Fashion in Credo: Fashion Design

In Fashion Design
Fashion expresses the zeitgeist, or spirit of the times, and therefore mirrors changes in society. In their search for inspiration designers must learn to keep their eyes and ears open: to visit shows, shops, clubs, cafés, galleries, and movies; to read magazines, newspapers, and novels; to party and to listen to music; and, above all, to people-watch and absorb the subtle and incremental aesthetic changes that take place in society.

In Fashion Design
The college studio, Measuring and mapping, The elements of design

In Footwear Design
For some, finding inspiration is easy, for others less so. But where does one find inspiration? Inspiration can come from anything that surrounds you.

In Footwear Design
Your audience is always interested in where your ideas come from, and in your thought processes. Research helps you to put together a collection that derives from a single pool of ideas, thus creating a unifying story for all your pieces.

In Footwear Design
The more research you do, the closer to and more familiar with your theme you will become. Your research should form the basis of the sketchbook.

In Footwear Design
The mood board is a visual summary of your research. It is the ultimate representation of your ideas that sets the mood for your collection.

In Textile Design
As in most design processes, the designer's first step when creating a textile collection is to identify and collect research material.

In In Fashion Design
A textile design degree program fosters an environment that supports a student's professional development, and ensures that after graduation they have the appropriate creative and professional qualities to participate in the world of textiles.

Art education, like other educational trends and movements in American public schools, has been inexorably influenced by the intersection of historical events and conditions, perceived societal needs, and the context of general education.

System of learning a craft or trade from one who is engaged in it and of paying for the instruction by a given number of years of work.

In Fashion Design
The fashion show of an established designer differs markedly from that of a student collection.

In 100 Ideas that Changed Fashion
Life today would be inconceivable without the computer, and it has had a major impact on fashion, from the textile design of a garment, through to its manufacture, marketing and sales. Computer-aided design (CAD) and computer-aided manufacturing (CAM) are now essential tools for the fashion industry.

In 100 Ideas that Changed Fashion
The 1990s was a decade of great change, not least in consumers’ awareness of climate change and other, interrelated environmental issues such as pesticide use, pollution and waste. As global warming became a more widely accepted challenge, so the fashion world started to respond with eco-friendly clothing and eco fashion.

In 100 Ideas that Changed Street Style
After the late 1990s perhaps no single idea would define street-level fashion as distinctly as fast fashion. The industry saw a leap in design, logistics, supply-chain management, and printing and manufacturing technologies that allowed a company to quickly make an affordable ‘copy’ of (or piece ‘inspired by’) designer catwalk fashions the moment they were revealed. As a result, high-street versions of high-fashion styles became available long before the originals.

In Footwear Design
What is the future of footwear design? It is exciting that each year several hundred new footwear design graduates start their careers. Some may start their own labels, while others join companies to work as in-house designers.

Gender roles consist of shared expectations that apply to individuals on the basis of their socially identified sex.

In Fashion Design
The Internet has revitalized many clothing catalog brands and brought in new and challenging forms of supply and marketing (see Chapter 2). The Internet has also transformed the fashion industry as a tool for information, sourcing, and forecasting demand. Fashion is a dynamic and volatile industry and the era of instant access has created huge changes in the way fashion is designed, produced, marketed, and delivered.