• ANNOUNCEMENTS (INCLUDES QUOTE OF THE WEEK AND NEWS STORY OF THE WEEK)
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    • PROJECT BRIEF - ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY - NON-ASSESSED
    • PROJECT BRIEF - RESEARCH PROPOSAL needs doing...
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    • PROJECT BRIEF - GROUP SEMINAR PRESENTATION AND RESEARCH PRESENTATIONS 1, 2 AND 3 >
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  • REFERENCING - HARVARD PLEASE!
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    • REFERENCING (HARVARD) - HOW TO REFERENCE ANYTHING
  • BA1 CLASS READINGS AND VISUALS
    • BA1 CLASS READINGS - INTRODUCTION TO FASHION THEORY GROUP SEMINAR PRESENTATIONS >
      • BA1 CLASS READING - INTRODUCTION TO FASHION THEORY - CONSPICUOUS CONSUMPTION (THE REGULATION OF FASHION) GROUP SEMINAR PRESENTATION (THE HISTORICAL ONE)
      • BA1 CLASS READING - INTRODUCTION TO FASHION THEORY - CONSUMER CULTURE (BEAU BRUMMELL) GROUP SEMINAR PRESENTATION (THE PERSONAL ONE)
      • BA1 CLASS READING - INTRODUCTION TO FASHION THEORY - TRICKLE-DOWN/BUBBLE-(TRICKLE)-UP (JEANS) GROUP SEMINAR PRESENTATION (THE EASY ONE)
      • BA1 CLASS READING - INTRODUCTION TO FASHION THEORY - GENDER AND SEXUALITY (STILETTOS) GROUP SEMINAR PRESENTATION (THE SEXY ONE)
      • BA1 CLASS READING INTRODUCTION TO FASHION THEORY - SEMIOTICS (TIES) GROUP SEMINAR PRESENTATION (THE DIFFICULT ONE)
    • BA1 CLASS VISUALS - INTRODUCTION TO FASHION THEORY >
      • BA1 CLASS VISUALS - INTRODUCTION TO FASHION THEORY - CONSPICUOUS CONSUMPTION (THE REGULATION OF FASHION)
      • BA1 CLASS VISUALS - INTRODUCTION TO FASHION THEORY - CONSUMER CULTURE (BEAU BRUMMELL)
      • BA1 CLASS VISUALS - INTRODUCTION TO FASHION THEORY - TRICKLE-DOWN/BUBBLE-(TRICKLE)-UP (JEANS)
      • BA1 CLASS VISUALS - INTRODUCTION TO FASHION THEORY - SEMIOTICS (STILETTOS)
      • BA1 CLASS VISUALS - INTRODUCTION TO FASHION THEORY - SEMIOTICS (TIES)
    • BA1 CLASS READINGS - INTRODUCTION TO TEXTILES AND CULTURE GROUP SEMINAR PRESENTATIONS >
      • BA1 CLASS READING - INTRODUCTION TO TEXTILES AND CULTURE - THE FABRIC OF EXISTENCE (TEXTILES IN HUMAN CONSCIOUSNESS) GROUP SEMINAR PRESENTATION
      • BA1 CLASS READING - INTRODUCTION TO TEXTILES AND CULTURE - THE TIES THAT BIND (SOCIAL MEANINGS) GROUP SEMINAR PRESENTATION
      • BA1 CLASS READING - INTRODUCTION TO TEXTILES AND CULTURE - CLOTH AND TEMPORAL POWER (MONEY, TRADE, STATUS AND CONTROL) GROUP SEMINAR PRESENTATION
      • BA1 CLASS READING - INTRODUCTION TO TEXTILES AND CULTURE - CLOTH AS COMMUNICATION (MEANING, MESSAGES AND BEAUTY) GROUP SEMINAR PRESENTATION
      • BA1 CLASS READING - INTRODUCTION TO TEXTILES AND CULTURE - TEXTILES AND THE SPIRIT (SACRED, SPIRITUAL AND HEALING SIGNIFICANCE) GROUP SEMINAR PRESENTATION
  • BA2 CLASS READINGS AND VISUALS
    • BA2 CLASS READINGS - FASHION IN SOCIETY GROUP SEMINAR PRESENTATIONS >
      • BA2 CLASS READING - FASHION IN SOCIETY - VEILING GROUP SEMINAR PRESENTATION
      • BA2 CLASS READING - FASHION IN SOCIETY - THE SECOND HAND MARKET GROUP SEMINAR PRESENTATION
      • BA2 CLASS READING - FASHION IN SOCIETY - FEMINISM AND FASHION GROUP SEMINAR PRESENTATION
      • BA2 CLASS READING - FASHION IN SOCIETY - HOMOSEXUAL FASHION GROUP SEMINAR PRESENTATION
      • BA2 CLASS READING - FASHION IN SOCIETY - JAPANESE STREET FASHION GROUP SEMINAR PRESENTATION
      • BA2 CLASS READING - FASHION IN SOCIETY - FASHION IN INDIA GROUP SEMINAR PRESENTATION
    • BA2 CLASS VISUALS - FASHION IN SOCIETY >
      • BA2 CLASS VISUALS - FASHION IN SOCIETY - THE SECONDHAND MARKET
      • BA2 CLASS VISUALS - FASHION IN SOCIETY - JAPANESE STREET FASHION
      • BA2 CLASS VISUALS - FASHION IN SOCIETY - INDIAN FASHION
