JCA | London Fashion Academy | Couture education fashion designer academy

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We are searching for industry leading experts to join the JCA teaching and mentoring team.

JCA is a fashion academy unlike any other. Discover, explore and thrive within the world of couture from a luxurious Mayfair campus and learn from industry experts like Prof. Jimmy Choo OBE. We provide all of the tools for you to become a fashion leader upon graduation and claim your place in fashion history.

LEARN TO INNOVATE and Shape the Future of Fashion

Don’t just build a career; build a legacy and claim your place in history as a fashion design innovator.

Become part of an influential community of creators that want to solve the problems of the future with fashion and change the world forever.

The Academy is the best place to be for fashion students looking to gain entry into the industry as an entrepreneur. We encourage all students to define their own market, develop their own brand, and design their own unique collections.

We will professionally incubate you and your new business throughout your time at the JCA so you graduate with a business alongside your degree or master's qualification.

We have stepped away from the outdated student-lecturer model. At the JCA, you’ll benefit from one-to-one mentorship that nurtures your talent, accelerates your professional development, and helps you grow as a person.

Join an Influential Community

There will be opportunities to build relationships and exchange ideas with visiting professionals and rub shoulders with like-minded designers in our open plan co-working space.

As a student of the JCA, you can expect to grow your network with key industry contacts that will open doors for you and accelerate your career.

Incubation at JCA has been established to support early stage talented entrepreneurs and to nurture their fashion and technology business start-ups to commercialization.

The Foundation Diploma in Fashion is a practice-led one year course that aims to introduce fledgling fashion designers, entrepreneurs, and creative thinkers to the core blocks needed to build knowledge, confidence, and a creative portfolio.

The BA (Hons) Fashion: Design, Branding, and Entrepreneurship is a future-focused, design-led, and highly practical course that has been carefully created to prepare ambitious students for entrepreneurial careers within the contemporary fashion industry.

An undergraduate degree offered in partnership with the University of West London covering the fundamentals of fashion design and conceptual theory, brand development and communication, as well as practical skills in garment and accessory design.

Entrepreneurship in Design & Brand Innovation

The MA Fashion Entrepreneurship in Design and Brand Innovation has been designed with enterprise creation as a central distinctive feature. Students on the course will establish themselves as freelancers or micro-SMEs and will be encouraged to develop a commercial enterprise from the outset.

Education goes far beyond books, lectures, and passing practical assignments. Our goal is to support your transition from higher education into entrepreneurship or employment where you can hit the ground running.

The flagship London Fashion Academy is located in the heart of Mayfair; a prestigious address just a stone's throw from the city’s most iconic high-fashion emporia.

Our portfolio features a range of courses to suit future fashion pioneers at different stages of their journey, from short courses all the way up to Masters.

20 Hanover Square, Mayfair, London W1S 1JY