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Fashion Fundamentals
Career and Technical Education, Alabama State Department of Education (ALSDE)
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Fashion Fundamentals introduces students to the design and selection of apparel and textile products. It provides opportunities for students to explore fashion history, fashion design, apparel and construction methods, and sustainability and globalization in fashion. Fashion Fundamentals exposes students to career options in the fashion industry and addresses the safe use of relevant tools and machinery.
Outline the history of fashion and the historical influences on the fashion industryCompare and contrast the work of various key designers, past and present, in the fashion industryInvestigate and report on the role of major domestic and international fashion centers in the creation, displayIdentify, compare, and analyze fashion design trends in the apparel and textile industriesExplain the designer's role in creating fashion trends, citing recent examples of styles and fadsUtilize elements and principles of design to select or create apparelRecognize and describe textiles and construction techniques, using fashion industry terminologyExplain how designer labels, manufacturers, and types of stores influence the marketing and sales of apparelOutline the process of fashion designDescribe and illustrate basic clothing silhouettes and partsAnalyze the effects of different garment styles on various body types, using multiple methods to make comparisonsDemonstrate the procedures involved in using a pre-made pattern, including reading the envelope and instructionsDetermine the cost of constructing, altering, or repairing textile productsProduce or repair an apparel or textile productAssess and describe the quality of the materials and construction of ready-made garments. 84 andInvestigate and explain a variety of methods for recycling, redesigning, and repurposing apparel and textilesResearch and defend a position on an ethical issue facing the textile and apparel industriesResearch and present information on the globalization of the fashion industry