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UNIT –1: HISTORY OF FASHION  
Introduction to history of fashion, sources of information 
Factors affecting clothing – protection, ritualistic, identification, adornment 
Origin and development of costume –Draped costume(Indian, Sumerian, Babylonian, Assyrian, 
Egyptian, Greek and Roman) 
Industrial Revolution – mechanical inventions, influence on India 
Evolution of 20
th
 century Indian fashion. 
Films and fashion 
 
UNIT – 2: BASIC PATTERN DEVELOPMENT  
Pattern Making 
Terminology, symbols and abbreviations 
Methods of measuring body and dress form 
sizes and measurements 
Tools of pattern making 
Fit- Element of fits, evaluating fits, need to fit and methods of fit 
Pattern development- Basic Bodice: How to develop a bodice from the standard measurement 
chart and test fitted on the dress form. 
Sleeveless bodice 
Neckline and its variations 
Dart manipulation 
How to develop basic skirt block with one dart or two darts and A- line 
Collar- Principles of collar development :flat collar, roll collar and stand collar, terminology for 
collars 
 
 
 
 
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FASHION STUDIES-328 
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    FASHION STUDIES-
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  Syllabus for Class 12 
  
FASHION STUDIES-328 
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UNIT –1: HISTORY OF FASHION  
Introduction to history of fashion, sources of information 
Factors affecting clothing – protection, ritualistic, identification, adornment 
Origin and development of costume –Draped costume(Indian, Sumerian, Babylonian, Assyrian, 
Egyptian, Greek and Roman) 
Industrial Revolution – mechanical inventions, influence on India 
Evolution of 20
th
 century Indian fashion. 
Films and fashion 
 
UNIT – 2: BASIC PATTERN DEVELOPMENT  
Pattern Making 
Terminology, symbols and abbreviations 
Methods of measuring body and dress form 
sizes and measurements 
Tools of pattern making 
Fit- Element of fits, evaluating fits, need to fit and methods of fit 
Pattern development- Basic Bodice: How to develop a bodice from the standard measurement 
chart and test fitted on the dress form. 
Sleeveless bodice 
Neckline and its variations 
Dart manipulation 
How to develop basic skirt block with one dart or two darts and A- line 
Collar- Principles of collar development :flat collar, roll collar and stand collar, terminology for 
collars 
 
 
 
 
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UNIT – 3: ELEMENTS OF FASHION  
Understanding Fashion - definition and overview 
Haute couture, High Fashion, Ready to Wear, Mass produced garments 
Fashion Capitals 
Menswear - Introduction, Categories, Elements of Design, shirts, pants and shorts, suits 
Women’s wear  
Introduction to Indian women’s wear, Elements of design, categories of 
Women’s wear-dresses, blouses/skirts, trousers, kameezs, saris & blouses. 
Children wear – Introduction, garments for different ages - New born, Infants Toddlers, Pre-
teens and Teens, dungarees 
Trims used for the fashion apparel 
 
UNIT – 4: BASICS OF GARMENT MAKING (12 MARKS) 
Understanding fabric types. 
selection of underlining, interfacing, lining and inter-lining 
Cutting preliminaries, fabric preparation, fabric cutting, grain line, preshrinking, identifying the 
right side of fabric, pinning and marking methods 
Types of plackets- continuous, simple shirt placket and shirt placket with facing. 
Neckline facing, bias strip and preparation of bias strip.