Luxury Fashion Brand Management

Nottingham Trent University
Postgraduate MA Full-time 1 Year ArtFashion, textiles, and jewelleryGraphic designProduct design

About this course

International luxury fashion brands inspire and inform the zeitgeist of the global fashion industry. The management of these elite organisations requires the application of creativity and strong business acumen at every level. Our MA Luxury Fashion Brand Management course aims to provide advanced skills and knowledge in contemporary and emerging branding and fashion management practice and theory.

The course examines the organisational development and sustainability of high-profile luxury brands and the creation of unique and individualised products and services. Marketing and branding strategies are analysed and critically evaluated as organisational functions. Branding practice focuses on brand equity and brand management, product innovation, the consumer experience, digital environments, e-commerce and luxury brands, brand and marketing metrics and performance measurement, consumer and international culture, IPR law and the copy culture.

Modules include:

  • Culture & Collaboration

  • The Fashion Industry

  • Advancing Research Design

  • Studio Practice

  • Industry Practice

  • Professional Practice

  • Personal Project

    Key features • Gain knowledge and understanding of the strategic and organisational management of international luxury fashion. • Choose your specialist focus on luxury branding, and devise an individual research project. • Select from a range of possible outputs to reflect your personal career aspirations, or to support a business start-up in the luxury sector. • Attend study trips to international fashion capitals such as Paris, Copenhagen, Antwerp and New York. • Benefit from industry speakers, such as senior executives and consultants working for leading luxury fashion brands. • Work individually and as a team in a challenging, creative and multicultural environment within the Nottingham School of Art & Design. • Gain a globally recognised academic qualification, in conjunction with personal and professional development for employability and entrepreneurship. • Study alongside students from all areas of fashion management, marketing and communication. • Prepare for further postgraduate study such as PhD. • 83% of NTU's research submitted to the 'Art and Design: History, Practice and Theory' Unit of Assessment was assessed to be world-leading or internationally excellent in the Research Excellence Framework (REF) 2021.

    Your space to create at NTU We’re committed to helping you explore, expand and refine your craft, as you discover new creative horizons with some truly great tools, equipment and workspaces. Visit our facilities hub at www.ntu.ac.uk/artfacilities to find out more.

  • Career Prospects

    Graduates from this course typically go into the following occupations:

    7125 Visual merchandisers and related occupations
    3422 Clothing, fashion and accessories designers
    3421 Interior designers
    5413 Tailors and dressmakers
    3553 Merchandisers
    3429 Design occupations

    Course Details

    Qualification
    MA
    Study Mode
    Full-time
    Duration
    1 Year
    Start Date
    2025
    Academic Year
    2025
    Campus / Location
    Nottingham
    Scheme
    Postgraduate
    Subjects
    Art, Fashion, textiles, and jewellery, Graphic design, Product design