Class-Fashion Design
Step 1: Use Your Imagination
In this unit, you have learned about people who have different types of disabilities yet want clothes and accessories that are stylish and functional. What kind of garment or accessory would you design that would be of practical use to someone who has a disability?
Step 2: Conduct Some Research
If you have a disability, think about which garments or accessories help you and which frustrate you. If you know someone who has a disability, you may want to ask that person’s permission to discuss how certain garments or accessories make life easier or harder. You can also use the internet to research disabilities.
Step 3: Generate Ideas
Think about a product that you could design that would help someone with a disability. This could include:
• a messenger bag or backpack for a person who uses a wheelchair and has limited upper-body mobility
• a purse for someone with arthritis
• a skirt that does not tangle in a wheelchair
• a shirt or dress that does not require the use of buttons and does not have to be pulled over the head
Step 4: Choose an Idea and Get It on Paper
Make a labeled sketch of the idea you like best. If you don’t want to sketch your idea, you can describe it in a paragraph instead.
Class-Fashion Design
Step 1: Use Your Imagination
In this unit, you have learned about people who have different types of disabilities yet want clothes and accessories that are stylish and functional. What kind of garment or accessory would you design that would be of practical use to someone who has a disability?
Step 2: Conduct Some Research
If you have a disability, think about which garments or accessories help you and which frustrate you. If you know someone who has a disability, you may want to ask that person’s permission to discuss how certain garments or accessories make life easier or harder. You can also use the internet to research disabilities.
Step 3: Generate Ideas
Think about a product that you could design that would help someone with a disability. This could include:
• a messenger bag or backpack for a person who uses a wheelchair and has limited upper-body mobility
• a purse for someone with arthritis
• a skirt that does not tangle in a wheelchair
• a shirt or dress that does not require the use of buttons and does not have to be pulled over the head
Step 4: Choose an Idea and Get It on Paper
Make a labeled sketch of the idea you like best. If you don’t want to sketch your idea, you can describe it in a paragraph instead.