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While the term “Fashion Icon” is relatively modern, fashion has always been defined and redefined by bold visionaries throughout history. Images of today's celebrities and fashion mavens are ever-present, but long before the selfie, sculpture and painting captured individuals and their fashion styling. Designers still look to these powerful sources for fashion elements and inspiration, and this course will trace the history of clothing and the way that themes have been interpreted over the last 500 years.
Starting in the 15th century, we will view the fashion biographies of notable individuals and examine garments and ‘looks’ for their trend-setting elements. Fashion is extremely and pointedly cyclical, and garment elements and design ideas that look ‘fresh’ to a certain generation can often be directly or indirectly traced to a prior moment or figure in history. In this course we will look at some of these times and people, and compare and contrast them to fashion that has emerged. Contemporary designs will be reviewed to identify the reuse or redefinition of many of these details. We will progressively develop the eye and skill to sketch and create our own ideas through a creative journaling process, culminating in an original design project based on historical elements.
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Below you will find an overview of the Learning Outcomes you will achieve as you complete this course.
Understanding of the influence key Style Icons have had on the fashion and style of their resident and successive eras.
Gaining familiarity with the fashion biographies of key Style Icons from the Renaissance period to the present.
Understanding the process of the accumulation of research and inspiration materials.
Ability to develop original ideas and designs which incorporate historical references.
Understanding of the cyclicality of fashion trends and elements.
Ability to identify and trace the history of fashion trends and elements through various eras.
Ability to recognize historical elements in contemporary fashion.
Amy Bond holds an MFA in Fashion Design from the Academy of Art University and a BFA in Fashion Design from Stephens College. Prior to showing at Mercedes Benz Fashion Week in New York in 2012, the contemporary women’s wear designer created her eponymous Los Angeles produced collection. At its height, she sold to boutiques in over thirty cities across the US and internationally. The flagship store at One Colorado in Pasadena was an innovative concept where manufacturing was done on site, inviting the customers into the story and the process. Bond has been a featured designer at many shows around Los Angeles and her previous residence of Las Vegas, where she provided design development services under her Udahaus Studio umbrella. She has taught for several schools, and has been a fashion educator for 10 years.
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