HGP 516 - Fashion and Aesthetics

Course Objectives

1. To develop an understanding of aesthetic elements and principles of apparel design, including color, line, shape, texture, space, proportion, balance, unity, rhythm, and the Gestalt theory.
2. To develop an understanding of aesthetic elements and principles of visual merchandising, including color, line, shape, texture, space, proportion, balance, unity, rhythm, and the Gestalt theory.
3. Based on socio-cultural and psychological factors, to provide an understanding of aesthetic preferences of consumers.

Course Description

This course will explore principles and elements of aesthetics influencing apparel design and merhandising. In addition to that, aesthetic response of apparel consumers will be analyzed based on socio-cultural and psychonological factors.