Fashion has been a form of rebellion as well as a business. These curations cover the punk movement in London, how disco fashion broke boundaries, when cultural appropriation becomes harmful in clothing, and how technology is reshaping what clothes are made from and how they are made.
Fashion technology is not defined in the provided sentences; modern Western fashion design is often considered to have started in the 19th century with Charles Frederick Worth. The lessons explore how garments are designed and made, how mass-market and haute couture production differ, and how clothing can incorporate digital technology.
The fashion of the 1970s disco scene was part of a fashion era centered on individuality, with disco styles introducing platform shoes, bright colors, glitter, and satin.
The punk fashion movement in London is the clothing, hairstyles, cosmetics, jewellery, and body modifications of the punk counterculture. Vivienne Westwood's early work helped pioneer the look of early British punk with her scene-establishing clothing shops Sex and Seditionaries in the mid-1970s, co-run with Malcolm McLaren, who managed the Sex Pistols.
Cultural appropriation in fashion is adopting elements of another culture or identity in a manner perceived as inappropriate or unacknowledged. Cultural elements that may have deep meaning in their original culture may be reduced to "exotic" fashion or toys by those from the dominant culture. The lessons explore when fashion borrowing may be harmful and how meaning, respect, and risk shape judgments about it.
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