Identification should include examples of the following from different centuries:
- Fashion cycle
- Fashion movement
- Long-run and short-run fashions
- Recurring fashions (e.g., trends, fads)
- Classics, traditional
- Examples of fashion following the stages of the economic cycle of influential designers
Process/Skill Questions:
Thinking
- How do historical influences affect current fashion?
- How do influential designers, past and present, affect current fashion?
- What factors play a role in the fashion movement?
Communication
- How can the Internet be used to research fashion history?
- How do economic conditions and factors affect the history of fashion?
Leadership
- Who are the influential leaders throughout fashion history?
- What personal, professional, and/or artistic qualities are associated with fashion leaders of the past?
- How have fashion leaders influenced the fashion cycle?
Management
- What have been the effects of war, disaster, or crises on the fashion industry?
- How can a knowledge of fashion history be useful to a current fashion designer?