Course Description
Study of relevant writings in fashion theory from disciplines including cultural studies, sociology, anthropology, literary theory, and art criticism. Discussion of issues such as clothes and the body, fashion as communication, fashion and identity, Modern and Post-Modern fashion, politics of fashion, fashion and art, and fashion and history.
Athena Title
FASHION THEORY
Prerequisite
TXMI 4290/6290 or TXMI 4230/6230 or permission of department
Semester Course Offered
Offered fall
Grading System
A - F (Traditional)
Course Objectives
-Research and discuss fashion and dress using a conceptual framework based on existing theories or based in theoretical approaches proposed from an informed perspective. -Analyze, evaluate and cite published research in the field of fashion theory. -Use theory to analyze issues related to fashion and dress in complex frameworks involving cultural, political, economic, aesthetic, gender, communication and historic contexts. -Use critical thinking skills to interpret and analyze relevant information related to fashion theory as applied to specific research and career goals. -Communicate and express opinions, ideas and concepts in an organized manner, thus making important contributions to the learning process of the class.
Topical Outline
-Basic Concepts; Fashion, Dress, Clothing, Appearance, Style, Theory, Fashion Theory. -Fashion and History/Fashion in History, Humanistic traditions in Fashion. -Fashion and Fashion Theories, What Fashion is and is not, what Fashion and Clothing Do. -Fashion and Identity. -Identity and Difference (Sex, Gender, Social Class, Ethnicity, Race, Culture and Subculture). -Geography of Dress, Fashion and Cultural Geography. -Politics of Fashion (Feminism, Marxism, Queer Theory). -Fashion and Semiotics, Fashion and Structuralism, Fashion and Post Structuralism. -Fashion and the Body. -Fashion and Art, Fashion and Literature. -Fashion and the Image. -Fashion in the Media, Fashion and Communication. -Fashion Cycle models, Haute Couture and Street Fashion. -Fashion, Fetish and the Erotic. -Fashion and Economics, The Fashion Business. -Fashion and Globalization, Production and Consumption, Environmental Issues. -Modern and Postmodern Fashion. -Future of Fashion.