STUDY PROGRAMME
Fashion and Textile Design

AFAM CODE
ABST51

DISCIPLINARY AREA
Phenomenology of styles

DISCIPLINARY FIELD
Phenomenology of styles

CREDITS
6

APPROACH
Theoretical

This course guides the student in the identification of useful elements to create their personal narrative. Starting with a historic-aesthetic analysis in the field of fashion as well as Fiber and Textile Art communication, the students investigate, through an analysis of phenomena, the flow of changes and contaminations that compose contemporary fashion as well as textile art language, together with their links to other media.

The programme consists of one single module, which grants 6 CFA credits.

Successful students will be able to:

• Know the theoretical principles of communication and fashion as well as Fiber and Textile Art language

• Understand the methodology of fashion and textile phenomenology

• Apply all the acquired knowledge in research work

This course analyses contaminations and evolution of fashion communication, starting from the recent past until today. The study will focus on historical elements that belong to fashion as well as Fiber and Textile Art communication, complemented by the in-depth analysis of codes and communication languages of contemporary brands.

This is a theoretical course. During the course, the students will carry out the following didactic activities, which may vary depending on the projects that will be developed:

• Front lectures

• Debates, presentations, peer assessment

• Use of multimedia material

• Individual study and research

• Field trips

Assessment tools may include:

• Oral exam

• Submission of research works, essays or projects

Further details about the exams will be provided by the professors.

RECOMMENDED:

• Butchard, A. (2016) The Fashion of Film: How Cinema Has Inspired Fashion, Mitchell Beazley.

• Frisa, M.L., Tonchi, S. (2010) Walter Albini e il suo tempo. L’immaginazione al potere, Marsilio Mode.

• Immordino Vreeland, L. (2011) The eye has to travel, Documentary, USA, 83’.

• Samson, A., Saillard, O., et al. (2018) Martin Margiela collection femme 1989- 2009 , Paris Musees.

• Westwood, V., Kelly, I. (2014) Vivienne Westwood, Pan Macmillan.

• Piaggi, A. (1998) Doppie Pagine, Leonardo Arte.

A lot of this material, together with other in-depth study material, can be consulted online in MyNaba, in the Library section.

Further books and other recommended or required resources may be specified by the professor.