    • BA2 CLASS READINGS - TEXTILES IN SOCIETY GROUP SEMINAR PRESENTATIONS >
      • BA2 CLASS READING - TEXTILES IN SOCIETY - WEAVING AS POLITICAL SYMBOL (YOU ARE GOING TO LOVE THIS ONE) GROUP SEMINAR PRESENTATION
      • BA2 CLASS READING - TEXTILES IN SOCIETY - THE SUBVERSIVE STITCH GROUP SEMNAR PRESENTATION
      • BA2 CLASS READING - TEXTILES IN SOCIETY - GANDHI AND KHADI CLOTH GROUP SEMINAR PRESENTATION
      • BA2 CLASS READING - TEXTILES IN SOCIETY - THE FEMALE TRADITION OF TEXTILES GROUP SEMINAR PRESENTATION
      • BA2 CLASS READING - TEXTILES IN SOCIETY - KNITTING AS ART GROUP SEMINAR PRESENTATION
    • BA2 CLASS VISUALS - TEXTILES IN SOCIETY >
      • BA2 CLASS VISUALS - TEXTILES IN SOCIETY - WEAVING AS POLITICAL SYMBOL
      • BA2 CLASS VISUALS - TEXTILES IN SOCIETY - THE FEMALE TRADITION OF TEXTILES
      • BA2 CLASS VISUALS - TEXTILES IN SOCIETY - THE SUBVERSIVE STITCH
  • BA3 CLASS READINGS
    • BA3 CLASS READING - THE FIVE STAGES OF REFLECTIVE WRITING
  • THEORY READINGS AND VISUALS (GENERAL REFERENCE TO SUPPORT YOUR RESEARCH)
    • THEORY READING - WHY STUDY FASHION?
    • THEORY READING - WHAT IS A THEORY?
    • THEORY READING - INTRODUCTION TO BA1 FASHION THEORY
    • THEORY READING - FASHION CYCLES (CONSPICUOUS CONSUMPTION, TRICKLE-DOWN/UP/ACROSS)
    • THEORY READING CLASS VISUALS - FASHION CYCYES (CONSPICUOUS CONSUMPTION, TRICKLE-DOWN/UP/ACROSS)
    • THEORY READING - KEY TERMS IN FASHION THEORY
    • THEORY READING - TEXTILE METAPHORS
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    • FICTION READING - ELIZABETH JANE HOWARD'S 'THE BEAUTIFUL VISIT'
    • FICTION READING - ANITA BROOKNER'S 'PROVIDENCE'
    • FICTION READING - RUMER GODDEN'S 'BLACK NARCISSUS'
    • FICTION READING - THE BROTHERS GRIMMS' 'HOW SOME CHILDREN PLAYED AT SLAUGHTERING'
    • FICTION READING - THOMAS HARDY'S 'JUDE THE OBSCURE' - THE PIG SLAUGHTERING (NOT FOR VEGETARIANS OR THE FAINTHEARTED)
    • FICTION READING - THE BROTHERS GRIMMS' 'RUMPELSTILTSKIN'
    • FICTION READING - GREEK MYTHOLOGY'S 'THESEUS AND THE MINOTAUR'
    • FICTION READING - GREEK MYTHOLOGY'S 'PROKNE AND PHILOMELA'
    • FICTION READING - DAWN FRENCH'S 'A TINY BIT MARVELLOUS'
  • MATHS READINGS (FOR WHEN YOU ARE REALLY BORED)
    • MATHS READING - PI (FOR GEEKS)
    • MATHS READING - ON LABOUR'S PROPOSAL TO MAKE MATHS COMPULSORY POST-16 (HE'S GOT A POINT)
    • MATHS READING - WHY WE NEED PYTHAGORAS (WHAT DOES LILY ALLEN KNOW?) ​
    • MATHS READING - FORMULA FOR WORKING OUT AGATHA CHRISTIE WHODUNNIT (I THOUGHT THIS WAS AN APRIL FOOL)
    • MATHS READING - ORDER AND PATTERN AS THE BASIS OF EVERYTHING (ARTY) ​
    • MATHS READING - WRITER SHIRLEY CONRAN'S MATHS EBOOK FOR GIRLS (I FAILED MATHS TWICE)
    • MATHS READING - RELATIVITY VERSUS QUANTUM MECHANICS (I ACTUALLY UNDERSTOOD SOME OF THIS)
    • MATHS READING - WHY WE SHOULD ALL LEARN COMPUTER CODING (VERY LONG... IF YOU MANAGE TO GET TO THE END OF IT I WILL BUY YOU A DRINK)
    • MATHS READING - DO WE REALLY NEED MATHS? (SAYS IT ALL)
    • MATHS READING - THE 'BEAUTY' OF EINSTEIN (I LOST THE WILL TO LIVE)
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    • ARE YOU STRESSED? - PINTEREST FOR STRESS
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  • BA2 BUSINESS STUDIES - GLOBAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL
    • BA2 BUSINESS STUDIES PROGRAMME - GLOBAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL
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    • BA2 BUSINESS STUDIES CLASS - THE ALTERNATIVE PROJECT BRIEF
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  • THE REFERENCING TEST
  BCOT BA Textiles for Fashion
Historical and Theoretical Studies theory classes and readings.

