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AKTU Contemporary Fashion Studies (BBFD403) Syllabus PDF – BFAD 4th Semester
Contemporary Fashion Studies BBFD403
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Official AKTU syllabus of Contemporary Fashion Studies (BBFD403) for BFAD 4th Semester – 3 credits, L-T-P 2-1-0. Read the unit-wise course content, course outcomes, evaluation pattern and recommended books online, or download the PDF.
Syllabus — Contemporary Fashion Studies
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Course Objectives
- To understand the growth of the fashion industry in more recent times
- To understand the historical factors affecting fashion trends across the world
- To understand the current developments in the fashion industry and the factorsand people that influence these
- To understand the Indian dress in the modern context
- To familiarize with the famous designers and fashion icons of the 20th and 21st Century
Course Outcomes
- Understand the growth of fashion industry post World War – II
- Become aware of the historical factors affecting fashion and lifestyles of various regions of the world
- Be able to appreciate various fashion movements and lifestyle choices affecting fashion trends in the 20th Century
- Understand the use of fashion as a tool for communication
- Understand fashion as a socio-cultural phenomenon.
- Get an insight into the more recent developments in the field of global fashion and fashion trends.
- Understand the traditional and global styles and trade influences over the modern Indian dressing and costume designs
| Unit | Topics | Lectures |
|---|---|---|
| I | INTRODUCTION TO CONTEMPORARY FASHION: Concept. Period. Historical background – international developments in Eastern and Western Europe, The Middle East and Asia, The Soviet Union, The United States. Influences on the fashion trends. | 08 |
| II | IMPORTANT FEATURES – TWENTIETH CENTURY: Fashion Movements – punks, hippies, minimalists, grunge, gothic, heavy metal. Prominent designers. Fashion icons. | 08 |
| III | THE PRESENT SCENARIO: Fashion for creative and artistic expression. Fashion for functional requirements. Fashion and technology. Fashion for social and environmental consciousness. | 08 |
| IV | FASHION PROMOTERS IN THE TWENTY FIRST CENTURY: Famous designers and brands. Fashion icons. Fashion going global. Films. | 08 |
| V | UNIVERSALIZATION OF FASHION: Influence of travel, lifestyle, media etc. Influence of tradition on contemporary emerging styles. Influx of western influence against the backdrop of globalization. Role of the export industry. | 08 |
Suggested Assignments
- Make a group presentation (two students) on the historical fashion trends of any one region mentioned in
Unit-I.
- Make a group presentation (three students) on any one of the fashion movements mentioned in Unit-II.
- Make an individual presentation on the works of any one prominent designer/ fashion icon of the 20th Century / 21st Century.
- Make an individual presentation on any one Indian designer who is working towards the universalization of fashion (Manish Arora, Ritu Kumar etc.)
Reference Books
- Tortora, Phyllis G. and Eubank, Keith, Survey of Historic Costumes – Fifth Edition, Fairchild Books, New York, 2010
- Fringes G.S., Fashion from Costumes to Consumer, 4th Edition, Prentice Hall Career & Technology, 1994
- Barnard, Malcolm, Fashion As Communication, Routledge, 1996
- Shoeffler, O.E., and Gale, William, Encyclopedia of Twentieth Century Men’s Fashion, McGraw Hillbook Co., 1973
- Tolkien, Tracy, Vintage : The Art of Dressign Up, Pavilion Books Ltd., 2000
- Clancy, Deirdre, Costume Since 1945 – Couture, Street Style andAnti-Fashion, Herbert Press, 1996
- Weinstein, Dina, Heavy Metal : The Music and Its Culture, Da Capo Press, 2000
- Tom Inns (ed.), Designing For The 21st Century : Interdisciplinary Methods And Findings, Ashgate Publishing Company, 2010
Online Resources
- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Punk_fashion
- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hippie http://www.styleandminimalism.com/
- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grunge http://fashiongrunge.com/
- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gothic_fashion
- http://gothfashion.tumblr.com/
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heavy_metal_fashion
- http://www.taschen.com/pages/en/catalogue/fashion/all/44917/facts.100_contemporar y_fashion_designers.html
- http://fashionhistory.zeesonlinespace.net/c21st.html
- http://www.hercampus.com/school/ufl/fashion-icons-21st-century-0
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