What Is Fashion? 1 Chapter 1 What Is Fashion? Introducing Fashion.

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  • What Is Fashion? 1 Chapter 1 What Is Fashion? Introducing Fashion
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  • What Is Fashion? 2 Chapter Objectives Explain the different definitions of fashion. Explain the difference between style and design. Identify the needs satisfied by clothing. Discuss the early history of clothing. Identify specific styles in the 20 th century.
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  • Fashion Defined Section 1.1 In the apparel industry, fashion is the existing type of clothing that is preferred by a large segment of the public. To many people, fashion is a current trend that is popular for frivolous reasons. To retailers, fashion is whatever is currently selling. Definitions of Fashion 3
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  • What Is Fashion? 4 Merchandise Categories Fashion retailers group merchandise into categoriesbasic merchandise and fashion merchandise. fashion merchandise- goods that are popular at a particular time Section 1.1 Staple items are in the basic merchandise category. staple items- basic merchandise that customers purchase on a regular basis
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  • What Is Fashion? 5 Fashion Basics To be successful in the fashion industry, designers, producers, marketers, and retailers must have an understanding of basic fashion terms, such as style and design. style a particular shape or type of apparel item identified by the distinct features that make it unique Section 1.1 design a particular or unique version of a style because of a specific arrangement of the basic design elements
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  • Fashion Basics: Section 1.1 Design Elements ColorLine ShapeTexture 6 Design
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  • What Is Fashion? 7 Fashion Basics- 1. Color: Three dimensions of color are: Section 1.1 Huethe quality of the color Valuethe lightness or darkness of a color Intensitythe brightness or dullness of a color 2.Line is an element of design that directs the path of eye movement. Design Elements
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  • What Is Fashion? 8 Fashion Basics- 2.Shape, or silhouette, is the overall form or outline of a garment. 2.Texture is how the surface of a material, or fabric, feels and looks. 3.Function is a 5 th design elements that refers to the intended use or purpose of an object. Section 1.1 Design Elements Continued
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  • What Is Fashion? 9 What Are Fashion Products? Fashion products include: Section 1.1 ClothingAccessories Home Furnishings Fashion is anything that has strong appeal at a given time.
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  • What Is Fashion? 10 Economic Importance Fashion is one of the worlds largest industries. Fashion can be a reflection of the economic environment and of lifestyle and culture. When people are unable to satisfy their basic needs for food and shelter, style becomes less important. Section 1.1
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  • What Is Fashion? 11 What is the difference between style and design? What are four basic elements of design? How do economic conditions affect fashion? 1. 2. 3. Section 1.1 1.1
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  • What Is Fashion? 12 Fashion History
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  • What Is Fashion? 13 Earliest Clothing The earliest clothing dates from about 20,000 B.C. The earliest clothes were developed primarily for protection from the weather and environment. The earliest clothes were made of fur, animal skin, leaves, and grass. Section 1.2
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  • Why People Wear Clothes- People have three basic clothing needs: Section 1.2 Why Clothing ? Physical Needs protection safety Social Needs affiliation/fitting in standards Psychological Needs enhance appearance cultural identity 14
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  • What Is Fashion? 15 Historical Trendsetters George Bryan Beau Brummell - Dandyism 1880s dandyism during the 1880s, a style of dress for men and a lifestyle that celebrated elegance and refinement Section 1.2 Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis Late 1950s-60s Understated elegance The Beatles Mop-top hairstyles Queen Elizabeth I -1600s -Clothing indicator of social status Vogue magazine was first published in 1892 giving more exposure to fashion styles
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  • What Is Fashion? 16 Fashion: 20 th Century to the Present The Early 1900s Section 1.2 In 1909, Vogue features new loose-fitting clothing for women. Women stop wearing corsets. Skirts get a little shorter.
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  • What Is Fashion? 17 Fashion: 20 th Century to the Present The 1920s Section 1.2 Gabrielle Coco Chanel introduces sportswear garments and trousers for everyday wear. Chanel promotes the style of the flappers. Chanel introduces the little black dress.
