caps booklet

MYCAPSA guide to London College of Fashion’sCompact Agreement for Progression Scheme.

CONTENTS

Welcome letter 01

CAPS benefits 03

LCF course information 05

CAPS timeline 06

Find your Fashion 08

3D Artefact 10

Design for Performance 11

Styling, Photography and Make-Up 12

Student Journeys 14

Drawing for Fashion 18

Information, Advice and Guidance Day 20

Portfolio Advice Day 21

Interview Day 22

CAPS2 24

Words and Pictures 25

Fashion Industrious 27

Interview Preparation Workshop 28

LCF Graduate Story 29

Useful contacts 31

Dear student

Welcome to CAPS at London College of Fashion.

CAPS stands for Compact Agreement for Progression Scheme. The aim of CAPS is to support students from our partner colleges to make a successful application to London College of Fashion. To take part in the CAPS you must first complete a confidential form so that we can assess your suitability for the scheme.

The CAPS will offer you a whole series of workshops, summer courses and advice sessions on preparing your portfolio. If you are serious about applying to LCF and take part in all the activities, the CAPS will guarantee you an interview for your chosen course and greatly improve your chances of gaining a place.

CAPS2 is our scheme for students who are interested in applying to one of LCF’s non design courses such as fashion journalism or fashion business. It offers students the same benefits as CAPS, but with different activities.

We hope that you will make the most of everything the CAPS has to offer and we will be on hand to support and guide you along the way.

Best wishes,

Kate Hill CAPS Progression Manager [email protected] 0207 514 7908

Michele BuchananCAPS [email protected] 514 9350

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What benefits do CAPS students receive?

» Detailed information and advice about the range of courses LCFoffers to help you decide which area suits you best

» The opportunity to attend free courses with travel and lunch providedat LCF to build your knowledge, skills and confidence in fashion

» The chance to work with LCF students and to see and hear abouttheir course experience

» CAPS workshops to help you with presentations, sketchbooks andpersonal statements

» CAPS2 workshops to help with maths tuition, written tests andpreparing for interview

» Portfolio advice and guidance from LCF Tutors

» A guaranteed interview for the course of your choice

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Far too often if you ask a student interested in fashion what they want to study at HE they will say menswear or womenswear. There are a whole range of courses out there and lots of students don’t put enough research and time into considering where their strengths and interests lie before applying to university to study fashion.

Each course we offer has its own course page on our website. You can search for courses using the course search function. We recommend you start researching and learning about what LCF offers as early as possible, the more research you do the more likely you are to succeed.

On each course page you can read a course overview, detailed unit information, read and watch interviews with students and staff and look at student work.

Throughout the year CAPS students will get lots of opportunities to talk through course options with different LCF staff but start your own research as soon as you can.

www.fashion.arts.ac.uk/courses

LCF Course Information

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This timeline shows the full range of events and courses throughout the year available to CAPS students.

CAPS Timeline

2012

Find Your Fashion 26 – 30 March

3D Artefact Summer Uni 25 – 29 June

Styling, Photography & Make up Summer Uni 2 – 6 July

Words & Pictures Summer Uni (CAPS2) 9 – 13 July

Fashion Industrious Summer Uni (CAPS2) 9 – 13 July

Drawing & Illustration Summer Uni 5 – 18 July

Design for Performance Summer Uni 16 – 20 July

UCAS Apply opens September

Information, Advice & Guidance Day 3 - 4 October

CAPS2 Interview Preparation Workshop 12 December

Portfolio Advice Day 7 December

2013

UCAS Deadline 15 January

Interview Day 13 February

Successful CAPS Applicants enrol at LCF September

Read on to find out more about each event and course in detail.

CAPS


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Find Your Fashion

26 – 30 March 2012

Location:Various LCF Sites

Join LCF staff and students for 5 action packed days to help you ‘find your fashion’.

Fashion isn’t just about dresses and catwalk shows, we want to open students’ eyes to the whole range of opportunities that exist in the industry. We have courses in fashion make-up, illustration, footwear, contour, costume, technical effects, styling, jewellery, pattern cutting and photography.

