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Dec 13, 2024
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2022-2023 College Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
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FDC 141 - Introduction to Fashion Design 3 Credits, 3 Contact Hours 3 lecture periods 0 lab periods
Survey of the business of apparel manufacturing and fashion design. Includes history of the industry, careers in fashion, designing the garment, influences on design, and organization of a clothing line.
Gen-Ed: Meets AGEC - FA; Meets CTE - A&H
Course Learning Outcomes
- Describe the fashion industry and how it functions.
- Identify the skills needed for specific careers in the fashion industry.
- Describe the essential aspects of the apparel manufacturing process.
- Apply design principles to garment design and line development.
Outline:
- History of the Industry
- Unions and Laws
- Successful Designers and their Impact of Fashion and Retail Market
- Transition from Custom Designer to Mass-Market and World Market
- Careers in Fashion
- Designer, Assistant Designer, and Sample Maker
- Draping
- Pattern Making
- Production
- Manager
- Patternmakers
- Cutters
- Retail Merchandising
- Stylist
- Buyers
- Sales Representatives
- Marketing
- Visual Merchandising
- Advertising
- Journalist
- Photographer
- Illustrators, Web Designers
- Social Media
- Designing the Garment
- Principles of Design
- Fabric Applications
- Influences on Design
- Magazines
- Film, Celebrities
- Social Media and Bloggers
- Organization of an Apparel Line
- The Target Market
- Developing the Line
- Introduction to textiles
- Marketing the Line
- Adjusting the Line
- Final Presentation
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