Staff and students have an opportunity to showcase projects, ideas and discussion as part of an experimental programme in spring 2019.
Category Archives: Fashion and textiles
Textiles make Scabies child’s play
Brighton primary school children have recycled fabric remnants from University of Brighton textile students to create bean bags in the shape of mites to fight the stigma surrounding scabies, an increasingly common skin disease. Read More
Local schools join Saturday Fashion Club
The first Saturday Fashion Club of the year, run by the UoB School of Art for local schools took place last week. Read More
Arts entreupreuner alumni return to speak at Global Entrepreneurship Week
Three arts students are among speakers at Starting up, a free event taking place at the University next week to celebrate Global Entrepreneurship Week. Read More
Careers fair: Weds 7 Nov
Come along to the university’s careers fair at the Amex football stadium by our Falmer campus. Download the app for the guide to what’s happening on the day. Read More
Grants available for care-experienced students
Have you spent any time in the care of a local authority or are you care experienced? If yes, you could be eligible to apply for a non-repayable award of £350 from The Pyrus Trust. Read More
Fashion students featured in industry magazine
Designs by UoB Fashion students have been featured in the International Graduate Issue of ASBO magazine. Read More
Grants available for Arts and Media care experienced students
Are you a final year student on an Arts, Media or Design course and spent time in the care of a local authority or are care-experienced? Read More
Are you a Brighton Freshtival pass holder?
On Friday 28 September, the Radio 1 Rave Lounge is coming to Brighton featuring Radio 1’s Annie Mac, Danny Howard and special guest. Book your ticket now! Read More
Get to know Brighton <3
Watch our new film about our wonderful city.
Bridal award for student
Fashion with Business Studies BA(Hons) student Holly-Ann Tullett has picked up the Student Designer of the Year Award at a major bridal show. Read More
New student? Hit the Ground Running!
Congratulations to everyone who’s joining the university in 2018. There are a few things to do before you get here Read More
Enrol online today!
Congratulations to everyone who’s received an offer. If you’ve had your place confirmed, you’ll be able to enrol from today. Read More
Welcome to all of our new students!
When your place has been confirmed you officially become a University of Brighton student!
Keep an eye on your inbox as we’ll be keeping in touch with you by email to let you know more about: Read More
Update!: H&M team so impressed by student work they offer four Stockholm placements
Work by 2nd year Textiles students has been praised as being of a ‘very very high standard’ by a visiting team from clothing company H&M. Read More
Textiles student selected for place at Paris show
Graduating weave student, Alice Compton, has been selected by TexSelect this year to show her work at Premiere Vision in Paris in September. Read More
Graduating fashion student to feature at Pure London
Hannah Gibbins, winner of the Debenhams Menswear Award at Graduate Fashion Week is to feature at Pure London festival of fashion. Read More
Brighton fashion collections at GFW: pictures just in
The collections from Brighton Fashion students received rapturous applause on the runway at Graduate Fashion Week. Take a look at the images from the catwalk show. Read More
Update! Fashion student scoops GFW prize
Brighton fashion student Hannah Gibbins has won the Debenham’s Menswear Award for her collection at this week’s Graduate Fashion Week. Read More
Graduates 2018: Sandrine Melville: Fashion
My studies have always led me towards sustainable design which culminated with my dissertation investigating the viability of cradle to cradle as a solution within the fashion industry. Read More
Graduates 2018: Bethany Plumptre: Textiles
Colour and architectural forms really inspire me. I love to build structure and form into my woven designs, using colour to emphasise shape and structure. Read More
Graduates 2018: Aimee Hawkins: Textiles
This collection has played reference to the female form conceptually to construct an abstract interpretation of a widely used source of visual inspiration. Read More
Watch GFW live!
See the University of Brighton’s Catwalk Show at 3.30pm today. Read More
Graduates 2018: Hannah Gibbins: Fashion
I have always been interested in this hybrid in menswear between workwear and softened tailoring. Read More
Graduates 2018: Rachel Wells: Textiles
As a knitwear designer, I love experimenting with how you can manipulate the structure of the stitches to create three dimensional forms. Read More
Fashion students fight plastic pollution
Fashion students at the University of Brighton created an outfit to help world freediving champion Tanya Streeter raise awareness of the plastics crises in the oceans. Read More
Fashion at Brighton among the best in the world again
The University of Brighton has again been ranked among the best globally in the world for fashion. Read More
Win a free studio for a year!
Apply for the Cass Art & Phoenix Studio Award!
