"The Fabric of Our Lives"

In Patternmaking and Sewing Techniques we have shopped and selected woven fabrics for our skirts.

In Draping we used a woven stretch fabric to drape the Basic Cowl Bodice.

Conduct an internet research on fabric studies. Choose two fabrics of your choice and for each fabric post the fabric name, definition, and the end uses for the fabric. Include the website url where you found your information.

Denim

jean: (usually plural) close-fitting trousers of heavy denim for manual work or casual wear
a coarse durable twill-weave cotton fabric wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn

Fibre: Cotton Weave: Twill - right hand - may be L2/1 or L3/1. Characteristics: Name derived from French "serge de Nimes". Originally had dark blue, brown or dark grey warp with a white or gray filling giving a mottled look and used mostly for work clothes. ...http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&start=7&oi=define&ei=GJXKSY_aGIbjnQe1mdyMAw&sig2=

FASHION AT FASHION

The students at Fashion High come from all over the NY tri state area and with them they bring a wide variety of styles.

Some of the styles include: Urban Glamour

Punk Fashion

Anime Fashion

Share with the What I learned for sure community the type of Fashion Style and Trends that best describes you.

Fashion History

1950's



The 1950's, 60's, 70's, and 80's are each fashion decades that stand out on their own. Conduct an internet research and list the fashion trends and fashion designers that were popular during those times.

Click on the following link to view fashion history videos

http://vidcat.com/blog/