90984 - CONTEMPORARY FASHION

Anno Accademico 2022/2023

  • Docente: Fabriano Fabbri
  • Crediti formativi: 6
  • SSD: L-ART/03
  • Lingua di insegnamento: Inglese
  • Modalità didattica: Convenzionale - Lezioni in presenza
  • Campus: Rimini
  • Corso: Laurea Magistrale in Fashion Studies (cod. 9067)

Conoscenze e abilità da conseguire

Al termine del corso lo studente sa riconoscere gli stili della moda dagli anni '60 fino alle ultime tendenze; acquisisce gli strumenti teorico-metodologici per indagare i movimenti della moda e le loro intersezioni con le arti visive.

Contenuti

The course explores the main steps of the history of fashion, starting from an overall view on designers such as Balenciaga and Dior, then up to the Sixties, the Seventies, the Eightees, the Ninetees and nowadays aesthetics. The runways by fashion designers such as Rick Owens, Louis Vuitton by Nicolas Ghesquière or Gucci by Alessandro Michele will be analyzed and interpreted through the instruments provided during the classes. Further investigations will focus on fashion designers such as Riccardo Tisci and Virgil Abloh.

Testi/Bibliografia

The test is based on the study of the following text: 

1) F. Fabbri, L'orizzonte degli eventi / The event horizon, Atlante, Bologna 2013.

2) F. Fabbri, On Every Street (availabe on Virtuale)

3) F. Fabbri, Heterotopia and Heterochrony (availabe on Virtuale)

Erasmus students are invited to ask for permission to join the course and in case of positive answer will integrate the bibliography adding the following texts:

J. Laver, Costume and fashion. A concise history, Thames & Hudson 2012 (5th edition)

Metodi didattici

Projection of images and runway collections to be analyzed during the classes

Modalità di verifica e valutazione dell'apprendimento

Written test on closed answers. The exam will take place in the IT laboratories of the Rimini Campus on e-learning platform and will consist of different typologies of questions: 1) questions matched with 4/5 alternative answers, with just a correct one; 2) "true" of "false" questions; 3) pictures of designers and styles to be properly recognized.

The aim of the test is to verify the ability of the students to recognize the styles of fashion and their hystorical-critical value.

Strumenti a supporto della didattica

E-learning platform.

Orario di ricevimento

Consulta il sito web di Fabriano Fabbri