Abstract
Historic dress is often used by apparel designers as a source of inspiration for new designs. However, using historic information as a source of inspiration in designing has been taught separately in apparel design (AD) and fashion history (FH) courses. To help students expand their creativity in AD, two university instructors decided to collaborate on a project linking historic dress and AD. The instructors prepared and presented teaching materials and assessed related projects for the required courses in Apparel Design and Fashion History. To assess students’ learning and satisfaction, the instructors developed prequestionnaires and postquestionnaires based on Lamb and Kallal () Functional, Expressive and Aesthetic (FEA) Apparel Design Framework. Responses to the prequestionnaire showed that students lacked awareness and information about using historic dress as inspiration. Responses from the postquestionnaires revealed that students looked at historic garment details, colors, and silhouettes and interpreted them in a modern way. Students said that additional benefits were that the exposure to historic dress increased their creativity, helped them understand FH, and helped them connect their course work in Fashion History and Apparel Design.
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