This class is delivered in different locations around London every week. You will participate in a series of online lectures as well as guided visits to key collections, exhibitions in museums and art galleries.
“Research is to see what everybody else has seen, and to think what nobody else has thought”. (Albert Szent-Gyorgyi)
Fashion is continually changing. This is clearly seen in London where history and traditions are without doubt major catalysts that influence this change. Knowledge of the past allows for a considered understanding of why things are the way they are NOW, which in turn informs an intuition with which to predict the future.
The unit will focus on how change occurs by examining fashion from a historical, sociological and cultural perspective. Research into a wide cross section of relevant or unexpected fields acts as the backbone of this unit.
You will continually reflect upon, critically examine and develop your individual interests in fashion history and artefact, through note taking and sketching in a journal. Further self-directed research will culminate in a PechaKucha visual presentation. This research will allow you to establish connections, contextualise and define what fashion means to you.