History of Fashion Design

FA FD HF 200
Credit hours 3
Contact hours 90

This course presents a visual history of fashion from ancient Egypt to the present, with particular emphasis on European fashion history from the mid-19th century to present day. Particular attention will be given to the development of Italian fashion design from the 1950s to the present. An analysis of social factors (economic, political, aesthetic, religious, moral, technological, popular), and their role in shaping and influencing costume, will also be studied.