Unit One Apparel and Fashion

1. Unit OneApparel and Fashion Lessons: Understanding Clothing Understanding Fashion Textiles and Apparel Through the Years Textiles and Apparel Industry The Worldwide Apparel Industry A Closer Look at Fashion Design

2. Understanding Clothing Thinking Fashionable... Let’s discuss the popularity of certain brand names of clothing among your peers. What evidence shows their pressure to buy expensive clothes? Do you think “buying name brands” creates conformity or individuality?

3. Understanding Clothing • Lesson Objectives: • Analyze how clothing helps satisfy human needs. • Summarize how clothing reflects personality, values, and self-concept. • Assess how clothing can create positive first impressions. • Summarize factors that influence clothing choices.

4. Understanding Clothing • Vocabulary: • Need • Modesty • Conformity • Peer Pressure • Self-esteem • Self-adornment • Culture • Status • Prestige • Self-actualization • Individuality • Personality • Values • Self-concept • Media Assignment: With a partner, research and define the following vocabulary words. Complete the vocabulary worksheet. Be prepare to share your responses with the class.

5. Understanding Clothing • Vocabulary: • Need • Modesty • Conformity • Peer Pressure • Self-esteem • Self-adornment • Culture • Status • Prestige • Self-actualization • Individuality • Personality • Values • Self-concept • Media

6. Fashion Week 2013 September 5 – 12, 2013 New York City Let’s check it out!

7. Understanding Clothing September 9 – 13th Monday – Wednesday: Start our first chapter: Understanding Clothing Thursday – Friday: Work on our “Ugly” Dolls