This course will introduce you to 4 key areas in fashion. Each day you will visit a different site to experience a new area, giving you a real flavour of life at LCF and our facilities.

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The 4 areas are:

Constructed Textiles

Using the latest technology, you will get to grips with a knitting machine to produce your very own samples. You will also be taught the basics of hand knitting and the effects you can achieve using a variety of different yarns.

Styling, Photography and Make-Up

You will research and design a ‘look’ in teams. You will then create your ‘look’ on a model by styling and applying make-up and hair and do a photo shoot in the LCF studios

Cut & Stitch

You will be taught to use a range of industrial machinery to familiarise yourself with typical garment production methods. Then you will cut and construct a section of a jacket, giving you an insight into what’s involved in production tailoring.

3D Artefact

You will work with a variety of hard materials including plastics and metals in LCF’s workshops to create jewellery and body art pieces.

Final day

On the final day you will have a one-to-one tutorial with someone from the LCF team to discuss your journey through the week and to help match you to the most appropriate LCF summer university course.

Find Your Fashion

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This 5 day course will suit students who enjoy working with their hands and exploring different materials. You will research, design and produce a 3D artefact based on the theme, ‘Body in – Body Out’. You will work with a varied range of materials, tools, machinery, techniques and processes. At the end of the week you will have created your own pieces of fashion jewellery or body adornment pieces.

This course will introduce you to the following subjects:

» Jewellery» Fashion Accessories» Footwear

LCF Summer Uni – 3D Artefact

Monday 25 June –Friday 29 June 2012

Location:182 Mare Street,E8 3RE

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LCF offers a range of courses in design for performance and we want to spread the word because it is not the first thing that comes to mind when you say fashion. This 5 day course will suit students who have an interest in film, television, music, carnival, circus and theatre who want to design and develop craft skills.

You will work in the studio with a range of exciting materials to learn more about the exciting roles that take you behind the big screen and the curtain.


» Costume» Technical Effects» Prosthetics » Make up for TV and film

LCF Summer Uni – Design for Performance

Monday 16 July –Friday 20 July 2012

Location: 40 Lime Grove,W12 8EA

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This 5 day course will suit students who are interested in creating a strong fashion image. You will get the opportunity to work in the studio with real models to create a series of fashion images working with professional cameras and lighting. Students will take on the role of photographer, stylist or make-up artist and work in teams to produce a variety of images. You will create a storyboard and shoot a fashion video that will be edited and uploaded to the web.

On the final day you will present your work to other students taking part in our summer uni.


» Creative Direction for Fashion» Hair and Make up for Fashion» Styling and Photography

LCF Summer Uni – Styling, Photography and Make-Up


Location: 40 Lime Grove,W12 8EA

Styling, Photography and Make-Up - Summer Uni 2011

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LCF Student Stories

We asked a few LCF students who came through CAPS to share their experiences with you. All the students included came through our partner colleges and successfully gained a place at LCF.

Q: Why apply through CAPS?If it wasn’t for CAPS I would have found it more challenging to get in touch with LCF, CAPS provided me with guidance and direction to apply for my course.

Q: What tips would you give students applying to LCF through CAPS?Research thoroughly your point of interest and do your own personal work in sketchbooks, keep a blog etc. The tutors are here for you and want you to do your best, many people would love to be in the position you are so don’t waste your chance!

Q: Survival tip for university?LCF offers free software workshops for Photoshop etc, take them as they are essential for your projects.

Inès KasongoBA (Hons)Fashion Illustration

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LCF Student Stories

Q: Why apply through CAPS?You will get an insight into the knowledge and skills LCF expect of their students and the chance to have a taste of the course you like so you can decide if it is the right area for you.

Q: What tips would you give students applying to LCF through CAPS?Go to all the workshops and summer courses as this will give a good impression at interview.

Q: Survival tip for university?Keep on top of your work, sometimes it is hard to catch up!

Paige EcottFdAFashion Designand Marketing

Q: Why apply through CAPS2?I attended the business summer schools and CAPS2 helped me with my maths before interview day so I was able to pass the maths test.

