Thesis: Design and Fashion
INTRODUCTION Fashion may strike the public as of little importance and even refer to it as a luxury. However, fashion is evident everywhere especially in today’s society where fashion has become a means of self-expression. The popular society of today are becoming more and more aware of the importance of fashion in their daily lives or, to the least, in important occasions where first impression already matter.
The widespread awareness of fashion entails creative minds to innovate and design not only aesthetic wise apparel and accessories but also for functional and practical purposes. In order to produce competent designers and artisans demand an institute which can address the proper training of these artistic and skilful work forces.
Cebu is full of potential fashion designers and artisans therefore gaining its title as the “Creative City” of the Philippines by the London based “Creative Cities Campaign.” This campaign aims to preserve, promote, and develop the existing potential creative mindset of a chosen city. Living up to the standards of this campaign are schools inclined to the arts and a fashion institute would add up to this fulfilment as we have several internationally acclaimed fashion designers.
RATIONALE Fashion schools will improve the acceptance of our local fashion designers and artisans professionally through proper certification of educational attainment. An institution duly credited and recognized by the academic society will boost the fashion industry in Cebu and hopefully pioneer in the whole Philippines. Existing fashion schools in the Philippines have recently branched out to other regions of the country hoping to cultivate potential fashion designers. Their curriculum strictly focuses on clothing design. There are also other schools offering courses which are related to fashion namely: make-up, styling, and fashion photography.
The fashion schools in the Philippines specifically in Cebu city cater only to the
The widespread awareness of fashion entails creative minds to innovate and design not only aesthetic wise apparel and accessories but also for functional and practical purposes. In order to produce competent designers and artisans demand an institute which can address the proper training of these artistic and skilful work forces.
Cebu is full of potential fashion designers and artisans therefore gaining its title as the “Creative City” of the Philippines by the London based “Creative Cities Campaign.” This campaign aims to preserve, promote, and develop the existing potential creative mindset of a chosen city. Living up to the standards of this campaign are schools inclined to the arts and a fashion institute would add up to this fulfilment as we have several internationally acclaimed fashion designers.
RATIONALE Fashion schools will improve the acceptance of our local fashion designers and artisans professionally through proper certification of educational attainment. An institution duly credited and recognized by the academic society will boost the fashion industry in Cebu and hopefully pioneer in the whole Philippines. Existing fashion schools in the Philippines have recently branched out to other regions of the country hoping to cultivate potential fashion designers. Their curriculum strictly focuses on clothing design. There are also other schools offering courses which are related to fashion namely: make-up, styling, and fashion photography.
The fashion schools in the Philippines specifically in Cebu city cater only to the