Why Critical Fashion Practices?

Critical Fashion Practices is designed for designers, thinkers, and creators who engage in a critical exploration of fashion. You will combine experimentation with reflection and continually place fashion within the context of identity, culture, and society.

This master's programme received an "Excellent" rating in the Keuzegids Masters 2025.

Change the world of fashion

You will develop a critical fashion practice that contributes to a fairer and more just fashion system. Within this programme, you will be given the freedom to formulate, explore, and deepen your own research questions.

An inspiring, interdisciplinary learning community

You will be guided by critical fashion professionals, thinkers, and other experts from the worlds of fashion, art, and design. You will build a network of inspiring peers and guest tutors, and collaborate with the Fashion professorship and other master’s programmes and research groups at ArtEZ.

You decide the form

You will explore different forms of expression, through text, sound, activism, or performance. Think of writing, podcasting, publishing, reading groups, colloquia, curation, and more.