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Faculty of Education and Arts

School: Communications and Arts

This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.

  • Unit Title

    Contextualising the Garment

  • Unit Code

    FAS3101

  • Year

    2015

  • Enrolment Period

    1

  • Version

    2

  • Credit Points

    15

  • Full Year Unit

     N

  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus

Description

This unit looks at process, intent and context within contemporary fashion, including the progression between ideas, design and production. It will include a cultural and contextual analysis of the work of local and international designers and artists who use body and garment as context for their work. The relationship between haute couture and ready to wear will be examined as a context for this project.

Prerequisite Rule

Students must pass 2 units from FAS2101, FAS2103

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Contextualise contemporary fashion in relation to performance, design and art practice.
  2. Create designs and samples for a self directed fashion collection.
  3. Demonstrate ability to analyse work methodology and global context in a written essay of academic standard with APA referencing.
  4. Discuss the ideologies of haute couture and ready-to-wear.
  5. Discuss the work of local and international contemporary fashion designers, collections and/or relevant artists.

Unit Content

  1. Collection design and concept outline.
  2. Critical review.
  3. Discussion on the work of relevant critical designers/ artists.
  4. Presentation of work through oral discussion and appropriate use of digital technologies.
  5. Research methods.
  6. Sample and pattern making.

Additional Learning Experience Information

Lectures, Demonstrations, Workshops.

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant Board of Examiners.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
Creative WorkCreative project (part A)40%
Creative WorkCreative project (part B)40%
EssayContextual essay20%

Text References

  • Quinn, B. (2002). Techno fashion. Oxford: Berg.
  • Phaidon Press (Eds.). (2006). Sample:100 fashion designers - 010 curators - cuttings from contemporary fashion. New York: Phaidon Press.
  • Frankel, S. (2002). Visionaries: Interviews with fashion designers. London: V&A Publications.
  • Celant, G. (1996). Biennale di Firenza: Looking at fashion. Milan: Skira.
  • Brand, J., Teunissen., & van der Zwaag, A. (Eds.). (2006). The power of fashion: About design and meaning. The Netherlands: Terra & ArtEZPress.
  • Benezra, N., & Viso, O. (1999). Regarding beauty. Washington: Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution.

Journal References

  • Purple Journal
  • Textile: The Journal of cloth and Culture.
  • Fashion Theory: The journal of dress, body and culture.
  • Contemporary

Website References

Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

Academic Misconduct

Edith Cowan University has firm rules governing academic misconduct and there are substantial penalties that can be applied to students who are found in breach of these rules. Academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to:

  • plagiarism;
  • unauthorised collaboration;
  • cheating in examinations;
  • theft of other students' work;

Additionally, any material submitted for assessment purposes must be work that has not been submitted previously, by any person, for any other unit at ECU or elsewhere.

The ECU rules and policies governing all academic activities, including misconduct, can be accessed through the ECU website.

FAS3101|2|1

Faculty of Education and Arts

School: Communications and Arts

This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.

  • Unit Title

    Contextualising the Garment

  • Unit Code

    FAS3101

  • Year

    2015

  • Enrolment Period

    2

  • Version

    2

  • Credit Points

    15

  • Full Year Unit

     N

  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus

Description

This unit looks at process, intent and context within contemporary fashion, including the progression between ideas, design and production. It will include a cultural and contextual analysis of the work of local and international designers and artists who use body and garment as context for their work. The relationship between haute couture and ready to wear will be examined as a context for this project.

Prerequisite Rule

Students must pass 2 units from FAS2101, FAS2103

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Contextualise contemporary fashion in relation to performance, design and art practice.
  2. Create designs and samples for a self directed fashion collection.
  3. Demonstrate ability to analyse work methodology and global context in a written essay of academic standard with APA referencing.
  4. Discuss the ideologies of haute couture and ready-to-wear.
  5. Discuss the work of local and international contemporary fashion designers, collections and/or relevant artists.

Unit Content

  1. Collection design and concept outline.
  2. Critical review.
  3. Discussion on the work of relevant critical designers/ artists.
  4. Presentation of work through oral discussion and appropriate use of digital technologies.
  5. Research methods.
  6. Sample and pattern making.

Additional Learning Experience Information

Lectures, Demonstrations, Workshops.

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant Board of Examiners.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
Creative WorkCreative project (part A)40%
Creative WorkCreative project (part B)40%
EssayContextual essay20%

Text References

  • Quinn, B. (2002). Techno fashion. Oxford: Berg.
  • Phaidon Press (Eds.). (2006). Sample:100 fashion designers - 010 curators - cuttings from contemporary fashion. New York: Phaidon Press.
  • Frankel, S. (2002). Visionaries: Interviews with fashion designers. London: V&A Publications.
  • Celant, G. (1996). Biennale di Firenza: Looking at fashion. Milan: Skira.
  • Brand, J., Teunissen., & van der Zwaag, A. (Eds.). (2006). The power of fashion: About design and meaning. The Netherlands: Terra & ArtEZPress.
  • Benezra, N., & Viso, O. (1999). Regarding beauty. Washington: Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution.

Journal References

  • Purple Journal
  • Textile: The Journal of cloth and Culture.
  • Fashion Theory: The journal of dress, body and culture.
  • Contemporary

Website References

Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

Academic Misconduct

Edith Cowan University has firm rules governing academic misconduct and there are substantial penalties that can be applied to students who are found in breach of these rules. Academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to:

  • plagiarism;
  • unauthorised collaboration;
  • cheating in examinations;
  • theft of other students' work;

Additionally, any material submitted for assessment purposes must be work that has not been submitted previously, by any person, for any other unit at ECU or elsewhere.

The ECU rules and policies governing all academic activities, including misconduct, can be accessed through the ECU website.

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