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SUBJECT: 10 HOME ECONOMICS TEACHER:

TERM 2: TEXTILE STUDIES STUDENT:

CRITERION 2 &3: REASONING PROCESSES & PRACTICAL PERFORMANCE

Mood Board Due: Week 4

Annotated Drawing and Creative Statement Due: Week 8

Introduction:You have been given the opportunity to participate in the Wool4School Fashion Design Competition. The aim of this competition is to allow you to learn more about one of Australia’s most valuable products – Merino wool and to gain an understanding of the inquiry process used to create clothing designs to meet a design challenge

Your design brief:Live life, Love wool!Imagine, the opportunity of a lifetime to head overseas on a student exchange program! For this year’s Wool4School competition we want you to design your perfect winter outfit that showcases your personal style and reflects your chosen destination. Imagine going to New York City, Tokyo, Paris, Moscow or New Delhi. What would you wear? The outfit you design should be made from at least 80 per cent Australian Merino wool. You’ll want to wear this outfit either sightseeing during the day or at the movies at night. You’ll feel comfortable, be the envy of your friends. Remember, your outfit must reflect your personal style, your chosen destination (New York City, Tokyo, Paris, Moscow or New Delhi) and be suitable for a winter climate. You don’t actually need to make the outfit; we just want your design for one outfit, which can include up to four different items of apparel. And, for something new, this year we also want you to include the perfect wool accessory – think hats, scarves, bags, shoes – the possibilities are endless.

Specifications/design criteria:• You must select a destination from the following cities (New York City, Tokyo,Paris, Moscow or New Delhi).• Your design is to reflect your personal style.• Your design should be comfortable to wear and stylish.• Your design must be suitable for a winter climate.• The designed outfit is to be innovative and reference the destination selected.• Up to four items of apparel can make up the outfit.• Your design must include one wool accessory• Your design must be made up of at least 80% wool.• Your design/s must be accompanied with a mood board and creative statement.• All elements of your entry, including design work and creative statement, must be your own original creation and not contain any commercial or third party content (i.e. created by others). Your designs will be drawn and then scanned for entry.

Complete the following steps using the Inquiry Process:STEP 1: Select a city destination (New York City, Tokyo, Paris, Moscow or New Delhi) that you would like to design an outfit for.

STEP 2: Create a mood board.An example is shown in Appendix 1

STEP 3: Design an innovative winter outfit you would like to wear that references your chosen destination that includes an accessory.

STEP 4: Annotate your design using the criteria given on suitable Merino wool materials and write supporting creative statement.An example is shown in Appendix 1.

STEP 5: Upload your entry to the Wool4School site.

STEP 6: Write a short reflection of your performance.

You are required to use the inquiry process to create your mood board, design and creative statement. This process allows you to define, analyse, synthesise, evaluate, produce and reflect on the task. Use the scaffolding that follows to assist in completing the requirements of the competition.

The Inquiry Process:

1. Define

What is the task, and what do I need to find out?Design Brief What does it mean?

I must design an outfit suitable for a winterclimate

Choose a city destination – New York, Paris, Tokyo, Moscow or New Dehli.Find out how cold the climate is in my chosen city destination.Find out what types of clothes would be suitable to wear in winter.

Showcase my personal style • What words could you use to describe your personal style?• What style clothing do you like to wear?

I must design an outfit that reflects mychosen city destination

• What does your chosen city destination remind you of?• Ask your teacher and friends for ideas.

Outfit needs to be comfortable • What clothing features would make your outfit comfortable to wear?• What materials would make your designed outfit be comfortable?

Outfit can have up to four pieces of clothing • What clothing combinations could you put together to make a complete outfit?• How can you make sure that each item of clothing will match with each other?

Needs to be made from wool • Your designs must use wool fabrics.• You will need to find out what wool fabric is – what it looks like and what it feels like.• Find out about Merino wool.• Find out about knit and woven material.

Include an accessory • What accessory would suit a winter climate?

2. Analyse For the city you have chosen, consider the visual cues that you can gain from looking at

images of the city using magazines, books and the internet.a. What colours do you think reflect your chosen city?b. What sort of clothing would w worn in a winter in your chosen city? Use the following

list to help you: Gloves Shirts/Blouses Jeans Skirts Parkas Jackets Sweat pants Jumpers Hats Cardigans Coats Scarves T-shirts Pants Blazers

c. What sort of patterns and decorations do you see in the city?d. Are there any famous people or anything else that represents your city?

3. Synthesise Create a mood board that will provide inspiration for your design. Using the internet or magazines, find a selection of images/pictures that reflect the destination

you have chosen to design for (New York, Tokyo, Paris, Moscow or New Delhi). Include some images with colours, famous people and anything else that may represent your

chosen city. Paste the best pictures you have found on a large piece of paper, and see if you can annotate

(label) some of the things that you see (this will help you with your design ideas). Some annotations might include:

What type of colours are used? e.g New York buildings are grey and silver Can you see a theme? Eg. Tokyo is a very modern, techno city full of neon signs

What type of patterns can you see? Eg. The geometric shapes of the Eiffel Tower in Paris

4. Evaluate Use your mood board to decide on the focus for the outfit you are going to design. The word bank below should help to guide you as you design your outfit

Colours Bright, Dull, Cool, Warm, Soft, Dark, Light, Pastel, Fluorescent, Rainbow,Metallic, Shiny

Materials Soft, Shiny, Metal, Patterned, Printed, Smooth, Rough, Floral, Stretchy,Tight, Flowing, Stiff

Clothing Styles • Jackets – cropped, tailored, boxy, formal, military• Skirts – long, short, A-line, full, mini, tailored• Dresses – long, short, flowing, fitted• Knitwear – cardigans, jumpers, vests• Shirts – military, fitted, blouse, loose• Coats – Parkas, anoraks, puffy, padded, quilted, belted, A-line, swing, pea coat.