BA1 and 2 INTRODUCTION TO COURSE PROGRAMME

25/9/2013

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AIMS

  1. To introduce Weebly site.
  2. To introduce the importance of fashion and critical debate (current Muslim veil news story).
  3. To introduce course programme.

1. WEEBLY SITE

Weekly announcements on the home/announcements page.

Course information, project briefs, study skills pages.

Quote of the Week/News Story of the Week as a quick guide to referencing.

My reflective journal and research blog.

Theory classes blog.

2. THE IMPORTANCE OF FASHION (MUSLIM VEIL)

News stories from research blog all showing different perspectives on the muslim veil in court debate.


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Muslim dress allowed in court


The woman's barrister, Susan Meek, said she was entitled to wear the niqab under the section of the European convention on human rights relating to religious beliefs.

"She is entitled to wear it in private and in public," Meek said. "That right to wear the niqab also extends to the courtroom. There is no legislation in the UK in respect of the wearing of the niqab. There is no law in this country banning it." 
(Walker, 2013).



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Minister calls for veil debate


Browne said he was "instinctively uneasy" about restricting religious freedoms, but said there may be a case to act to protect girls who were too young to decide for themselves whether they wished to wear the veil or not. (Press Association, 2013b).


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There are more important things than the veil


It is worth noting Muslims make up only around 4.8% of the UK population – and it has been estimated that only a tiny percentage of that population veils their face. (Cochran, K. 2013).


Is the European response to the veil 'medieval'? 

In contemporary debates, the full-face veil is frequently presented as a medieval practice. And yet, in a supreme irony, the contemporary European response to the full-face veil can itself be seen as "medieval".(Malik, 2013).

It is a woman's choice to wear a veil

"I think it's for women to make a choice about what clothes they wish to wear, if they wish to wear a veil that is for a woman to make a choice." (May in the Press Association, 2013c).


