Fashion Design I

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Course Description: Fashion and Apparel I involves students in critical thinking through fashion, consumer awareness, clothing selection and care, garment construction, technology, and careers. The skills and techniques that are developed through hands-on application can be applied to many careers in today’s society. (18 weeks of instruction)

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Items that can be made by teens, many as a beginner project to give first hand experience to using the sewing machine, tools and learning sewing terminology.

An exhibit of American fashion from 1740 to 1895 located at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC.

This lesson starts off with a brief video on fashion cycles.  Students then read an article and complete a handout about the top styles and fads since 1950.  They then complete an interview on someone at least 10 years older than them on the fashions and events that were popular and happening while they were in high school.  Next, they will learn about the social and economical influences on clothing by looking at their interviews and a powerpoint.  The students then learn about other influences on clothing and examine their own influences.  Last, they will complete an assessment where they have to use the information they learned to make a clothing decision.

This is lesson 3 in a series of lessons that are part of the project, Fashion History. Throughout this project students will learn garment parts and styles and the history of clothing and fashion cycles. They end with a project where they work through the fashion design process to create an outfit that has a current, modern feel, but has colors and styles from a previous decade.

Students do concept drawings and create clothing outfits or costumes from a particular fashion period when studying fashion history using newspaper and tape only.

After studying the history of fashion, students will take one of their favorite fairy tale characters and design a new outfit for them based on a time period of choice. (For example: What would the Little Mermaid look like in a 80's outfit? How about Little Red Riding Hood in a flapper dress?) Students have a lot of fun applying what they have learned about the history of fashion.

Neckties are used for a variety of reasons - from conservative business (an attorney, doctor) to formal events (weddings, court appearances) to active people (working with kids, the design field). This variety gives the designer many options.

This lesson is the third of four lessons where students will create a "line of neckties" for a "high end" department store such as Nordstrom's or Bloomingdale's. In this lesson, students will apply knowledge from previous lessons to design four neckties using the elements and principles of design and pricing concepts The project will culminate in Lesson 4 with a marketing brochure to share their line.

How might visual artists use music as a tool for inspiration, and how might sound be reflected through art?  This assignment reinforces the elements and principles of design.