2013/2014 Waterloo Collegiate Institute Mrs. Crowell
HNC3C: Understanding Fashion
Course Description:
This course introduces students to the world of fashion. Students will gain an understanding of theories related to fashion trends and of how culture, media, fashion cycles, retailing, and social and environmental factors influence fashion trends and consumer behaviour. Students will use various tools, technologies, and techniques safely and correctly to create fashion items. In addition, students will apply knowledge of fibres, fabrics, and the elements and principles of design when creating and assessing fashion-related products. Students will develop research skills as they investigate topics related to fashion.
Units of Study:
Unit One: Course Introduction- Introduction to Fashion
- Understanding Tools and Technologies
- Introductory Sewing Project (5%)
Unit Two: What is Fashion?
- Introduction to Elements of Fashion
- Individual Research Project (15%)
Unit Three: Fashion Construction
- Examining Elements and Principles of Design
- Fashion Illustration and Design (10%)
- Garment Construction (20%)
Unit Four: Influences on Fashion
- Fashion Cycles and Trends
- Cultural & Media Influences
- Exploration of Influences Assignment (15%)
Unit Five: Marketing Consumer Behaviour
- Understanding Marketing
- Examining Consumer Behaviours
- Fibres, Fabrics and the Environment Project (5%)
Unit Six: Year End Project
- Culminating Assignment (30%)
Dior 2013
“Fashions fade, style is eternal.” – Yves Saint Laurent
Assessment and Evaluation:
Unit 1 / Introductory Sewing Project / 5%Unit 2 / Individual Research Project / 15%
Unit 3 / Fashion Illustration and Design
Garment Construction / 10%
20%
Unit 4 / Exploration of Influences Assignment / 15%
Unit 5 / Fibres, Fabrics and the Environment Project / 5%
Unit 6 / Culminating Assignment / 30%
Achieving Success in this Course:
In order to reach your potential in this course, it is important that you...
- Attend class on a regular basis.
- Complete all sewing projects at school (additional time can be arranged with the teacher).
- All written assignments are to be submitted directly to the teacher.
- You are expected to submit work by the assigned due date. If you do not hand in an assignment on time, you will be subject to the completion policy found in the student planner. Failure to submit your assignments may result in an incomplete mark.
- All W.C.I. students are expected to submit their own original work in order to demonstrate their learning. In the even that cheating or plagiarism occurs, the teacher will consult with the administration team and the following consequences may be implemented:
o the student may be required to redo all or part of the assignment
o the student may be required to complete an alternate assignment
o the student’s work may be treated as a missed assignment (incomplete)
o disciplinary consequences as outlined in the student planner
Student Costs:
In this course, you will be responsible for the cost and purchase of the following items:
- Personal Sewing Kit (scissors, straight pins, pin cushion, seam ripper, measuring tape)
- Patterns (you will have a set of patterns to choose from for the Garment Construction project)
- Fabric (you will choose your own fabric for your patterns)
- Notions (determined by the pattern chosen: buttons, thread, needles, elastic, etc.)
Our Classroom Environment:
You will be expected to respect the space, body, voice, and esteem of others. That is, keep your own objects / items to yourself; only touch a fellow student’s self or possessions after being given permission by that student; do not talk or distract when others are addressing the class or a group; and, allow your fellow students to feel comfortable coming to and participating in class by NOT ridiculing them for the risks they may take (in what they say, think, look like, or wear).
“Style is knowing who you are, what you want to say, and not giving a damn.”
- Orson Welles