FDC 132 - Global Fashion and Culture

1. Relate clothing and personal decoration to meeting basic human psychological needs including historically marginalized groups such as transgender, gay, feminist, U.S. culture and non-Western cultures.
2. Describe the effect of clothing and style on the individual and the group.
3. Describe how the individual and personal styles are increasingly affected by global events and world-wide marketing campaigns.
4. Analyze global fashion trends in relationship to individual and group needs, fears, and expectations.

1. Global Behavior and Dress
   1. Basic psychological needs
   2. Motivation
   3. Habits
   4. Cause and effect cycles
2. The Ritual of Dress
   1. Past
   2. Present
   3. Future
3. Global Fashion for the Masses
   1. Effect of media images
   2. Prediction of trends and uniformity
   3. Rapidly quickening cycles
   4. The world view of clothing and cultural biases
4. Life Stages and Clothing and Image Needs for the Generations
   1. Infancy
   2. School years
   3. Youth culture
   4. Achieving adult status
   5. The stage of multiple choices