Fashion Design

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Teaches the process of designing and creating clothing, from sketching to patternmaking to construction, including trends and forecasts.

History of Fashion Design: Covers the evolution of fashion and costume design over time, including notable designers, styles, trends, and movements.
Textiles: Covers the types of fabrics, their characteristics, properties, and how they are used in fashion and costume design.
Fashion Illustration: Covers the techniques for drawing figures and garments, developing visual narratives, and creating mood boards.
Color Theory: Covers the basics of hue, saturation, and temperature, and how they can be used together to create visual impact.
Design Principles: Covers the fundamentals of design, including proportion, balance, contrast, repetition, and unity.
Garment Construction: Covers the techniques used in creating garments, including pattern cutting, draping, stitching, and finishing.
Costume Design: Covers the process of designing costumes for plays, films, and other performing arts, including character analysis, research, design, and production.
Fashion Trends: Covers the identification and analysis of emerging fashion trends, and how to incorporate them into designs.
Fashion Business: Covers the business side of fashion, including marketing, branding, merchandising, and retail.
Fashion Photography: Covers the art of fashion photography, including composition, lighting, and storytelling.
Fashion Journalism: Covers the role of fashion journalism in creating fashion identities and narratives.
Ethics in Fashion: Covers the impact of fashion on social, economic, and environmental issues, and how to make fashion more sustainable.
Fashion Technology: Covers the use of technology in fashion, including digital design tools, 3D printing, and wearable technology.
Textile Science: Covers the study of the structure, composition, and properties of textiles, and their applications in fashion and costume design.
Fashion and Culture: Covers the ways that fashion reflects and influences culture, both locally and globally.
Haute couture: A style of high-end fashion design that involves detailed, intricate workmanship and high-quality materials. Garments are often customized for individual clients.
Ready-to-wear: A style of fashion that involves designing clothes for the mass market. Ready-to-wear garments are produced in standard sizes and are sold in retail stores.
Streetwear: A style of fashion that originated in urban areas and is characterized by a casual, relaxed look. It often includes elements of hip-hop, skateboarding, and other subcultures.
Sportswear: A style of fashion that is designed for sports and other physical activities. It often includes materials that are lightweight, breathable, and stretchable.
Swimwear: A style of fashion that is designed for swimming, sunbathing, and other beach activities. It often includes materials that are quick-drying, waterproof, and UV-resistant.
Lingerie: A style of fashion that focuses on intimate apparel such as bras, panties, and other undergarments. It often involves delicate materials such as lace, silk, and satin.
Bridal wear: A style of fashion that is designed for brides and their wedding parties. It often includes traditional designs and materials such as lace, tulle, and ivory.
Costume design: A type of fashion design that focuses on creating costumes for theatrical productions, films, and television. It often involves researching historical periods and creating designs that accurately reflect the time period.
Dancewear: A style of fashion that is designed for dancers and their performances. It often involves stretchable materials and designs that allow for ease of movement.
Uniform design: A type of fashion design that focuses on creating uniforms for different industries such as healthcare, military, and hospitality. It often involves designing practical, functional garments that reflect the brand or institution's image.
Accessories design: A type of fashion design that involves creating complementary pieces that can be worn with clothing, such as jewelry, bags, hats, and shoes.
Childrenswear: A style of fashion that is designed for infants, toddlers, and children. It often involves playful designs and materials that are comfortable and durable.
Menswear: A style of fashion that is designed for men, including casual, formal, and business attire.
Womenswear: A style of fashion that is designed for women, including casual, formal, and business attire.
Maternity wear: A style of fashion that is designed for pregnant women, including clothing that is comfortable, practical, and stylish.
"Fashion design is the art of applying design, aesthetics, clothing construction and natural beauty to clothing and its accessories."
"A fashion designer creates clothing, including dresses, suits, pants, and skirts, and accessories like shoes and handbags, for consumers."
"He or she can specialize in clothing, accessory, or jewelry design, or may work in more than one of these areas."
"It is influenced by culture and different trends."
It "has varied over time and place."
"Applying design, aesthetics, clothing construction, and natural beauty to clothing and its accessories."
"A fashion designer creates clothing ... for consumers."
"Accessories like shoes and handbags."
"He or she may work in more than one of these areas."
"To apply design, aesthetics, clothing construction, and natural beauty to clothing and its accessories."
"It is influenced by culture ..."
"Fashion design includes clothing, accessories, and jewelry design."
"Dresses, suits, pants, and skirts."
"It has varied over time ..."
"The art of applying design, aesthetics, clothing construction, and natural beauty ..."
"Shoes and handbags."
"Clothing, accessory, or jewelry design."
"Design, aesthetics, clothing construction, and natural beauty."
"Consumers."
"It is influenced by ... different trends."