Acting and Contemporary Fashion Design

Acting and contemporary fashion design is an unusual and genuinely interesting combination, bringing together the practice of performance with the creative and technical discipline of designing clothes. Acting develops your physical and vocal expressiveness, your ability to inhabit characters with honesty and imagination, and your understanding of text, narrative, and the collaborative processes of theatre and screen. Fashion design trains you in the creative development of garments, from concept and drawing through to pattern cutting, construction, and the realisation of original pieces.

Both are disciplines rooted in the body and in the communication of identity, and studying them together opens up distinctive creative and professional possibilities.

At Liverpool Hope University, this three-year full-time degree allows you to develop your practice in both acting and fashion design, with Liverpool's vibrant cultural scene providing a rich backdrop for both subjects. The programme includes a sandwich year, a year abroad option, and a work placement, giving you structured opportunities to develop professional experience in performance, fashion, or related creative industries, and to broaden your perspective through international study. The combination produces graduates with a distinctive creative profile: performers with design sensibility, and designers with an understanding of how garments function on bodies in motion and in the service of character.

Graduates from Acting and Contemporary Fashion Design go on to a range of careers in the creative industries. Many work across both disciplines, combining acting and performance work with fashion design, costume design, or creative styling. The costume design industry, which spans theatre, film, television, and opera, is a particularly direct application of both skill sets.

Others develop careers primarily in acting or primarily in fashion, with the other discipline enriching their practice and broadening their professional network. Postgraduate study in performance or fashion design is a natural next step for those who want to develop specialist expertise. The typical entry tariff is 104 points.