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  • What Is Fashion? 18 Fashion: 20 th Century to the Present The 1930s1950s Section 1.2 Movie stars set trends for hair makeup, and clothes. To save fabric during wartime, hemlines become shorter. Simple styles represent patriotism during wartime. American designers become more prominent.
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  • What Is Fashion? 19 Fashion: 20 th Century to the Present The 1930s1950s Section 1.2 Womens styles become more traditionally feminine in the 1950s. Christian Dior launches a new style in 1947 called the New Look. New Look a style of the 1940s that featured long hemlines, narrow shoulders, and tightly fitted bodices with long, full, or narrow skirts
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  • What Is Fashion? 20 Fashion: 20 th Century to the Present The 1960s Section 1.2 Social changes, world events, and music affect fashion Hippie style appears. hippie style of the 1960s, a fashion consisting of clothing from the Middle and Far East, bright colors, peasant embroidery, cheesecloth, and safari jackets
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  • What Is Fashion? 21 Fashion: 20 th Century to the Present The 1970s Section 1.2 Disco style appears. disco style of the 1970s, a fashion consisting of gold lam, leopard print, stretch halter jumpsuits, and white clothing that glowed under ultraviolet lighting
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  • What Is Fashion? 22 Fashion: 20 th Century to the Present The 1970s Section 1.2 Punk fashion appears. punk fashion of the 1970s, a style featuring intentionally torn clothing worn by young people with limited income, such as students and the unemployed
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  • What Is Fashion? 23 Fashion: 20 th Century to the Present The 1970s Section 1.2 Feminist movement influences womens styles. feminist movement of the 1970s, the organized effort to establish equal social, economic, and political rights and opportunities for women; influenced womens fashions with shorter hemlines and the pantsuit for the workplace
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  • What Is Fashion? 24 Fashion: 20 th Century to the Present The 1980s Section 1.2 Professional women adopt the power look. Business-casual attire appears. Stretchy, synthetic athletic wear becomes popular. (Spandex)
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  • What Is Fashion? 25 Fashion: 20 th Century to the Present The 1990s Section 1.2 Americans begin dressing less formally. Grunge style appears. grunge a style started by the youth culture in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States in the early 1990s; it is messy, uncombed, and disheveled
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  • What Is Fashion? 26 Fashion: 20 th Century to the Present Fashion Today Section 1.2 Consumers make well-informed choices about what to wear, where to shop, and how much to spend on products Fashion makers and marketers need to be more informed and aware of customer wants and needs.
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  • What Is Fashion? 27 What three basic needs are satisfied by the use of clothing? What was the first fashion magazine and when was it first published? What fashion trends emerged in the 1980s? A. B. C. Section 1.2 1.2
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  • What Is Fashion? 28 1.Define fashion according to retailers. Retailers view fashion as whatever is currently selling. 1.Style is a particular shape or type of apparel item, such as a mini-skirt or Capri pants, identified by the distinct features that make it unique. Style becomes fashion when it becomes popular. 2. The four elements of design include: color, with dimensions of hue, value, and intensity; line, or distinct, elongated marks that direct the path of eye movement; shape, the overall form or outline of a garment; and texture, or how the surface of a material feels and looks. 3.physical needs, psychological needs, and social needs 4. continued Checking Concepts 2.Explain the meaning of style. 3.Discuss the four elements of design. 4.Name three needs satisfied by clothing.
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  • What Is Fashion? 29 5.Identify the materials used to make clothing as early as 20,000 B.C. Early clothing was made of natural products such as fur, animal skin, leaves, and grass. 5.Queen Elizabeth I6.1940s fashion was affected by Hollywood styles, World War II, technological developments such as synthetic fibers, and French designer Christian Dior. 7. continued Checking Concepts 6.Name a person in England who influenced fashion in the 16 th century. 7.Identify some factors that affected fashion in the 1940s.
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  • What Is Fashion? 30 Critical Thinking Checking Concepts 8.Discuss how the feminist movement may have influenced clothing styles in the 1970s. The feminist movement focused on social, economic, and political equality for women, and influenced styles such as shorter skirts and the pantsuit for the workplace. 8.
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  • What Is Fashion? 31 The End


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