With this postgraduate diploma in Fashion Criticism , you will be able to form fully informed critiques of the great brands in design: Valentino, Balenciaga, Gucci or Dior”

As the world of fashion undergoes radical changes from one season to another, Fashion Critics have a great responsibility and weight within the industry, since they are the main link between big brands and their customers. Thus, critics are prestigious figures supported by a broad historical and social knowledge of everything in fashion. 

This postgraduate diploma in Fashion Criticism aims to provide students with all the skills required to responsibly engage in fashion criticism from a professional perspective, as well as a full understanding of the fundamentals of journalism that will ensure proper and professional communications.  

This knowledge will allow students to distinguish themselves as critics of reputed prestige within their field, thanks to their professional expertise and specific studies of the history of fashion. 

The program is 100% online, so students have the freedom to adjust their study schedules to their own pace and interests, without the need to commute to a physical center or attend specific classes. The course load, which is greatly supported by audiovisual material, will be available at all times during the program from any device with an Internet connection.  

You will be among the fashion elite that connect the best designers with the general public”

This postgraduate diploma in Fashion Criticism contains the most complete and up-to-date program on the market. Its most outstanding features are:  

• Practical cases presented by experts in fashion with a focus on criticism 
• The graphic, schematic and practical contents of the book provide theoretical and practical information on those disciplines that are essential for professional practice
• Practical exercises where self-assessment can be used to improve learning
• Its special emphasis on the importance of fashion and how to properly critique it 
• Theoretical lessons, questions to the expert, debate forums on controversial topics, and individual reflection assignments 
• Content that is accessible from any fixed or portable device with an Internet connection 

You will have privileged access to collections and pieces before anyone else, being able to comment and analyze them down to the smallest detail”

The program includes, in its teaching staff, professionals from the sector who bring to this program the experience of their work, in addition to recognized specialists from prestigious reference societies and universities.

Its multimedia content, developed with the latest educational technology, will provide the professional with situated and contextual learning, i.e., a simulated environment that will provide an immersive education programmed to learn in real situations.

This program is designed around Problem-Based Learning, whereby students must try to solve the different professional practice situations that arise throughout the program. For this purpose, students will be assisted by an innovative, interactive video system created by renowned and experienced experts.

You will be prepared to attend the most prestigious catwalks, with front row seats so you can see, analyze and detail all the collections presented"

Your career will take a leap forward into the world of fashion when your reviews are backed up by the knowledge you'll gain on this postgraduate diploma"

This postgraduate diploma contains all the knowledge students need to learn how to make a reasoned, complex but understandable critique for their audience, demonstrating their high-level knowledge and professional expertise. The following is a list of all the objectives, both general and specific and organized by moduled, so students can have a general understanding of what they are going to learn by taking this postgraduate diploma in Fashion Criticism . 

If your goal is to become a reputable practitioner in fashion media, you are in the right place to achieve it”  

General Objectives

• Analyze the global context of fashion and how it affects society 
• Understand how fashion has evolved over the years 
• Become familiar with the great male and female figures in fashion, who remain influential today 
• Contextualize communication in the fashion world and the most common media outlets: from magazines to modern social networks 
• Understand the main journalistic values in the world of fashion 
• Study communicative psychology in depth and know how to apply it in daily practice 

Specific Objectives

Module 1. History of Fashion 

• Associate formal and symbolic language with functionality in the field of fashion 
• Justify the contradictions between fashion luxury and ethical values
• Reflect on the impact of innovation and quality of fashion production, ready-to-wear and low cost fashion on quality of life and of the environment 
• Know and value the historical uses and ways in which fashion has been resorting to the construction of imaginaries
• Know how to make correct denotative and connotative readings of fashion images

Module 2. Fundamentals of Journalism 

• Master the journalistic tradition from its origins to the present day, focusing on the main media outlets, journalists and important news coverage 
• Analyze the types of newspapers that exist and their contents
• Documenting news processes and handling new technologies related to the treatment of documents
• Know the main journalistic tools and their selection criteria
• Express and act on public opinion, using all the methods, languages and technological supports available to journalism today (press, radio, television and networks)
• Know and analyze the elements of the newspaper 

Module 3. Magazines 

• Know the particularities that define the magazine as a medium of written journalism, its typology and the segmentation of its market
• Know the tradition and historical background of written communication technology and journalistic design 
• Analyze and identify the different components of a magazine
• Know the magazine, its specificities and the publishing market

Enroll now in this postgraduate diploma to begin your career as a renowned fashion critic”