Work continues on the ink and dye garden
During the Easter holidays, work has begun on some willow edges to the beds to the dye garden at Grand Parade. Read More
International award for Freya
Brighton graduate Freya Richmond has won an international award for design, the only designer from the UK among the three winners of the Printeriors 2018 design competition. Read More
Vice Chancellor shortlisted for Guardian inspirational leader award
The University of Brighton’s Vice-Chancellor Debra Humphris has been shortlisted for the Inspiring Leader Award at the Guardian’s Higher Education Award.
No Longer the ManMADE Object
Come along to hear from women leaders, makers and creatives in science, technology, engineering, art and mathematics at Grand Parade on Wednesday 28 March at 4.30pm. Read More
Fashion and Textiles at Brighton profiled in Viva magazine
Staff Craig Higgins and Caterina Radvan are interviewed as part of a profile in this months’s issue. Read More
Women of Impact: Textiles student scoops prestigious award
Rachel Wells has received £2,500 from the Framework Knitters in recognition of her final-year work. Read More
Our 2019 prospectus has just landed!
Cass Art Phoenix Prize 2019
School of Art final year students have the opportunity to apply for this award which sees Cass Art sponsoring a Phoenix studio space for up to three 2019 graduates. Read More
Talking about Transology
E-J Scott, curator of The Museum of Transology, BA(Hons) Fashion and Dress History graduate and Fashion Lecturer at the University of Brighton, will be giving a talk about the history of trans people this week.
Come to our Postgraduate open days
There’s no better way to explore your future study opportunities than by meeting lecturers and researchers at a postgraduate open day. Read More
Industry experts inspire students in Graduate Fashion Week Masterclass
Hilary Alexander OBE was among visiting speakers passing on invaluable industry knowledge to Fashion, Fashion Communications and Textiles students at a Graduate Fashion Week Masterclass. Read More
Arts alumni return for entrepreneurship talk
Four graduates who have set up their own ventures will be sharing their unique startup stories this Wednesday. Read More
Calling all fashion folk
Sign up for the University of Brighton’s ‘Fashion: Paradigm Shift’ event (24 November, The Lighthouse) featuring workshops and talks linking fashion, sustainability and technology. Read More
Brighton top globally for fashion placements
The respected Business of Fashion rankings proves Brighton is a leader in its field. Read More
Textiles student exhibit at Ditchling Museum
Textiles students are exhibiting hand knit design work at Ditchling Museum of Art+Craft this week. Read More
Graduate Fashion Week Masterclass for students
Fashion students are invited to take part in a Graduate Fashion Week Masterclass. Read More
Fashion graduates recognised as Global Graduating Talents
Two BA(Hons) Fashion with Business Studies graduates, Olivia Bradley and Alice Winzar (pictured) have been picked as Global Graduating Talents of 2017 by The Council of Fashion Designers (CFDA). Read More
Danielle kickstarts equestrian fashion
A University of Brighton fashion graduate has launched a Kickstarter campaign to bring fashion and hi vis safety wear to the world of horse riding. Read More
Graduate scoops wool innovation award
Textiles MDes graduate Megan Lovett has scooped a Wool Innovation Award. Read More
First female editor of Wallpaper* is Brighton alumni
Sarah Douglas moves from Creative Director to Editor at the renowned style title. Read More
Pop-art inspired knitwear from fine art grad
School of Art graduate Kate Morris is breaking new ground with her label CROP, playful and pop-art-inspired cruelty free, vegan knitwear. Read More
From graduate scheme to business owner
Textile graduate Beki Gowing applied for the John Lewis Graduate scheme straight after university and the experience led to her running her own custom digital fabric printing company. Read More
Student creates affordable 3D scanner
From a robotic elephant to a full body scanner, Poppy Mosbacher’s inventions are attracting national recognition. Read More
British Science Festival 2017
Tuesday 5 September sees the launch of this festival that is SO much more than it sounds – the city of Brighton is host to this year’s event, with over 150 free events asking the big questions and featuring names such as Lauren Laverne and Professor Jim Al-Khalili. Not to be missed!
Academic explains sizing on Radio 4
Fashion and Textiles lecturer Dr Vikki Haffenden explained the reasoning behind women’s clothes sizing for listener’s of Radio 4’s More or Less earlier today. Read More
Camille Walala’s maze is a riotous temple of colour and pattern
Solo London show for Textiles graduate whose eye-catching artwork is described as ‘tribal pop’. Read More
Fashion comms students charity success
Four Fashion Communication students have been chosen by young person’s cancer charity Trekstock to travel to London to discuss their campaign ideas. Read More
Technician focus: Becky Lu
Becky is integral to the Textiles teaching team, advising and assisting students in traditional screen printing processes and dyeing for printed textiles. Read More
Three Fashion Comms students shortlisted for DiversityNow! 2017 award
Samruddhi Karandikar, Katrina Horace and Josephine Clackson were shortlisted for ArtsThread’s awards which ask students to “boldly vision an expanded fashion future which steps beyond stereotypes, redefines boundaries and celebrates a wider range of beauty and body ideals in age, size, gender, race and physical ability.”
