FASHION DESIGN CONCEPT

Paper Code: 
CHSC 415
Credits: 
4
Contact Hours: 
60.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 

This course will enable the students to –

  1. Study origin and theories of clothing.
  2. Impart the knowledge of psychological and social aspect of clothing.
  3. Gain knowledge about design process followed by designers for creating a collection of garments.
  4. Equip students with knowledge of various garment components and apply them in their own designing.

Course Outcomes (COs):

Learning outcomes

(at course level)

Learning and teaching strategies

Assessment

Strategies

  
 

The students will be able to –

 

CO144:Develop understanding of garment components and their application in clothing

CO145:Appraise the work of National and International fashion designers

CO146:Select various elements and principles of textile design and their application in clothing

CO147:Develop concept to identify the flow of fashion movement

CO148:Develop understanding of role of fashion designers in fashion industry

Approach in teaching:

Interactive Lectures, Discussion, Tutorials, Reading assignments

 

Learning activities for the students:

Self-learning assignments, Effective questions, Simulation, presentation, Giving tasks

Class test, Semester end examinations, Quiz, Solving problems in tutorials, Assignments, Presentation

 

  

 

12.00
Unit I: 
Importance of clothing
  • Clothing functions and theories of origin
  • Clothing terminology
  • Individuality and conformity, conspicuous consumption and emulation
  • Selection of clothes for self
  • Selection and Evaluation of ready-made garments

 

12.00
Unit II: 
Fashion Concept
  • Concept of fashion             
  • Terminology
  • Fashion cycle
  • Sources of fashion
  • Factors favoring and retarding fashion
  • Fashion Adoption Process: Trickle Down theory, Trickle up Theory & Trickle Across theory
  • Consumer Groups: Fashion Leaders & Fashion Followers

 

12.00
Unit III: 
: Fashion Centers
  • Role of a Designer
  • Leading Fashion centers and designers

 

 

12.00
Unit IV: 
Components of garment: Classification and Application
  • Fabric, Seams, Stitches, Thread, Shaping methods, Dart equivalents
  • Sleeves, Cuffs, Necklines, Collars, Plackets, Yokes, Pockets and Trims
  • Style variation: Bodice, Skirts, Trousers in various Silhouettes

 

 

12.00
Unit V: 
: Design
  • Elements and Principles of design and its application in clothing
  • Structural and Applied design and its importance on the components of garments.

 

 

Essential Readings: 
  • Brown, Patty, Rice J., 1998, Ready to Wear Apparel Analysis. Prentice Hall.
  • Stone, Elaine and Samples, Jean. A Fashion Merchandising, McGraw Hill Book Company, 1985.
  • Frings, Gini, Stephens, Fashion Concept to Consumer, 3rd ed., Prentice Hall International,     New Jersey, 2008.

 

 

References: 
  • Marilyn, J, Horn. The Second Skin (3rd Edition), Houghton Miffin Company, London.
  • Marshall , Suzanne G., Individuality in Clothing Selection and Personal Appearance, Pearson, Prentice Hall, London 2004
  • Mary Kefgen,In clothing selection & personal appearance, The Macmillan, Company New York.

 

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Academic Year: 
2023-2024
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