What is fashion?

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Transcript What is fashion?

What do vertical lines do to a body?

Vertical lines

in clothes tend to make the body look

taller and thinner

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Think in Multiples

Take a cue from Jackie O, who had a closet full of sheath dresses. If you find an especially flattering fit right off the rack, go ahead and buy doubles. When it works, why question it?

 Attendance Keeper  Megan (1 st Six Weeks)  Haley (2 nd Six Weeks)  Classroom Manager  Jessica (All Trimester)  Shayla (All Trimester)  Paper Passer Outer  Mirjeta (All Trimester)  Bell Ringer Collector  Grade Recorder

 Bell Ringer / Fashion Tip (5 minutes)  Lecture and Notes (25 minutes)  Take notes via Flipbook and notebook  Finish your body shape sketches and glue in your notebook (40 minutes)

 I can explain the different definitions of fashion  I can identify the merchandise categories of fashion  I can explain the difference between style and design  I can explain the elements of design.

 Log-on to www.edmodo.com

 From home it is www.jcps.edmodo.com

 Create a new account or log-in using an existing account.

 Group code is:

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  Update your profile.

Click the small group ‘Introductions’ and answer the three questions that I have already posted on the classroom wall.

 Sign-up for www.pinterest.com

and www.polyvore.com

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 Explore the websites. Pin fashion items. Create fashion boards.

 Decorate the front of you notebook with images from magazines that represent your style.

 Number the pages in your notebook from 1 – 50.

Back of your notebook cover.

Table of Contents Table of Contents Table of Contents 1 2 3

Topic Chapter 1 Vocabulary Chapter 1 Vocabulary Elements of Design Flip Book Chapter 1 Notes. Introducing Fashion Color Schemes Chapter 1 Notes. Introducing Fashion Body Shape Outfits Chapter 1 Notes. Introducing Fashion Page # 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11

Chapter 1 Vocabulary Words Staple Item Dandyism Punk Fashion Hippie Style Chapter 1 Vocabulary Words

Staple Items Fashion Merchandise Style Design Garment Dandyism New Look Hippie Style Disco Style Punk Fashion Feminist Movement Grunge -

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6 Elements of Design Flip Book

Elements of Design

Chapter 1 Notes. Introducing Fashion Style becomes a fashion when….

4 Elements of Design Color Line Shape Texture 7

8 Color Schemes Chapter 1 Notes. Introducing Fashion Style becomes a fashion when….

4 Elements of Design Color Line Shape Texture 9

Body Shape Outfits Outfits that work: Chapter 1 Notes. Introducing Fashion Style becomes a fashion when….

4 Elements of Design Color Line Shape Texture Outfits that DO NOT work: 10 11

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Staple Items Fashion Merchandise Style Design Garment Dandyism New Look Hippie Style Disco Style Punk Fashion Feminist Movement Grunge

 On the RIGHT-HAND side of page 5, find the definition on the Internet for each of following vocabulary words. Be sure that the definitions are FASHION related.

 On the LEFT-HAND side of the page draw pictures or clip images from a magazine that illustrates at least six of the vocabulary words.

 On the RIGHT-HAND side of pages, you will take notes on specific elements of the lecture.

 Any slide that has a is important information. Summarize the slide and put what you think you will have a hard time remembering or may beneficial on a test.

 The LEFT-HAND side of the page will be used for you to show that you know the content.  Today, I will give you specific things to put on the left hand side….but that isn’t always the case.

 Fashion can be an existing type of clothing that is preferred by a large segment of the public at a given time. (skinny jeans)  Fashion can be a current trend that is popular (graphic leggings)  Fashion can be a precise style of dress or behavior that may be acceptable in one year and not in another (rubber banding your jeans)  Fashion can be whatever is currently selling (colorful jeans)  Fashion can be a way of social interaction (VS’s PINK)

 Fashion represents billions of dollars in sales to businesses involved with the design, production, distribution, and marketing of fashion merchandise.

 Fashion retailers group merchandise into categories – basic merchandise (staple item) and fashion merchandise.

Basic merchandise items that customers

purchase on a regular basis, such as men’s socks or children’s sleepwear.

 Retailers know customers’ purchasing habits of these items and keep the merchandise in stock at all time.

Includes goods that are popular at a particular time.

 Customers may see merchandise advertised in print and through the Internet or displayed in stores, and then purchase it.  Keeping fashion merchandise in the stores is sometimes a difficult task for retailers.

 Sales vary based on the styles customers want at different times.

A particular shape or type of apparel item, such as a mini-skirt or Capri pant, identified by the

distinct features that make it unique.

A style becomes a fashion when it becomes popular. It remains a fashion as long as it is accepted.

While fashion constantly changes, style remains constant. Many external factors can influence style, including social, technological, regulatory, competitive, and economic factors.

A particular or unique version of a style because of a specific arrangement of the basic design elements.

The 4 basic elements of design are color, line, shape, and texture.

 Design is an important part of the development of fashion because it establishes the appearance of the finished product.  A V-neck sweater is a specific style, but its design can vary based on the color and texture of the fabric, or sleeve length.

COLOR LINE

 Critical element of design and may be the most important.

 A retail customer may select a garment solely because of it’s color.

Garment – any article of clothing, such as a

dress, suit, coat, or sweater.

