- When did fashion become a “women’s” interest?
- How did that change/develop/influence our society?
- What was the reason for an interest in fashion? Where did decorating our clothing begin? Can we pinpoint a moment in history?
- Who was it that most influenced the fashion we see today? When did it change? Why?
- What was the idea behind making “fashion statements”?
- How many fashion subcultures have been introduced in America from other places?
- What is fashion subculture?
- Why does it exist?
- What fashion subcultures exist today?
- Can we translate ideas through fashion? What kind of ideas?
- What are the political ideas that have been seen in fashion?
- How did they influence culture?
- How does media culture influence fashion vs style?
- How does social media effect trends, style and fashion?
- Do trends only come from social media?
- What is the difference between fashion and style? Is there a difference or are they connected?
- What’s the difference between fashion and trend?
- What’s the difference between style and trend? Are they the same or different?
- Where did the concepts of style and trend come from? When did they separate from fashion?
- What can be considered the most destructive part of the fashion industry?
- What’s the most constructive?
- Can fashion be body positive or is it strictly an art form?
- Can style be body positive? How does it relate to fashion in that way?
- Where did our fashion influences come from? What influence is most popular now?
- Where can we see historical fashion in everyday culture?
- Why does fashion repeat historically? (Trends being recycled)
- What are modern fashion designers doing to help the problem of fast fashion and how it effects the environment?
- What role has/does wealth play in fashion? How effective is it in isolating those who cannot afford “trendy” items?
- What are the effects on children who cannot afford to wear “trendy” clothing in our social media obsessed culture?
- When did we change from wearing clothing that fit us to trying to fit into clothing made in a certain way?
- How does fashion move in cycles?
- How can fashion compare to other art mediums?
- How can fashion be compared to jazz? Can it? Is it similar or not?
- What is fashion’s real impact on society?
- Is fashion necessary? How does the concept of self decorating relate historically? Are they stemmed from the same desire?
- What is the point of high fashion vs street fashion? Can one exist without the other?
- Where does the line end between fashion being a form of art and an industry?
- How is the fashion world different than the art world? Is going to a design school a different experience than going to an art school?
- Do we need to learn how to design?
- Why do we look for meaning in pieces of clothing as we do in pieces of art?
