History of Dress and Fashion: Nineteenth Century to the Present
TXMI 4290/6290
3 hours
History of Dress and Fashion: Nineteenth Century to the Present
Course Description
Interrelationship of dress and social, cultural, political, and economic environments from the late nineteenth century to contemporary times.
Additional Requirements for Graduate Students: Graduate students will be required to enhance the content of the course through additional and more advanced literature searches, writing lengths, and analysis of major questions to be answered.
Athena Title
Hist Dress Fash 19C to Pres
Equivalent Courses
Not open to students with credit in TXMI 4290E
Undergraduate Pre or Corequisite
TXMI 3210 or TXMI 3210E
Semester Course Offered
Offered fall and spring
Grading System
A - F (Traditional)
Student learning Outcomes
Students will participate in an active learning community. Students are expected to take responsibility for their own learning and to encourage one another as well as the instructor to constantly improve the learning environment in the classroom.
Students will develop critical thinking skills that would allow them to interpret and analyze relevant information related to the history of dress while they apply this knowledge to their specific majors and using adequate terminology.
Students will communicate and express opinions, ideas, and concepts in an organized manner, thus making important contributions to the learning process of the class.
Students will comprehend the historic development of clothing and textiles in the context of a specific time period and geographical location with an emphasis on the study of the history of clothing from the mid 1800s thru contemporary times.
Students will identify the influence of cultural values, ethnic background, class, and gender in the development of clothing and textiles during the 20th century with some knowledge building in the 19th and 21st centuries.
Students will identify the influence of customs, art, religion, economy, politics, and technological advancements in the historic development of clothing and textiles.
Students will develop an appreciation for historic clothing and textiles as an inspiration for contemporary designs and trends.
Students will identify specific contributions of the figure of the designer and other fashion innovators in the historical development of clothing and textiles.
Students will determine the relation between specific cultural background and contemporary trends in clothing and textiles.
Students will gain understanding of the interrelatedness of cultural diversity and the development of twentieth century fashion by recognizing multi-cultural influences on fashionable dress. (For the graduate-level course).
Students will develop original research on historic dress demonstrating appropriate research and writing skills.
Students will analyze, evaluate, and cite published research in the historic dress field and evaluate relevant theoretical frameworks.
Topical Outline
Methodology and Historical consideration. Functions of Clothing.
Overview of the Eighteenth Century and its relationship to the development of the
modern fashion system of design and merchandising
Introduction to Romantic Period, Crinoline Period, Bustle Period
Movement through decades of merchandising, design, and lifestyle development in the
20thc
Charles Frederick Worth and the development of Haute Couture
Mass market development of ready to wear, mass sizing, factories
Subculture, pop culture, media developments and advancements
Designers names and accomplishments including projects on under recognized
designers/brands
Art movements such as Art Nouveau, surrealism, pop art, op art, art deco, graffiti
Major designers and brands of Europe and the US also with projects that expand
students knowledge into global design history parallel to the same time period chapters
Gender, war, youth culture, commerce, sport, technology, art, all impacting design and
merchandising history
