Fashion Theory and Context

Learning Outcomes

Knowledge and Understanding

Having successfully completed this module, you will be able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of:

• identifying and researching a specific historical or contemporary theme related to fashion;
• fashion theory and practice related to global fashion consumption.

Subject Specific Intellectual and Research Skills

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• apply a theoretical approach to a contemporary trend;
• critically analyse fashion consumption related to political, social, ethical and individual business contexts.

Transferable and Generic Skills

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• produce and deliver work of a professional standard;
• communicate effectively using a range of media (for example orally, in writing and through digital media).

This module is structured around developing your knowledge and understanding of fashion. The lectures and seminars will enable you to develop your critical and reflective thinking about fashion and fashion consumption in contemporary and historical contexts, whilst providing you with techniques and research methods to support the development of your own originality and insight into the subject.

Teaching and learning methods

Teaching methods include:

• Lectures
• Seminars
• Workshops
• Tutorials
• E- Learning
• Independent self-study

Learning activities include:

• Group projects
• In class group discussion/ critique
• Peer learning
• Team-work
• Student presentations
• Independent learning (this will involve independent reading, analysis of key concepts, theories, case studies, undertaking research into key topics, guided reading)

Resources & Reading list

General Resources

Websites. http://www.businessoffashion.com - Business of Fashion http://www.dazeddigital.com - Dazed and Confused digital news http://www.lsnglobal.com - LS:N Global http://showstudio.com/ - The home of fashion film http://www.style.com - Vogue online

Journals. International Journal of Fashion Studies Journal of Consumer Cultures Journal of Consumer Research Journal of Fashion Marketing and Management

E-Learning. www.blackboard.soton.ac.uk

Textbooks

Breward, C. (2003). Fashion. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Williamson, J. (2010). Decoding Adverts: Ideology and Meaning in Advertising. London: Marion Boyars.

Hebdige, D. (1979). Subculture: The Meaning of Style. London: Routledge.

Rocamora A, Smellik A (2015). Thinking Through Fashion: A Guide to Key Theorists. London: I.B.Tauris.

Barnard, M. (2007). Fashion Theory: A Reader. London: Routledge.

Wilson, E. (1985). Adorned in Dreams: Fashion and Modernity. London: I B Tauris.

Cumming, V. (2011). Understanding Fashion History. London: Batsford.

Laver, J. (2012). Costume and Fashion: A Concise History. London: Thames & Hudson.

Bruzzi, S. (1997). Undressing Cinema: Clothing and Identity in the Movies. London: Routledge.

Mendes, V. (2010). Fashion Since 1900. London: Thames & Hudson.

Formative

This is how we’ll give you feedback as you are learning. It is not a formal test or exam.

Summative

This is how we’ll formally assess what you have learned in this module.

Referral

This is how we’ll assess you if you don’t meet the criteria to pass this module.

Repeat

An internal repeat is where you take all of your modules again, including any you passed. An external repeat is where you only re-take the modules you failed.

Repeat Information

Repeat type: Internal & External