 Using colored pencils, color in the color wheel that is in your Elements of Design flip book.

Hue: Quality of color

Names the color at full value: red, blue, green, etc.

Tint: Hue mixed with white.

Tone: Hue mixed with true gray.

Shade: Hue mixed with black.

Hue Tint Tone Shade

 A color scheme is a choice of different colors.

 Color schemes are used to create style and appeal.

 There are SIX main color schemes.

One color plan using different tints, shades, and intensities of the same hue.

 Restful to the eye because unity results from just one color.

 In order to break up the palette, pair with black or white for a nice crispy and chic look.

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Uses neighboring, or adjacent colors on the color wheel.

Sometimes called a ‘related’ color scheme 2 or 3 related colors.

In clothing, choose different values and intensities for some contrast.

Provides your outfit with harmony.

Uses opposite hues on the color wheel.

 They have great contrast.

 The colors look even brighter when they are used side-by-side.

 Three colors 

Combines one color with the two colors on the sides of its complement.

Combines three colors equidistant on the wheel.

 Great contrast  To soften the contrast, choose to combine pleasing values and intensities.

Combines white, black, gray, or sometimes beige with bright color accent.

 Very pleasing to the eye and very versatile in fashion.

 Glue or tape each character in your notebook  Color each character in one of the following color schemes:      Monochromatic Analogous Complementary Split Complementary Triad Color Scheme  Accented Neutral Color Scheme  Label each character with the color scheme

Monochromatic Triad Color Scheme Analogous Complementary Accented Neutral Split Complementary

        Some colors are warm, and some are cool. Warm colors are those colors which are related to red , orange and yellow . They are also described as advancing. This means the colors visually stand out. Clothes of warm, advancing colors seem to make the body appear larger . Cool colors are those colors which are related to blue colors seem to recede, making the body appear smaller .

and green . These White and light colors tend to make the body look larger . Black and dark colors tend to make the body look smaller . Bright colors tend to make the body appear larger .

Dull colors tend to make the body appear smaller .

When combining colors in an outfit, consider the effects of sharp contrasts.  Strong color contrasts make the body appear shorter because the eye stops at the line of contrast.

 Element of design that directs the path of eye movement. 

A line is distinct, elongated mark that directs the eye up and down, side to side, or around an object.

 Construction details of a garment, such as seams and darts, create lines.

Vertical lines

in clothes tend to make the body look

taller and thinner

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Horizontal lines

have the opposite effect. They tend to make the body look

shorter and wider.

 Diagonal lines add a feeling of movement to any design.  If they are fairly vertical, they make the eye move up and down, as vertical lines do.  If they are fairly horizontal, they make the eye move across, as horizontal lines do.

The overall form or outline of a garment.

 Key design feature that occupies the minds of the designers, manufacturers, and retailers.

 Three basic shapes in fashion: straight, bell shaped, and bustle shaped

 Pick up a copy of an article that relates the most to your own body shape or a shape that interests you.

 Boys – take Oval.

 Read the tips in regards to clothing items that your shape should wear and should avoid wearing.

 Sketch an outfit that would look appealing to someone with that shape and explain WHY.

 Cut the doll out and glue it in your notebook.

 Sketch an outfit that would NOT look appealing to someone with that shape and explain WHY!

 Cut the doll out and glue it in your notebook.

How the surface of a material, or fabric, feels and looks.

 Fibers, yarns, and the method of fabric construction can determine texture.

 Different terms used to describe texture: smooth,

rough, dull, shiny, delicate, fine, shaggy, or flat.

 Texture can affect the appearance of shape, giving a bulky or slender look, depending on the roughness or smoothness of the shape.

 Texture can also influence the drape, or how a garment falls.

The body appears smaller.

 Reveals figure.

Makes the body appear larger, as light reflects off the garment.

 Fabrics with dull textures absorb light.

They have a slenderizing effect.

 Some fabrics are crisp and stiff. They are great for

either making a body appear larger or hiding irregularities in a body shape.

 Rough and bulky textures also make a body look larger.

 Large plaids and wide stripes that are bold in color will

make a person look shorter and wider.

 Small plaids or patterns, without much color contrast, tend to

make the body look smaller.

Patterns should be in proportion to body size.

A very large design overpowers a small body frame. A very small design seems lost on a large body frame

 The intended purpose of an object.

 Fashion is expected to function in various ways, including to beautify, to adorn, to express, to identify, to protect, and to even provide therapy.

 Clothing  Garments used to cover the body  Accessories  Articles that complete or enhance an outfit  Home Furnishings  Anything in the home used for decorative purposes, curtains, slipcovers, pillows, pictures, etc)

 Changes in fashion reflect shifts in the economy and the makeup of the population.

 Serves as a historical record of culture and lifestyle.

 Reflection of the economic environment.

When people are unable to satisfy their basic needs for food and shelter, style becomes less important.

 Sketch a ‘fashion merchandise’ garment of your choice. (tank, dress, skirt, t-shirt, jeans)  Using the 4 Elements of Design (Color, Line, Shape, Texture) design the garment to meet your style guidelines.

 Below the garment, discuss why you chose each of the 4 elements and how each element works for specific body types.

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What is the difference between style and design?

What are the four basic elements of design?

How do economic conditions affect fashion?

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