Fast Fashion
Merrian-Webster.com defines FAST FASHION as "an approach to the design, creation, and marketing of clothing fashions that emphasizes making fashion trends quickly and cheaply available to consumers"
Why is Fast Fashion Bad?
Click on the link below and read the article. Find 3 interesting facts about the article that interests you.
https://goodonyou.eco/what-is-fast-fashion/
Write a paragraph about each of these 3 interesting facts.
Upload your 3 paragraphs to the class FLIPGRID (class link).
View your peers' work and make 2 positive comments and 1 constructive criticism for improvement.
True Cost of Fast Fashion
Watch the following YouTube video.
What shocked you the most about the information?
Upload a sentence to the class FLIPGRID (class link).
Did your peers share your view?
Design Brief Inspiration
Fast fashion is a huge issue in the world. As part of this design brief you will be repurposing a pair of jeans.
Textile Pollution
Visit google and research textile pollution.
You may like to research water pollution, dye waste disposal, textiles in landfill, or something else.
As part of your design brief, you must write a paragraph about 3 pollution issues related to fast fashion. Document these issues in your design portfolio.
Mood Board
Check google and Pininterest for ideas on upcycling a pair of jeans.
Create a mood board of ideas. What type of jeans will you use? What are 2 interesting ideas you could utilise? What embellishments would you like to use that match your personal brand? Minimum 10 images. These images can be a mix of both hand-drawn and multimedia images.
Credits:
Created with images by comzeal - "Colorful fabric rolls" • Pixel-Shot - "Big wardrobe with clothes in dressing room" • Africa Studio - "Essentials fashion woman objects on wooden background" • Rawpixel.com - "Idea Creative Design Editorial Vision Concept" • pkanchana - "Blue fashion jeans isolated" • netrun78 - "Pile of classic blue jeans over the light background. Urban outfit, basic essencial wardrobe, shopping idea"