the student to the development and implementation of a business plan. Student teams will have to present business ideas concerning user needs and/or market opportunities related to the fashion industry. They will have to assess the feasibility of the ideas and transform them into entrepreneurial proposals.
Fashion Marketing Project 2
The aim of this module is to help the students consolidate the different sections of the business plan developed during Fashion Marketing Project 1. Each student team has to bring the brand to life through a tangible execution of the business idea and finalize the business plan and present it to a panel of industry experts.
Sensorial Marketing
This module will provide students with powerful tools in order to develop sensorial marketing strategies in fashion. Students will understand the variations in sensory perception and be able to adapt the texture, colors, fragrances, shape, assortment, and overall brand experience to every local market and fashion consumer. They will also have the needed knowledge to predict consumers’ purchasing behavior and assess the commercial appeal of a new product or fashion brand.
Fashion Journalism
This module introduces the students to the basic techniques of fashion journalism. Students will learn the skills of visual communication, styling, forecasting, trend-analysis and tribe-spotting and will explore a range of techniques to communicate with various audiences. Students will learn how to develop original messages through different media formats, such as magazines, television and internet.
Visual Merchandising
Industrial Attachment
This module aims to provide students with the opportunity to gain real-world industry experiences and professional practices in their chosen discipline. It allows students to establish connections, develop useful contacts, and gain industrial skills and an overall perspective of the discipline. The industrial attachment is intended to enhance students’ educational experience and prepare them for their careers.
Duration : 12 months
Fashion Retail Operations & Management
The subject aims to provide students the working knowledge in managing and operating the fashion retail business with focus on the store operations.
Ethics and Organisation
This module explores some of the ethical and human rights issues confronting contemporary organisations. In the module, the main ethical perspectives adopted by individuals and organisations are considered.
Law for the Creative Industries
The aim of this subject is to examine the legal environment in which local and international contemporary design oriented professionals operate. It is designed to equip students with knowledge of the basic legal principles, and more generally common law systems. The module focuses on contract law and dispute resolution, duty and standard of care, tort and negligence, copyright, and personal indemnity insurance.
Leadership and Innovations
This module introduces students to traditional and modern concepts of leadership, and focuses on skill and knowledge development and organizational operations, effectiveness and competition, and social responsibilities.
Business-Business Marketing
The module aims to provide students with a sound introduction to the distinct nature of business-to- business (B2B) marketing, as well as its relative importance compared to consumer-focused marketing.
Entrepreneurship and New Business Development
This module is designed to provide students the theoretical concepts and practical tools for entrepreneurship and new business development. It aims to encourage students’ interest in starting own firm, and also to provide the skills and knowledge in managing, influencing and stimulating entrepreneurial activities. Students will engage in the entrepreneurial process, from the idea generation stage to the collection of information, further refinement of the original idea to produce business plan and idea pitching. Student will develop competencies, techniques, and skills about entrepreneurship, set within a reflective and critical approach to study business development in the modern economy.
FMM Final Year Project I
This is the 1st part of a 2 part project. In this module, the students are required to carry out research to develop a design brief to re-brand a retail outlet or design a pop-up store.
FMM Final Year Project II
Personal Selling
This course focuses exclusively on professional business-to-business selling rather than retail selling. Early introduction of the Personal Selling Process (PSP) engages students from the beginning, with tools for converting prospects into customers. This course includes discussion of technology tools and services that facilitate sales.
E-Marketing Strategy
This module introduces the application of marketing principles and techniques via the Internet. E- Marketing is the process of marketing a brand using the Internet and includes both direct response marketing and indirect marketing elements and uses a range of technologies to help connect businesses to their customers.