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Graduate Fashion Week catwalk images
Images just in from yesterday’s fashion show in London. Read More
Graduate Fashion Week show day!
Selected graduates from our Fashion with Business Studies BA(Hons) are showing their final collections in London today. We’ll be posting live updates from the show – keep checking here. Read More
Graduates 2017: Alice Winzar
“My intent was to capture the subtle beauty found within mundane objects.” Read More
Graduates 2017: Sophia Mingoia
Take a look at Sophia’s collection ‘Difference.’ Read More
Graduates 2017: Sam Bayles
“Influences include photographer Wilhelm von Gloeden – he took pictures of young peasant boys as nude Greek male statues. Italian fascists destroyed 2,000 of his glass plates.” Read More
Final year fashion students host Spielgeltent catwalk show
As part of the Brighton Fringe, graduating Fashion with Business students will be showing their collections at the main festival venue on 31 May at 7pm. Read More
Santander success for wheelchair painting device created by Product Designers
A team of five University of Brighton students have picked up a £2,000 prize for designing a new system to help disabled wheelchair users to paint. Read More
Entries open for It’s Nice That’s graduates comp!
If you’re a student in the UK about to complete an art or design-related undergraduate course then get involved. Read More
Graduate Show 2017: follow our students
The annual University of Brighton Graduate Show runs from June 3-11 and turns the university into the largest art venue in the South of England. Read More
Exploration of Cult Media as part of packed University programme at Brighton Fringe
The University is exploring what makes cult media as part of the University’s sponsored events at the Brighton Fringe in May. Read More
Karl Lagerfeld x Steven Wilson – Illustration grad and fashion supremo team up
Gresham Blake produces ‘Brighton tartan’
Fashion with Business alumni and Brighton-based designer Gresham Blake has given the city its own check. Read More
Graduate Shows 2017 – use #brightonshow17
Part of the Graduate Shows this year? If you’re posting to social media about the build up, your work, your exhibition, then use #brightonshow17. Read More
Exciting post-grad opportunity on LGBTQ research project
We have an opportunity for a student to undertake a fascinating research project as part of our MRes in Arts and Cultural Research, studying and archiving 25 years of Gscene magazine for The Keep archive. Interested? Read More
Textiles launch Instagram feed
Follow our Textiles students and technicians on their very lovely new Instagram feed. Read More
Is ‘fashion’ just a European idea?
Fashion and Dress History student Jade Bailey-Dowling wrote a report on a conference for the exhibition Fashion Cities Africa that questioned whether ‘fashion’ is just a European idea. Read More
Ong dresses Game of Thrones star at the Golden Globes
Fashion with Business graduate Ong-Oaj Pairam is fast becoming the go-to designer for stars hitting the red carpet. This week Game of Thrones star Maisie Williams wore an Ong-Oaj Pairam creation to the Golden Globes. Last year Maisie’s co-star Natalie Dormer wore one of his dresses to the Hunger Games-Part 2 premiere.
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Textiles MDes and PhD show in Grand Parade cafe foyer
A ‘Work in Progress show’ by students on the Textiles MDes and PhD programmes can be seen in the Grand Parade café foyer from 29 November 2016 – 6 January 2017. Read More
Join staff and students for Pop-up Makers’ Fair
Work from staff and students will be on display at the four day Pop-up Makers’ Fair this December. The Fair takes place in the University Gallery at Grand Parade from Thursday 8 December – Sunday 11 December. Read More
University fashion alumni Ong Oaj Pairam couture sale
Couture fans of University of Brighton Fashion alumni Ong Oaj Pairam should note he is holding a sample sale in London this week. Read More
Sci-fi creatures on show at Grand Parade until Monday 28 Nov
Fashion with Business students are presenting six sci-fi creatures on display outside the Grand Parade cafe, as part of Bright Friday, an festival offering an alternative to the consumerist frenzy of Black Friday. Read More
Fashion student James Parker collects £1,000 prize for his workwear designs
James Parker, third-year Fashion Design with Business Studies student, won the Project 20/20 UK Student Design Awards with his specialist garments for arborists and tree surgeons. Read More
First year Rachel Graham scoops textiles award
A national knitting award has been won by a University of Brighton student, Rachel Graham. Read More
Fashion courses recognised as global leader
The Business of Fashion survey has applauded Brighton’s fashion courses, given particular mention to our placements, ‘long term value’ and ‘learning experience.’ Read More
Vogue shout-out for NY-based knitwear alumni
Emily Diamandis, a graduate of Knitwear at Brighton (now Textiles), has been gaining recognition in the luxury market for her designs. Read More