Course: Contemporary Fashion Trends

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Course title Contemporary Fashion Trends
Course code KDU/FDSTM
Organizational form of instruction Lecture
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 2
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Ivančic Pavel, MgA.
Course content
Weeks 1 - 13 Analysis of various fashion houses, typical product features, icon - product, merchandising, image, identity, communication and stimulation of the customer. Strategy of large ready-made clothing companies in comparison with large fashion houses. Influence of advertising, film, music, theater, art and current events in society, culture and art; their impact on the evolution of fashion. The World's Trends studios. Street-style development and its subsequent popularization in fashion. Sub-cultures. Current events in the Haute Couture and Pret-a-porter and fashion strategies - the world's textile trade fairs, symposiums, fashion weeks, competitions. Analysis of the student's own style in the context of world fashion brands.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Lecture supplemented with a discussion, Collaborative instruction, Cooperative instruction, Discussion, Instruction based on dialogue, Multimedia supported teaching, Students' portfolio, One-to-One tutorial, Individual study, Students' self-study, Lecture with visual aids
  • Contact hours - 26 hours per semester
  • Undergraduate study programme term essay (20-40) - 15 hours per semester
  • Presentation preparation (report) (1-10) - 10 hours per semester
prerequisite
Knowledge
structuring and processing search reports, about drawing procedures and composing 3D product sketches in 3D editors and free hands, technical and technological procedures for processing a 3D product model or a prototype of less demanding input (seat, head restraint, headlight housing, etc.)
Skills
sketches the design variants of the produced product with respect to its technical functionality and aesthetic qualities, selects the most dramatic variant with regard to the input (style and target group), creates a 3D model of a simpler product (saddle, headrest, headlamp body, etc.) in the appropriate scale,
Competences
N/A
N/A
N/A
learning outcomes
Knowledge
of current strategies in the world of fashion, designing variants with a view to correctly linking the function and aesthetic criteria of the product using even unconventional methods, of basic materials used for textile production and specifics of their usage and processing,
Skills
to understand the present situation in this field including the analysis and historical context of fashion design, to freely reflect and analyze current developments in the field of fashion, to respond and appropriately use the knowledge gained in the studio training for the implementation of semester works and semester projects
teaching methods
Knowledge
Lecture with visual aids
Individual study
Skills
Skills demonstration
Individual study
One-to-One tutorial
Competences
Discussion
assessment methods
Knowledge
Individual presentation at a seminar
Continuous assessment
Skills
Seminar work
Skills demonstration during practicum
Competences
Individual presentation at a seminar
Recommended literature
  • aktuální časopisy a publikace o designu, modě a umění.
  • Baudot, Francois. Móda století. Vyd. 1. Praha : Ikar, 2001. ISBN 80-7202-943-6.
  • Breward, Ch. The London look: fashion from street to catwalk. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2004. ISBN 0-300-10399-9.
  • Hrubá, Věra. Tvůrci světové módy. Vyd. 1. Plzeň : Nava, 2000. ISBN 80-7211-040-3.
  • Jarošová, Helena. Současná česká móda. Praha, 2002.
  • Máchalová, Jana. Móda 20. století. Praha : Nakladatelství Lidové noviny, 2003. ISBN 80-7106-587-0.
  • Turnerová, Lowri. Gianni Versace : poslední císař módy. Vyd. 1. [Plzeň] : NAVA, 1998. ISBN 80-7211-017-9.


Study plans that include the course
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