Q: What tips would you give students applying to LCF through CAPS2?LCF receives a high volume of applications and places are limited, you need to make your personal statement stand out from the rest and tell the reader what you would bring to their course.

Q: Describe a typical day at LCF.I study at the High Holborn site and there are no more than 30 in my class so it is easy to contribute and work in groups, everything is very accessible and all under one roof.

Zana GoleshiFdAFashion Buyingand Merchandising

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Q: Why apply through CAPS?The advice days helped me with my interview as I got to meet the Course Director who is now my tutor and she really talked me through what they were looking for and what I needed to shine through.

Q: What tips would you give students applying to LCF through CAPS?Try to always remain positive and confident as negativity and nerves can sometimes be your downfall.

Q: Describe a typical day at LCF.My course is based in Lime Grove. In the morning I start the day with a cup of tea in the canteen and then off I go to my first lesson which would usually be make-up or hair. We have a demonstration by a tutor, then we pair up and practice and play around creating our own signature takes on what we have been taught. Lunch time and then back for session two. Fun stuff!

Jade FergusonFdAHair and Make-Up for Fashion

LCF Student Stories

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Drawing is vital if you want to develop as a designer/illustrator or artist. All LCF design courses require a portfolio that reflects a confident and experimental drawer. This exciting and challenging 10 day course will help you learn how to express yourself confidently through drawing and help you to develop your ideas and approaches to research and sketchbooks.

You will work with life models and explore different techniques and media including pencil, charcoal, paint, ink, collage, watercolour and Photoshop. You will be introduced to the figure in the history of art, how to measure and proportion, illustration, colour and tone. During the course you will go on a research trip to The Wallace Collection in central London.

All students who complete the course successfully will be awarded a Level 3 UAL Drawing Award.

LCF Summer Uni – Drawing for Fashion

Thursday 5 July –Wednesday 18 July 2012

Location: 182 Mare Street,E8 3RE

Accreditation:Level 3 UAL Drawing Award

Drawing For Fashion 2011

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3 Or 4 October 2012

Location:20 John Prince’s Street,W1G 0BJ

Information, Advice & Guidance Day

This one day event will support you with your course choices and preparation for UCAS.

You will get the opportunity to:

Speak to an LCF Course Advisor for one to one advice and guidance about course choices

Meet with LCF students who have come through CAPS and see their work

Attend workshops to help you with

» Presentations» Sketchbooks

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One of the most important dates in the CAPS calendar, at this event you will have the opportunity to show your portfolio to an LCF Tutor from the course you would like to apply to.

You will receive feedback about your work, what is missing and what you need to do to get it ready for interview day. You will also get the chance to see other students work and hear the feedback they receive from LCF Tutors that will give you further ideas to strengthen your own work.

7 December 2012


Portfolio Advice Day

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Interview Day

13 February 2012


The big day for all CAPS students, you will be guaranteed an interview for the course of your choice on this day.

If you have attended our summer university courses, listened to all the advice and guidance given to you by LCF staff and put 100% into your work, you will have a very strong chance of gaining a place at LCF.

Students will be notified by UCAS as to whether you have been successful in gaining your place.

CAPS2

Words and Pictures 2011

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CAPS2 supports students who want to apply for an LCF non-design course.

If you are interested in any of the following areas you can take part in CAPS2:

» Marketing» Buying » Journalism» Business» Retail» Media» Public relations» Visual Merchandising CAPS2 students also have the opportunity to attend summer university courses to find out more about the area they are interested in.

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Journalism plays a vital role in communicating the world of fashion, through both the media of print and broadcast. If you love to communicate through writing and images this 5 day course could be just what you’re looking for.

Working in teams you’ll get to grips with the difference between news and feature writing, conduct an on-screen interview, cover a fashion story and come away with your very own piece of fashion journalism.

Lecturers will give you an insight into television and on-line broadcasting, how to conduct vox pop interviews and the use of InDesign to layout headlines, text and images.

You’ll be supported throughout by LCF students from BA Fashion Journalism, and on the final day you will have the chance to present your project and show what you have learned during the week.


