FA2S38 - Fundamentals of Fashion Marketing & Business 2 01 Sep 2023 - 31 Aug 2026 | Version 2

Associated Module Information

Module Code: FA2S38
Module Title: Fundamentals of Fashion Marketing & Business 2
Faculty: Faculty of Business and Creative Industries
Faculty Group: Fashion, Marketing and Photography
Faculty Sub Group: Fashion Marketing and Photography
Module Leader: Gwyneth Moore
Module Team: Steven Wright, Kara Tennant, Alexandra Hollyman, Clare McTurk, Sally Phillips, Siriol McAvoy
First Intended Intake: SEP 2020 Final Year of Intake: 2025
Date Closed:
Credit Value: 20 Credit Level: 5
Language: English
Percentage of Module Taught in Welsh: 0
Equivalent Module:
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Document Version Information

Version 2
Valid From 01 Sep 2023
Valid To 31 Aug 2026

Module Aims

• To introduce further sources and methods for the study of the fashion and beauty industries, within a global context, and the evolving expectations of the consumer.
• Extend knowledge of primary and secondary research methods and how to design these effectively for academic research and analyses.

Content Summary

This module focuses on developing student understanding and analysis of key academic research principles, connecting research with cultural and societal themes and how to present resourced and supported writing with academic rigour.

Students will have the opportunity to explore areas of own interest within the fashion and/or beauty industries but will need to be able to evidence significance of their chosen topic within a broader cultural context.

Key areas covered include:

• Celebrity/Influencer culture
• Cultural appropriation
• Image and text analysis
• Idea development
• Research – developing methods and critical analysis
• Research – ethics and protocol

Learning and Teaching Methods

Activity Type Hours
Lecture 10
Seminar 12
Tutorial 1
Supervised time in studio/workshop 9
Independent Study 100
Directed Study 64
Groupwork 4
Total Hours Selected 200

Learning Outcomes

# Learning Outcome
LO1 Understand the significant factors that have helped to construct Marketing & Business culture in the fashion industry
LO2 Employ appropriate research methods and engage critically with important discourses related to Business and Marketing

Module Requisites

N/A

Assessment Criteria

Assessment Category Assessment Type Description Duration Word Count Weight (%) Best of? Pass Mark
Asynchronous Assessment Research Plan / Proposal / Project/ Log 1 n/a 0 2500 50 No 40
Asynchronous Assessment Essay 1 n/a 0 2500 50 No 40

Assessment Matrix

Assessment Type Learning Outcomes
LO1 LO2
Research Plan / Proposal / Project/ Log 1
Essay 1

Reading List

Barnard M., (2002) Fashion as Communication, Routledge; ISBN: 0415260183
Breward C., (1995) Culture of Fashion: A New History of Fashionable Dress, Diane Pub Co. ISBN: 075679112X
Craik, J., (1993) The Face of Fashion: Cultural Studies in Fashion. Routledge ISBN: 0415052629
Eicher, J. (2000) The Visible Self: Global Perspectives on Dress, Culture and Society (New York: Fairchild)
Entwistle J., (2000) The Fashioned Body: Fashion, Dress and Modern Social Theory, Polity Press. ISBN: 0745620078
Evans, C. (2003) Fashion at the Edge: Spectacle, Modernity and Deathliness (New Haven: Yale University Press)
Jobling, P. (1999) Fashion Spreads: Word and Image in Fashion Photography since 1980 (Oxford: Berg)
Maynard, M. (2004) Dress and Globalisation. Manchester University Press. ISBN: 071906388
Taylor, L,. (2002) The Study of Dress History (Studies in Design). Manchester University Press. ISBN: 0719040655
Wilson E., (2005) Adorned in Dreams: Fashion and Modernity, Rutgers Univ Pr. ISBN: 0813533325
White N. and Ian Griffiths (2000) The Fashion Business: Theory, practice, image (Oxford: Berg)