Clothing Features/Decorations

• Pockets, Collar, Frills, Zips, Buttons, Cuffs• sleeves – short, puffed, long, cap, sleeveless• tight, loose• Neckline – V-neck, Round neck, Scoop neck, High neck• Decorative features – embroidery, patterns, prints, beading, sequins

Patterns • Striped, Bold, Geometric, Flowery, Floral, Colourful, Large, Ditsy print

5. Produce Draw 2 different options and ask your friends and teacher which one they like best. Choose your best design and draw it onto a figure to present it as your fashion

illustration with annotations. You will be provided with copies of human figures to use for this.

Your fashion illustration needs to include the following annotations:a. Identify the city destinationb. Identify where the outfit will be wornc. Explain the key features of the outfit (use the word bank to help you)d. Identify the wool fabrics (knit or woven) An example of a layout you may wish to use is provided (without the clothing). Write a creative statement that includes the following:

an explanation of your design concept and give a description of the garments designed.

how the design is inspired by/ references your chosen destination. an outline of the design processes used. a justification of the wool materials identified for the design and relate these

to the properties and characteristics of the materials. Upload your design and creative statement to the Wool4School competition site.

6. Reflect Write a short statement to be submitted with the creative statement that answers the

following questions:a) Did I meet the requirements of the design brief?b) Was I happy with the quality of the finished product?c) Which parts of the assignment did I find difficult?d) What would I do differently if I had to do this task again?e) What new skills or knowledge am I able to take from this task?

TICK OFF WHEN COMPLETE

o Does your mood board clearly reflect the theme of your chosen destination?

o Is your design creative, innovative and inspired by your chosen destination?

o Is your outfit suitable and address all the specifications in the design brief?

o Are appropriate wool materials selected for your design?

o Do your annotations:

• Reference your chosen destination and your personal style

• Identify each item that makes up the outfit (including the wool accessory)

• Explain the key design features of the outfit (reference to chosen destination and suitability of design)

• Identification of wool fabrics – knit or woven (are they appropriate)

o Have you completed your creative statement? (your teacher can help!)

o Is the size of your graphic file no larger than 10Mb (.jpg, gif, .docx, or pdf format)?

o Have you reflected?

Assessment CriteriaDimension A B C D E

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s* Designs are very highly innovative and original – very unique and surprising.*Outfit very clearly references / takes inspiration from identified destination.*Garment designs are very clearly developed from the mood board inspiration – eg. design features are inspired from the mood board. Demonstrated understanding of the design brief. Designs clearly respond to and answer the brief.* Designed outfit very clearly addresses all the criteria set in the brief. Outfit is stylish and comfortable, suitable for winter climate and includes an accessory.

*Designs are highly innovative and original*Outfit clearly references / takes inspiration from identified destination.*Garment designs are clearly developed from the mood board inspiration – eg. design features are inspired from the mood board. Demonstrated understanding of the design brief. Designs respond and answer the brief.* Design outfit addresses all the criteria set in the brief. Outfit is stylish and comfortable, suitable for winter climate and includes an accessory.

*Some innovation and originality shown in designs – some uniqueness.*Outfit somewhat references identified destination.*Some connection between the mood board inspirations and designs. Some understanding of what the brief is asking – designs look like they were developed from the mood board.* Designed outfit addresses most of the criteria set out in brief.

*Little innovation or originality shown in designs – not unique.*Outfit shows little reference to identified destination.*Weak link / connection between the mood board inspirations and designs. Little understanding of what the brief is asking – designs don’t necessarily look like they were developed from the mood board.* Designed outfit addresses some of the criteria set out in the brief.

*Very little or no innovation or originality shown in designs - not unique*Outfit bears very little reference to identified destination.* Little or no connection between the mood board inspirations and designs. Very little understanding of what the brief is asking – designs don’t necessarily look like they were developed from the mood board.* Design is not suitable. It does not address specifications in the design brief.

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*Very strong fashion illustration submitted. Highly sophisticated and stylised. Drawing is highly detailed and shows clarity.*Thorough planning effective and efficient management and perceptive reflection evident.

*Strong fashion illustration submitted. Sophisticated and stylised. Drawing is detailed and shows clarity.*Detailed planning, efficient management, and logical reflection evident.

*Good fashion illustration submitted. Some detail and clarity shown.* Appropriate planning, management and reflection evident

* Weak fashion illustration submitted. Finished but lacking in detail or style.*Some elements of planning, management and reflection evident.

* Very weak fashion illustration submitted. Unfinished and or lacking in detail and style.*Superficial elements of planning, management or reflection evident.

Comments: ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Result:

Dimension 2: ____ Dimension 3:________________

Overall Performance ______________

Appendix 1:

Sample Mood Board for 2014 Entry

Sample Final Entry for 2014

Appendix 2: Figures for Drawing