Terms related to the fashion industry – fashion, style, fad, classic, and collection, chic, Custom made , mannequin , fashion show, trend, forecasting, high fashion, fashion cycle, haute couture, fashion director, fashion editor, line, knock-off avant-garde, buying house, fashion merchandising, prêt– a – porter, sample, fashion leaders , fashion innovators, fashion motivation , fashion victim, Fashion followers. Design- definition and types – structural and decorative design, requirements of a good structural and decorative design, types of decorative design.

Elements of design – line, shape or form, colour - definition, colour theories Dimensions of colour, size and texture. Application of structural and decorative design in a dress, selection and application of trimmings and decorations Principles of design- balance – formal and informal, rhythm- through repetition, radiation and gradation, emphasis, harmony and proportion. Application of principles of design in a dress.

Factors influencing fashion changes –Psychological needs of fashion , Social psychology of Fashion , technological , economical , political, Fashion evolution – Fashion cycles , Length of cycles, Adoption of Fashion – trickle down , trickle up and trickle across theory, Fashion forecasting.

Designing dresses for unusual figures – becoming and unbecoming – for the following figure types. Stout figure, thin figure, slender figure, narrow shoulders, broad shoulders, round shoulders, large bust, flat chest, large hip, large abdomen, round face, large face, small face, prominent chin and jaw, prominent forehead.

Wardrobe planning for different age groups, factors influencing wardrobe selection, Fashion and season, Selection of dresses for different occasions – Formal wear, informal wear, occasional wear & Seasonal wear.