Lesson 1: What is Fashion Technology?

Suggested Time: 60 minutes
Overview
Students will gain exposure to design professionals from area schools, learning about fashion design as a form of technology and considering available careers in the field.
Vocabulary
Objectives
Next Generation Science Standards
Required Project Materials
Multimedia Resources
Optional Multimedia Resources
The following resources are great as reference materials throughout the course, or to build in lectures or group work about architecture, the social and ecological factors of design, and more:
Before the Lesson/ Background Information
The Lesson
Part 1: Introduction (15 mins)
  1. Tell the class that they will be learning from real designers today. Work with them to relate fashion design to other types of design, such as architecture, engineering, and interior decorating. What are some skills that are necessary for all of these professions?
  2. Have the students develop some questions to ask the designers.
  3. Introduce the designers.
Part 2: Designer Career Panel (40 mins)
  1. Have the designers sit in front of the class, like a panel.
  2. Each designer should spend five to ten minutes presenting about his or her profession.
  3. Have the class ask the designers questions.
Part 3: Peer Review (5 mins)
  1. Let the class know that during this course, they will learn and practice the elements of design, and become designers themselves by practicing drawing and designing clothes. Then they will engage in a fashion design competition, just like “Project Runway”!
  2. Distribute the supplementary materials Fashion Illustration: Inspiration and Technique and Designer Doodles: Over 100 Designs to Complete and Create that students will use throughout the course, and assign homework from these materials.
Homework Due Next Class
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