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HA 118 — Introduction to Fashion History: Materials, Motifs & Meanings

3 credits; 3 lecture hours

This course explores the history of trade, inspiration, and appropriation between cultures through case studies. It examines how fashion shapes identity and the complex intersection of materials, motifs, and meanings. It teaches how to ethically study global fashion, factoring in existing and historic power structures and cultural values.

Menswear AAS Degree Program

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...of Art (HA) courses. Three (3) credits HA 118 Three (3) credits HA 215 Three...

Fashion Design AAS Degree Program

http://catalog.fitnyc.edu/undergraduate/majors/twoyearassociatedegreeprograms/fashiondesignmajor/

...excluding History of Art (HA) courses. Three (3) credits HA 118 Three (3) credits any...

Fashion Design AAS Degree Program Evening/Weekend Sequence

http://catalog.fitnyc.edu/eveningweekend/

...excluding History of Art (HA) courses. Three (3) credits HA 118 Three (3) credits any...