Textiles: Clothing Trends and Choices Learning
Description: Textiles: Clothing Trends and Choices Learning Intentions Identify the factors that influence our clothing choices. Investigate the world of fashion. Discuss the ethical and ecological considerations of clothing. Learning Outcomes: 3.8,
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slide1. Textiles: Clothing Trends and Choices<br>
slide2. Learning Intentions Identify the factors that influence our clothing choices.
Investigate the world of fashion.
Discuss the ethical and ecological considerations of clothing. Learning Outcomes: 3.8, 2.5, 2.7, 2.10 Key Skills: Managing information & thinking, being creative, working with others, communicating, being literate, managing myself. Keywords: Textiles, Fashion, Fashion designers, Trends, Fads, Accessories<br>
slide3. Clothing Choices In this activity students write a list of words starting with each letter of the alphabet that relate to factors that influence our choice of clothing. There is no such thing as bad weather, just a bad choice of clothes. A B C D E F
G H I J K L
M N O P Q R
S T U V W X
Y Z<br>
slide4. Alphabetical List of factors that influence our clothing choices<br>
slide5. Alphabetical List of factors that influence our clothing choices Sample<br>
slide6. Explore Fashion is a particular style that is popular for a short time and then replaced by another. Fashions may last just a few months or several years. People follow fashion for many reasons. Complete the Fashion Webquest using the trusted online reference tool called World Book Online. **The Republic of Ireland has unlimited access to World Book Online through Scoilnet! Webquest<br>
slide7. Questions... 1. Clothing is one of people’s most important needs. What is the function of clothes?
2. Describe a fashion fad and give an example of a fashion fad.
3. Where did fashion originate from?
4. People follow fashion for many reasons. Give five reasons why people follow fashion.
5. What is a couturier? Name a popular couturier.
6. Distinguish between couture and ready to wear clothes. Answers can be found in the Fashion article on World Book Online here.<br>
slide8. Irish Fashion Designers Create a profile for one of the fashion designers from the past and from the present. Examples of some fashion designers are given below. You are not restricted to this list. The profile should present the fashion designers style and what influenced the fashion trend or is influencing the fashion trend. *Schools have free access to the Dictionary of Irish Biography. Students could use this to learn more about the fashion designers from the past.<br>
slide9. Factors that influence fashion trends... You now have a better understanding of the factors that influence fashion over time. In pairs, discuss and rate the influences below by era. 1 being the least influential and 5 being the most influential.<br>
slide10. Fashion Trends The average consumer buys more clothing than 15 years ago, and is keeping the clothing half as long. The current fashion trend is Fast Fashion. Fast Fashion increases the output of cheap and disposable fashion. Think-Pair-Share Create a list of possible ways the world can make ethical and sustainable fashion trendy.<br>
slide11. Ethical & Sustainable Fashion:
Buy nothing on ‘Black Friday’ as a campaign to reduce overconsumption.
Upcycle clothes instead of buying new clothes.
Buy second hand clothes.
Reduce the quantity of clothes we buy.
Reuse clothes by mix & matching. Sample<br>
slide12. Ethical & Sustainable Fashion:
Teach the public about slow fashion.
Know where your clothes come from and what they are made from.
Promote the green carpet challenge.
Campaign for more regulations and corporate responsibility. Sample<br>
slide13. Ethical & Sustainable Fashion:
Emphasis the social responsibility to buy ethical and sustainable clothes.
Wash synthetic clothes with a ‘Cora Ball’
Avoid half load laundry washes.
Buy clothes that were made in a fair and responsible way. Sample<br>
slide2. Learning Intentions Identify the factors that influence our clothing choices.
Investigate the world of fashion.
Discuss the ethical and ecological considerations of clothing. Learning Outcomes: 3.8, 2.5, 2.7, 2.10 Key Skills: Managing information & thinking, being creative, working with others, communicating, being literate, managing myself. Keywords: Textiles, Fashion, Fashion designers, Trends, Fads, Accessories<br>
slide3. Clothing Choices In this activity students write a list of words starting with each letter of the alphabet that relate to factors that influence our choice of clothing. There is no such thing as bad weather, just a bad choice of clothes. A B C D E F
G H I J K L
M N O P Q R
S T U V W X
Y Z<br>
slide4. Alphabetical List of factors that influence our clothing choices<br>
slide5. Alphabetical List of factors that influence our clothing choices Sample<br>
slide6. Explore Fashion is a particular style that is popular for a short time and then replaced by another. Fashions may last just a few months or several years. People follow fashion for many reasons. Complete the Fashion Webquest using the trusted online reference tool called World Book Online. **The Republic of Ireland has unlimited access to World Book Online through Scoilnet! Webquest<br>
slide7. Questions... 1. Clothing is one of people’s most important needs. What is the function of clothes?
2. Describe a fashion fad and give an example of a fashion fad.
3. Where did fashion originate from?
4. People follow fashion for many reasons. Give five reasons why people follow fashion.
5. What is a couturier? Name a popular couturier.
6. Distinguish between couture and ready to wear clothes. Answers can be found in the Fashion article on World Book Online here.<br>
slide8. Irish Fashion Designers Create a profile for one of the fashion designers from the past and from the present. Examples of some fashion designers are given below. You are not restricted to this list. The profile should present the fashion designers style and what influenced the fashion trend or is influencing the fashion trend. *Schools have free access to the Dictionary of Irish Biography. Students could use this to learn more about the fashion designers from the past.<br>
slide9. Factors that influence fashion trends... You now have a better understanding of the factors that influence fashion over time. In pairs, discuss and rate the influences below by era. 1 being the least influential and 5 being the most influential.<br>
slide10. Fashion Trends The average consumer buys more clothing than 15 years ago, and is keeping the clothing half as long. The current fashion trend is Fast Fashion. Fast Fashion increases the output of cheap and disposable fashion. Think-Pair-Share Create a list of possible ways the world can make ethical and sustainable fashion trendy.<br>
slide11. Ethical & Sustainable Fashion:
Buy nothing on ‘Black Friday’ as a campaign to reduce overconsumption.
Upcycle clothes instead of buying new clothes.
Buy second hand clothes.
Reduce the quantity of clothes we buy.
Reuse clothes by mix & matching. Sample<br>
slide12. Ethical & Sustainable Fashion:
Teach the public about slow fashion.
Know where your clothes come from and what they are made from.
Promote the green carpet challenge.
Campaign for more regulations and corporate responsibility. Sample<br>
slide13. Ethical & Sustainable Fashion:
Emphasis the social responsibility to buy ethical and sustainable clothes.
Wash synthetic clothes with a ‘Cora Ball’
Avoid half load laundry washes.
Buy clothes that were made in a fair and responsible way. Sample<br>