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Curriculum Links
- KS3 Design & Technology: Design | Make | Evaluate (Fashion)
Learning Objectives
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Knowledge of developments in fabric technology and 20th Century high street fashion
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Understanding of how high street retailers match their products to fulfill customers' needs in line with new trends
- Skills of identifying popular fashion trends and developments over several decades
Fashion Show Project
KS3 Design and Technology (Fashion)
- Look at the images of old and new fashions (see Resources)
- compare the images
- what is similar about them?
- what is different about them?
- which items do you prefer?
- explain what you like best and least for each one - Create a timeline of all the decades from the 1960s to today. Include a drawing of which clothes were in fashion for each decade (download the M&S Fashion timeline from the Resources section for background information).
- Read the headline and first paragraph of the M&S Orlon advert from 1971. Choose a fashion advert from a modern magazine, or find one online. Prepare your own headline and top paragraph - write a persuasive article encouraging the magazine readers to buy the clothes.
- Design a new item of clothing, or a handbag or holdall, that uses the latest fabrics and materials. Give your reasons for choosing those particular materials.
- Design a survey to find out more about modern clothes. Ask friends, relatives and yourself these questions:
- what are your favourite clothes?
- what are they made of?
- do you prefer man-made or natural fabrics, and what are your reasons?
- list the advantages and disadvantages of man-made fabrics, then do the same for natural fabrics - Polyester is used in clothing fabrics - discuss what sort of items recycled plastic can be made into?
- Who are your favourite fashion designers or brands, and why do you like them?
- Find out what this year's new clothing trends will be (or make a guess!). Design a new fashion item that incorporates features of the latest trend and the retro styles found in the Resources section
- Investigate the influence of art from different cultures and traditions on fashion and design (use the Supporting Links in Resources as a starting point)
- Make final plans for making your designs and a fashion show.
- Write a press release using the downloadable template to advertise your show (see Resources)
Glossary
Persuasive - convincing, forceful
Retro - design style of an earlier time
Capsule collection - a set of several clothing items by the same designer that can be put together in different combinations