Today, Ryan, the student we shared the case with, is a very successful interdisciplinary British fashion management graduate student applying for study abroad. He has directly entered the "fashion trendsetter" from a "business science man". He has proved to us with his own efforts and practice that zero basic science students can not only enter the fashion circle, but also receive four offers including LCF that create fashion trends! London Fashion College LCF, Southampton University, Leeds University, University of Creative Arts.

Ryan's path to art learning is not always smooth: his understanding of market economy cannot be linked to the fashion industry, his ingenious inspiration cannot transform specific design elements, and what challenges need to be accepted to break the gender bias of clothing. Ryan's students and teachers explored together step by step, and finally broke the shackles and achieved success. He used his own experience to tell us that if you want to create fashion, you must first adhere to yourself!

　　 Background+interest=perfectly matched subject

Ryan studied business administration and enterprise economics at Bonn University of Applied Science and Technology, so he has a comprehensive understanding of business knowledge. At the same time, he has a strong interest in fashion industry in his life. The major of fashion management is a discipline that perfectly combines his professional background and interests.

So Ryan decided to study as an interdisciplinary British fashion management graduate student in his junior year. However, when he searched the relevant information of colleges and universities, he found that the subject was not just Business+Fashion. Taking his dream school Lunshi as an example, the undergraduate course was divided into four specific disciplines, and the graduate students were divided into more than ten directions, such as Strategic Fashion Marketing, Fashion Design Management, Fashion: Buying and Merchandising Fashion Entrepreneurship and Innovation, etc.

This also made Ryan feel puzzled, and he came to Natural Light to seek more professional help by returning home from summer vacation. In the early conversation with the consultant, he also helped Ryan Study abroad in fashion management With a more detailed understanding, he has determined the specific professional direction according to his future planning, and more importantly, how to make a good learning plan according to his own situation and professional application requirements in the next time.

Fashion management has a high requirement for fashion acumen, but compared with students from disciplines, Ryan, who applied for zero foundation, did not systematically learn fashion knowledge, so he was very lack of confidence at that time. Therefore, the focus of teaching is how to help him understand his own advantages and show them in the works.

　　 Rigorous logic+divergent thinking=best paper

Fashion Management is a relatively new and special art discipline. Unlike other art disciplines, many colleges and universities do not have a rigid requirement for the collection of works, but they need students to provide a complete set of theoretical research works, that is, papers, about 500-1000 words.

This also makes it easy for many students to despise the major of fashion management. Compared with the project works with more than 20 pages in other majors, the difficulty of one page paper seems to be much lower. But how to use words to reflect our professional ability and thinking logic is actually a learning task that tests students' comprehensive ability.

Compared with the papers in other disciplines, the biggest difficulty of the papers in fashion management is how to express our unique style and ideas. The logic of our papers may be to put forward an argument and then prove it. In the process of proof, we may use many others' theories to support, but the papers in fashion management, In addition to the support of theoretical knowledge, as well as the collection of works of art and design majors, it is necessary to highlight the personal characteristics of students.

Ryan has established a very clear and rational writing logic in his past professional study, and has a certain understanding of the commercial market. His thesis direction is KOL effect and non sexism. However, in the research process, the teacher found that Ryan always unconsciously deviated from the dimension of the fashion industry, paid too much attention to rational analysis, and ignored the presentation of personal style awareness.

Therefore, the curriculum plan for Ryan did not rush to supplement his lack of professional skills, but started from the systematic humanities courses. The basic humanities course is a very important part of the teaching system of natural light. It is the "first basic art course" for all professional students. Through different courses and practices, it can cultivate students' aesthetic awareness, critical thinking, creative thinking and creative logic ability, Only in this way can a clear thinking and divergent thinking premise be established for the subsequent design work.

At the same time, the teacher also led Ryan to do basic research, consult materials and collect materials, which led him to obtain many valuable inspirations, such as collecting cases related to the research content, combing the correct writing ideas, and providing strong support for the argument through these most direct cases.

An excellent thesis cannot be separated from scientific research. Ryan also mastered various research methods in the course, such as how to obtain and analyze useful data. These skills not only support him to complete the application paper, but also help him to carry out specific design projects in the future.

　　 Collection+thesis=double insurance for fashion management

First of all, let's make it clear to the students that fashion management majors in many colleges do not need to prepare portfolios, but do we really not do it? According to the application proposal of natural light for many years, if conditions permit, do it! Because the collection of works can help you make up the dimensions that the text of the paper cannot show!

Undoubtedly, visual project works have more impact than words, and can also directly express the designer's personal style and advantages. But what is the difference between fashion management portfolio and other clothing majors? From a difficult point of view, we should not only take into account the level of clothing design, but also take into account the theme, commercial value, culture and other aspects, but it is relatively easy for us to choose a wider range of directions, and the relative degree of completion of works can be lower.

In the whole learning process, Ryan felt the most challenging part was the visual design part. Before coming to the natural light, he had never designed clothes himself, and even lacked hand painting skills. But with the teacher's analysis and encouragement, Ryan Students also decided to make a complete set of clothing projects, which also became an important factor in the final application results.

The main body of the project continues the discussion on the theme of "sexless" in the paper. He uses underwear with female characteristics and suits with male characteristics as the two main elements of clothing, hoping to break people's prejudice against using clothing to define gender, and also hopes to explore new opportunities brought by sexless to the clothing industry.

The first step is to collect inspiration, which is the most difficult. Ryan, who has no design experience, can hardly transform the illusory inspiration into visible and tangible design elements. During this period, the teacher's guiding role is very critical. He needs to constantly guide Ryan to find the right direction and patiently give advice.

When disagreements arise, teachers are more likely to think about these immature ideas like friends, respect Ryan's own ideas and give the most professional suggestions than "giving orders". With the help and encouragement of the teacher, Ryan not only completed the design sketch, but also transformed it from a plane into a real object, and further designed a promotional poster for it.

From fabric selection, color matching, to sewing, Ryan showed a high degree of concentration. Although this work is a little immature compared with the students majoring in clothing, it also highlights his personalized expression and attention to social issues, which also let the interviewer feel Ryan's enthusiasm for fashion and courage to try new things.

Ryan, an interdisciplinary British fashion management graduate student, studied abroad and gained LCF London Fashion Institute Four offers are included. From zero foundation to lack of basic understanding of the art discipline, but adhering to the enthusiasm for fashion, under the guidance of teachers, step by step, from systematic learning of basic art courses to breakthrough in professional skills, the growth gained in the process is enough to prove that he has the strength to enter the dream school! His successful experience also tells us that there is no shortcut to art learning, and there is no easy or difficult distinction between disciplines. We should recognize our own direction, set specific and clear goals for each link in the production of works collection, and continue to supplement professional knowledge, so as to reap the unexpected "surprise"!

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