Fashion is a significant part of life — every day, people make choices about clothing and accessories. Identity often shapes and is shaped by fashion choices, which range from purely practical to the highly aesthetic and esoteric.
In Fashion, students learn to appreciate the design aesthetics of others while developing their own personal style and aesthetic. They explore contemporary fashion culture; learn to identify, understand and interpret fashion trends; and examine how the needs of different markets are met. Students use their imagination to create, innovate and express themselves and their ideas. They design and produce fashion products in response to briefs in a range of fashion contexts.
Students learn about practices and production processes in fashion industry contexts. Practices are used by fashion businesses to manage the production of products. Production processes combine the production skills and procedures required to produce products. Students engage in applied learning to recognise, apply and demonstrate knowledge and skills in units that meet local needs, available resources and teacher expertise. Through both individual and, where possible, collaborative learning experiences, students learn to meet client expectations of quality and cost.
Applied learning in fashion tasks supports student development of transferable 21st century, literacy and numeracy skills relevant to domestic fashion industries and future employment opportunities. Students learn to recognise and apply practices; interpret briefs; demonstrate and apply safe practical production processes using relevant equipment; communicate using oral, written and spoken modes; and organise, plan, evaluate and adapt production processes and the products they produce. The majority of learning is done through production tasks that relate to industry and that promote adaptable, competent, self-motivated and safe individuals who can work with colleagues to solve problems and complete practical work.
Unit 1: Unit A - Fashion Designers
In this unit, students explore the fashion industry through the context of fashion designers. They interpret briefs to produce fashion products, using practices, skills and processes to an industry standard. Students evaluate and adapt production plans, techniques and procedures with the knowledge that the quality of products depends on customer expectations of value, which affects industry processes.
Unit 2: Unit F – Adornments
In this unit, students explore the fashion industry through the context of adornment. They interpret briefs to produce fashion products, using practices, skills and processes to an industry standard. Students evaluate and adapt production plans, techniques and procedures with the knowledge that the quality of products depends on customer expectations of value, which affects industry processes.
Unit 3: Unit D – Collections
In this unit, students explore the fashion industry through the context of collections. They interpret briefs to produce fashion products, using practices, skills and processes to an industry standard. Students evaluate and adapt production plans, techniques and procedures with the knowledge that the quality of products depends on customer expectations of value, which affects industry processes.
Unit 4: Unit E - Industry Trends
In this unit, students explore the fashion industry through the context of the fashion business and trends. They interpret briefs to produce fashion products, using practices, skills and processes to an industry standard. Students evaluate and adapt production plans, techniques and procedures with the knowledge that the quality of products depends on customer expectations of value, which affects industry processes