Location:40 Lime Grove,W12 8EA

LCF Summer Uni – Words & Pictures

Portfolio Advice Day 2011

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You don’t have to be a designer to have a career in the fashion industry. This 5 day course will suit students who are interested in the business side of fashion.Working in teams you will investigate a chosen high street retailer, developing your knowledge and understanding of:

» What makes a successful fashionretailer

» The important role of buyers andmerchandisers

» Key principles of marketing andpromotion

» Visual merchandising windowsand stock display.

Lecturers will tell you about the range of business and management courses and careers on offer in the fashion industry. You will be supported throughout by LCF students and on the final day you will have the chance to present your project and show what you have learned during the week.


Location:272 High Holborn,WC1V 7EY

LCF Summer Uni – Fashion Industrious

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Interview Preparation Workshop

A one day event for CAPS2 introducing you to LCF tutors and courses.

If you are interested in LCF’s media courses you will take part in a mock group interview and complete a mock written test. You will receive feedback on your results and advice on how to prepare yourself for the real thing.

If you are interested in LCF’s business courses you will prepare a presentation that you will deliver to your group and receive feedback on your performance. You will also get the chance to take part in a group interview and receive feedback.

If you are required to do a numeracy test for your course choice you will get the chance to attend evening maths tuition classes at LCF before your interview.

12 December 2012

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Q: Why apply through CAPS?I received one-to-one help prior to my interview which helped me build my confidence to communicate my ideas and portray my passion for the course. The portfolio advice I got was so important to help you understand that to progress from college you need to take your ideas that step further.

LCF Graduate Story

Harold KensingtonFdADesigner Pattern Cutter, BA Womenswear

Q: What tips would you give students applying to LCF through CAPS?Think about what you want to become, skill and talent are important factors but it is passion and motivation that are the key to progressing and what will gear you through your course and career.

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Q: You finished your FdA course with a distinction, what happened next?I applied to for a Top Up year that was crucial to enhancing my FdA to a BA; it was where I got to display my creativity and flair for pattern cutting with the aesthetics of my design and specific demographic. Since completing my 3 years at LCF I have been on work placements and have enough experience to start a Masters Degree at Central Saint Martin’s studying Womenswear. At the moment I am on a placement in New York and I know that I wouldn’t be on such an exciting and glamorous path if it hadn’t been for my passion and motivation and the direction and stimulus I received as an LCF student.

Q: Survival tips for university?Make use of all the open working spaces LCF offers to enhance your understanding of tasks and activities on your course.Try new styles of working and mix and match current styles from other notable professionals, research interests of your choice to start defining your own style.Display your work for a suitable consumer other than yourself. There is a lot of work to be done and you need to be focused and eager, people do notice and pay you respect for it, believe me your hard work and dedication will not go unnoticed.

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Useful Websites:

LCF - www.fashion.arts.ac.uk

University of Arts - http://www.arts.ac.uk/

UCAS - http://www.ucas.com/

Sketchbooks - www.arts.ac.uk/cetl/visual-directions/

Finance - www.direct.gov.uk/studentfinance

Common Place - http://commonplace.arts.ac.uk

Keep in touch

Facebook Group: www.facebook.com/LCFOfficial

www.twitter.com/LCFLondon

www.fashion.arts.ac.uk/snapshot

LCF Partner Colleges 2012/13

Barnet CollegeBrit School for Performing Arts and TechnologyBsix CollegeCardinal PoleChrist the King Sixth Form CollegeCity and Islington CollegeCity and Islington Sixth Form CollegeCollege of Haringey, Enfield and North East LondonCollege of North West LondonCroydon CollegeGreenwich Community CollegeHackney Community CollegeHaringey Sixth Form CentreHarrow CollegeKensington and Chelsea CollegeKingston CollegeLambeth CollegeLewisham CollegeLeyton Sixth Form CollegeNew VIc Sixth Form CollegeNewham CollegeRichmond Upon Thames CollegeSaint Francis Xavier CollegeSouthgate CollegeSt Charles Sixth Form CollegeUxbridge CollegeWestminster Kingsway CollegeWorking Men’s College

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fashion industrious

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