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FA100: Introduction to the Fashion Industry

This course provides students with an insider’s look at the fashion industry.Topics include the history, nature, and globalization of the industry in wholesale and retail aspects, including how fashions begin, move and disseminate, and how they are predicted and created. Upon completion of this course, students should be able to identify basic terminology of the fashion industry, cite names of key individuals who influenced the industry, and analyze current developments in the industry in light of its history.


 

History, Nature, and Globalization of Fashion Industry

Fashion History and Costume History
Fashion-Era.com

Fashion Net
Links to designers, labels, and magazines

InfoMat
Comprehensive international source of company, industry, and market intelligence

Timeline: Modern Fashion
From Fact Monster


Fashion Terms

Dictionary of Fabric Terms
From Fabric Link

Fashion Glossary
From Dress King  

Textile Exchange
Fashion glossary


Worth Global Style Network

WGSN
This is a free resource that provides fashion forecasting and trend analysis, the latest fashion news, reports from trade shows and runways, and color images. Access requires a PIN. Please ask your instructor, or contact wolresources@westwood.edu.

Additional Sites of Interest

AAFA
American Apparel and Footwear Association

AATCC
American Association of Textile Chemists and Colorists

ACCESSORIESmagazine.com
2004 census statistics on trends in women's accessories

Apparel
Website for print magazine

Apparel Search
Clothing and fashion business directory

ApparelNews.net
Links to industry websites

Best Dressed
Exhibit from the Philadelphia Museum of Art

The Costume Institute
Collection housed at the Metropolitan Museum of Art

DailyCandy
Free email newsletter and website detailing new and undiscovered trends

FabricLink
Fabrics, Apparel, and Clothing Care

Fashion Careers
Guide to jobs in the fashion industry

Fashion Week in New York City
Great collection of resources from NPR.org

FashionCapital
Online support resource for all areas of the clothing and fashion industry (UK)

FashionDig
Vintage clothing gallery and store

FashionInformation.com
Fashion forecasting and trend reporting (access requires subscription except for Daily News)

FIDM Zine
Online resources from the Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising

FirstVIEW
View the latest fashion collections

Just-Style.com
Textile, apparel, and footwear industry news, analysis, and research

My Virtual Model
Create a 3D version of yourself

OTEXA
Office of Textiles and Apparel

Standardization of Women's Sizes
Resources from the National Institute of Standards & Technology

Style.com
Online home of Vogue and W magazines

Textile Source
Textile design and innovation

Fashion Industry Tools

Alexander Report
Complete apparel industry guide to business resources and services

Apparel Search
Industry resources

InfoMat Information Desk
Guides, news, runway, trends, and publications 

The Fashion Center
Industry links

Fashion Snoops
Online forecasting and trend information

StyleCareers.com
Largest, fashion-only job listing site on the Internet

Stylesight Online
Interactive fashion search engine and image organizational tool


Key Individuals

Coco Chanel
Chanel website

Christian Dior
Dior website

Tom Ford
Biographical information from Vogue UK

Yves Saint Lauren
YSL website

Elsa Schiaparelli
Biography from Infoplease 

Diane Von Furstenberg
Timeline of DVF


Textbook Companion Website

Fashion: From Concept to Consumer
Chapter objectives, weblinks, and definitions of key terms

 

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