Innovation: The fashion industry summary
Innovation: the Fashion Industry course introduces to you how enormous fashion retailers
improve and find the story behind a top pick piece of your clothing. The course presents a case
study appearing how Marks & Spencer has been a key trend-setter in design, presenting unused
textures that make our lives simpler and more comfortable. The Future Learn website course is
split in two. There are activities you are supposed to do during the first week and activities you
should do in the second week. Mainly the course includes: Reading different articles, watching
videos, joining discussions and completing exercises.
During the first week, you are exploring the types and levels of innovation in the fashion
industry. The first activity gives you an overview of what to consider and to bear in mind when
thinking about innovation. Also, you can have your say what are your thoughts about this topic
and share your ideas. During the second activity, you can learn about their clothing innovation at
Marks and Spencer and get to know more about advertising fashion. When the week starts to end
there is always a summary about what you learned and also you can prepare for the next week.
Throughout the second week, you will learn more about a fashion story. In the first activity, you
get to know about the “iconic” suit that was created by Marks and Spencer to demonstrate what
the future in the suit world could look like. The other topic is The wear2 project. The aim of this
project is to show a way to remove branding from clothing so that it can be recycled and reworn. This further potential is to remove labels, buttons and other items from clothing so that the
item can be broken down into its constituent parts and recycled appropriately. In activity two is
your turn to tell a story of a fashion innovation that inspires you. The next step is to create an
educational video and get to know how to exactly produce a video by yourself. When you have
finished the second week as well you have the opportunity to complete this test in order to earn a
Certificate of Achievement.
By the end of the course, you will be able to:
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Explore the different types of innovation and discuss examples of each.
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Identify the three levels of innovation: incremental, radical, and disruptive.
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Discuss the different types and levels of innovation in the fashion industry.
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Evaluate the way in which clothes were marketed in the 1950s compared to today.
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Explore future directions in fabric and garment innovation and discuss technologies
which have impacted on innovation in the fashion industry.
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Research and report on the history and development of an item of clothing.
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Record the history and development of your chosen clothing item.
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Share and discuss your research with fellow learners.
When you participate actively in this course, you will get a great overview of innovation in the
fashion industry, learn about Marks and Spencer futuristic ideas to benefit the environment and
more. Completing the tasks given in this course and learning from them will give you new skills
that will come in handy for you hereinafter.