class-fashion design
1. Imagine you are part of a fashion club, and you are planning a fashion show at your local community center. One person in your group does not want to include models who have disabilities. What reasons can you provide to persuade this person that the show should include these models? Think about what this course has taught you about active listening, leadership, critical thinking, interpersonal skills, and working in groups. Then explain what reasons this person might give and what you could say in response.
2. Choose a topic from this unit that interests you, such as sustainable fashion, social entrepreneurship, including people with disabilities in the fashion world, or barrier-free design. Describe what you would like a mentor to teach you about this topic. Then describe how you would use your newfound skills to mentor others who have less experience in this area.
3. A group that advocates for barrier-free design has asked you to do some public relations work for them. What is a project that you could suggest to the group that would attract public attention and make people think positively about the group?
4. Find a label inside a garment that you own or that a family member owns. In a paragraph, write down the information for each of the four categories you learned about in the unit: fiber content, country of origin, name of manufacturer or dealer, and care instructions. Is any information missing? Did any of the information surprise you? Use the internet to find out about how far away the country of origin is.
5. In this unit, you learned how the environmental movement affected fashion. Do you take environmental issues into consideration when you buy, make, or wear clothes? If so, why? If not, why not?
