Resources and Links for Fashion Design Curriculum
Web sites of interest:
Students can read about the Career Outlook for Fashion Design for homework which I have created here.
In addition, have students research Pinterest and You Tube for tutorials and inspiration ideas. I have over 1000 pins set aside in a Fashion board for them to peruse with all related topics to the class. Click here to view my Pinterest board on fashion design. It has amazing ideas, great links and research to share on the subject of fashion design!
Other Fashion Design Websites I recommend:
In addition, have students research Pinterest and You Tube for tutorials and inspiration ideas. I have over 1000 pins set aside in a Fashion board for them to peruse with all related topics to the class. Click here to view my Pinterest board on fashion design. It has amazing ideas, great links and research to share on the subject of fashion design!
Other Fashion Design Websites I recommend:
- www.style.com
- www.fashionshowroom.com
- www.fashion.net
- www.fashionguide.com
- www.projectrunway.com
- Famous Tim Gunn quotes
- Art Around- a blog by another art educator, Joy Schultz, who teaches Fashion Design recycle projects.
Museum Exhibits on Fashion
Textiles and Fashion Art- Museum of Fine Arts Boston
http://www.mfa.org/collections/textiles-and-fashion-arts?utm_source=google&utm_medium=google-grant&utm_content=fashion&utm_campaign=fashion-fashion
The Chicago Art Institute. This awesome museum often has an exhibits about Fashion. Here are three recent ones:
Impressionism, Fashion, and Modernity
Were the Impressionists fashionistas? And what role did fashion play in their goal to paint modern life with a “modern” style? This is the subject of the internationally acclaimed exhibition Impressionism, Fashion, and Modernity, the first to uncover the fascinating relationship between art and fashion
http://www.artic.edu/exhibition/impressionism-fashion-and-modernity
Material Translations: Japanese Fashion In the 1980s, Japanese designers carried out a momentous redefinition of dress with exciting runway presentations that expressed new philosophical and artistic points of view.
Fashion Design School of the Art Institute of Chicago
http://www.mfa.org/collections/textiles-and-fashion-arts?utm_source=google&utm_medium=google-grant&utm_content=fashion&utm_campaign=fashion-fashion
The Chicago Art Institute. This awesome museum often has an exhibits about Fashion. Here are three recent ones:
Impressionism, Fashion, and Modernity
Were the Impressionists fashionistas? And what role did fashion play in their goal to paint modern life with a “modern” style? This is the subject of the internationally acclaimed exhibition Impressionism, Fashion, and Modernity, the first to uncover the fascinating relationship between art and fashion
http://www.artic.edu/exhibition/impressionism-fashion-and-modernity
Material Translations: Japanese Fashion In the 1980s, Japanese designers carried out a momentous redefinition of dress with exciting runway presentations that expressed new philosophical and artistic points of view.
Fashion Design School of the Art Institute of Chicago