STUDY PROGRAMME
Fashion and Textile Design

AFAM CODE
ABPR34

DISCIPLINARY AREA
Fashion design

DISCIPLINARY FIELD
Fashion design

CREDITS
12

APPROACH
Theoretical/project-based

This course is where the students have a chance to maximise the practice of what they have learned over the two-year course. Starting with the design elements identified in Fashion design 3, the students manage all the phases of the manufacturing process to reach an outcome that is representative of their personality and professional skills. The Textile lab 4 module guides the students into the creation of a textile sample collection aimed at the industrial world, complete with the study of shapes and prototypes fitted to the three dimensions of the human body, as is to say in the creation of ideas and settings that fully investigate the languages of Fiber and Textile Art. The Knitwear 4 module brings the development and creation of the knitwear collection designed during the previous semester to live, in terms of prototyping, execution, and representation, using an intuitive, manual and industrial approach.

The programme grants 12 credits, divided as follows:

• KNITWEAR 4: 6 CFA

• TEXTILE LAB 4: 6 CFA

Successful students will be able to:

KNITWEAR 4:

• Create a knitwear fashion collection that reflects a personal idea

• Independently manage all the prototypes development phases

• Manage the experimentation phase for the best outcome of the project

• Define the technical aspects of the project

TEXTILE LAB 4:

• Create a textile samples collection or artistic objects that reflect a personal idea

• Independently manage all the prototypes development phases

• Manage the experimentation phase for the best outcome of the project

• Define the technical aspects of the project

Through front lessons, laboratories and regular reviews, the students:

KNITWEAR 4: will develop and create a fashion knitwear collection within the scope they have identified; develop shapes, details, and garments of the collection in order to search for the project's own silhouettes and solve all technical issues; they are involved in the fitting phase to allow for a comparison between project and actual prototypes; they will independently handle the final representation of the project.

TEXTILE LAB 4: will create textile sample collections to be used in the fashion industry; they will develop structures, details, and technical data sheets aimed at their reproduction at an industrial level; they will independently handle the final representation of the project. Will create artistic objects linked to Fiber and Textile Art; will develop shapes, details, and projects with the purpose of researching and exploring the concept of the project theme; they will independently handle the final representation of the project.

This is a theoretical/project-based course.

Over the course, the students will carry out didactic activities that are functional to achieving the learning goals, that may vary, and may include:

• Front lectures

• Development of individual projects

• Individual study and research

• Laboratories

• Exercises and revisions

• Individual sessions and tutoring

With front lectures and regular reviews, every student, under the professor's supervision, creates a comprehensive collection.

Assessment criteria may include:

KNITWEAR 4:

Submission of projects, papers and prototypes.

TEXTILE LAB 4:

Submission of projects, papers and prototypes.

Further details on the specific tests will be given by the professor.

The final grade for this course will result from the weighted average of its modules.

KNITWEAR 4:

• Conti, G.M. (2019) Design della maglieria. Ediz.illustrata (Vol.2), Lupetti

• Holroyd, A.T. Hill, H. (2019) Fashion Knitwear Design, Crowood Pr

• Sissons, J. (2018) Knitwear: an introduction to contemporary design, Ava Pub Sa

TEXTILE LAB 4 :

• Bryan-Wilson, J. (2017) Fray: art and textile politics, Univ of Chicago.

• Lamb, H. (2019) Poetic cloth: creating meaning in textile art, Batsford

• Wolff, C. (2003) The art of manipulating fabric, Krause.

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.