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Niqab wearers art not mainstream


This is an incredibly niche issue: the number of women who wear the niqab at all are "pretty few and far between", said Shahin Ashraf, the Muslim chaplain at the University of Birmingham. The number of niqabis who are required to give evidence in court (pace the landmark ruling this week that witnesses had to remove the veil to give evidence) is minuscule; ditto, the number of doctors who wear a veil and won't ever remove it. (Williams, 2013c).


3. COURSE PROGRAMME

BA1

Term 1 is an introduction to key names and movements in western fashion history. Famous names and general ideas are presented in order to highlight the importance of historical and technical knowledge as a start to learning.


Term 2 develops a more thematic approach. Concepts relevant to contemporary fashion are presented in order to highlight the importance of social and theoretical knowledge as a development to learning.


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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Poiret


Paul Poiret and Orientalism


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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denim


Skinny jeans and fashion and identity


BA2

BA2 Historical and Theoretical Studies will consider current issues for debate within contemporary fashion and textiles.  Students will work in small groups to present group seminars.



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Fashion and society


Dolce & Gabbana's Sunday afternoon show in Milan was the first since the designers were convicted of tax evasion. And far from shying away from their legal predicament, the designers took the opportunity to turn money troubles into clothes.

Coins appeared as a motif throughout the collection, which had an ancient world theme. They were on prints on bell-sleeved dresses, in a centurion-style shift dress and on sandals, earrings and belts – all set to sell by the bucketload to women who love such luxury trinkets.
(Cochrane, 2013).



CONCLUSION

You are expected to be beginning your own independent research now!

But don't worry no work is due in until December...

Advice for new students from Freshers' Week


http://bcottextilesforfashion.weebly.com/2/post/2013/09/society-scrapbook-adavice-for-students-on-how-to-concentrate.html


WHAT HAVE YOU LEARNED?

WHAT HAVE I LEARNED?

Don't work too hard. 

I have lost my job in London and plan to go swimming and do yoga instead...

http://bcottextilesforfashion.weebly.com/2/post/2013/09/fashion-scrapbook-get-swimming.html



REFERENCES

Burkeman, O. (2013) 'Advice for students: how to concentrate',Guardian 23 September [Online]. Available at: http://www.theguardian.com/education/2013/sep/23/advice-students-how-to-concentrate (Accessed 24 September 2013).

Cochrane, K. (2013) 'The niqab debate: "Is the veil the biggest issue we face in the UK?" ', Guardian 16 September [Online]. Available at: http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/sep/16/veil-biggest-issue-uk-niqab-debate (Accessed 17 September 2013).

Cochrane, L. (2013) 'Dolce & Gabbana turn tax evasion into fashion inspiration', Guardian 22 September [Online]. Available at: http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2013/sep/22/dolce-gabbana-tax-evasion-inspiration (Accessed 23 September 2013).

Malik, M. (2013) "Full-face veils aren't barbaric - but our response can be',Guardian 17 September [Online]. Available at: http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/sep/17/full-face-veil-not-barbaric-debate-muslim-women (Accessed 18 September 2013).

May in the Press Association (2013) 'Wearing veil should be the woman's choice, says Theresa May', Guardian 17 September [Online]. Available at: http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/sep/17/veil-womans-choice-theresa-may (Accessed 18 September 2013).

Smith in Fox, I. (2013) 'Great lengths: 10 fashionistas share their swimming routines', Guardian 20 September [Online]. Available at: http://www.theguardian.com/fashion/2013/sep/20/fashionistas-swimming-routines (Accessed 21 September 2013).

Walker, P. (2013) 'Judge allows Muslim woman to wear niqab in court', Guardian 12 September [Online]. Available at: http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/sep/12/judge-allows-muslim-woman-wear-niqab (Accessed 13 September 2013).

Williams, Z. (2013) 'Lifting the veil: do we all have to dance to UKip's tune?' Guardian 20 September [Online]. Available at: http://www.theguardian.com/theguardian/2013/sep/20/zoe-williams-veil-niqab-personal-choice (Accessed 21 September 2013).

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