MA Historical Costume

Mode of study: Full- or part-time
Study location: AUB Campus
How to apply: Apply directly to us

Overview

The MA Historical Costume course is designed to introduce students with a pre-existing interest in historical clothing to a range of historical costume practices and the fundamentals of research in the field of dress and costume history. It then encourages you to develop an individual specialism in the field that's aligned with your own artistic and professional aspirations, allowing you to demonstrate an advanced level of research and creative output within that specialism.

This course can be studied full- or part-time from September or full-time from January.

Model in an 18th century-style costume as Figaro, facing the camera with a fan in one hand and one panel of his tailcoat, spread out like a wing, in the other hand.

Develop a grounding in different approaches to historical costume.

MA Historical Costume gives you the opportunity to explore archival research, historical making and costume design and styling.

A woman in a period costume sits in a woodland, holding a stem of bluebells and smelling it.

Sharpen practical, research and making skills.

Student projects and interests fall into creative directions including costume for theatre and film, historical costume making, and curation and heritage.