Fashion Students Research Articles

Observing the use of technology for students' independent work on online learning assignments

This research aims to determine students' responses to online learning, the level of student independence in carrying out online learning assignments, differences in the level of independence of students in Fashion, Culinary, and Tourism study programs, the difficulties faced by students when participating in the online learning process and carrying out learning assignments, and Efforts to find solutions when experiencing difficulties following the online learning process. Conducted at SMK N 4 Yogyakarta, this quantitative descriptive research found that student responses to this research were in the medium category at 71.25% (114 students) with an average score of 18.71. Meanwhile, the level of independence in online assignments is in the high category at 78.13% (125 students), with an average score of 62.00. Not only that, there is a difference in independence in carrying out students' online learning assignments in the Fashion and Catering study program, there is no difference in independence between students in the Food and Tourism study program, and there is no difference in independence between students in the Fashion and Tourism study program. On the other hand, the difficulty in online learning assignments in the medium category was 63.75% (102 students) with an average score of 41.03. Lastly, students' efforts when experiencing difficulties were in the high category at 99.37% (159 students), with an average score of 46.37.

Development of Factory-Based Learning Modules in Clothing Production Units

The aim of research and development is to develop a factory-based learning module in fashion production units in vocational schools that can be used in the classroom or for independent learning. This study was developed based on an analysis of the needs of class XI fashion students at SMK Negeri 1 Beringin. Development research using the 4D method by Thiagarajan. Has the Define, Design, Develop, and Disseminate research stages. The development process involves input from material experts, media experts, and instructional experts, as well as acceptability testing from students. The results of the research show that (1) the Teaching Factory-Based Learning Module in the Clothing Production Unit received a material expert score in the content feasibility aspect of 3.43, or 85.83% (very feasible). In the feasibility aspect of the presentation, it was 3.23, or 80.68% (feasible). Language assessment aspect: 3.54, or 88.46% (very decent). Instructional expert validation aspect: 3.32, or 82.93% (feasible). Media expert aspects of graphic feasibility are 3.68, or 91.94% (very feasible). Each validation shows that the product is suitable for use in learning. (2) The Teaching Factory Based Learning Module in the Clothing Production Unit is tested using the N-Gain Score to see the effectiveness of media use on learning outcomes. The research results showed a figure of 0.57 (medium effectiveness). Research conclusions: The Teaching Factory-Based Learning Module in the Clothing Production Unit at SMK Negeri 1 Beringin is suitable for use and is effective in improving learning outcomes.

Multimedia Integration in Learning to Draw Women's Body Proportions: A Case Study of Class X Fashion Students at SMK Darussalam Banyuwangi

Multimedia Integration in Learning to Draw Women's Body Proportions: A Case Study of Class X Fashion Students at SMK Darussalam Banyuwangi

Transferable critical thinking skills of culinary and fashion students in educational practical activities at Vocational Schools

Efforts to continually develop the potential and skills of future teachers are crucial due to the increased demands placed upon them. This study aimed to examine the critical thinking abilities of students engaged in educational practice within vocational high schools, elucidating the challenges they encountered and proposing requisite strategies for surmounting them. Employing a quantitative descriptive approach, this research utilized surveys and focus group discussions (FGDs) as data collection instruments, validated through content validity measures. The study employe ,;d students from the Department of Food and Clothing Education at the Faculty of Engineering, Universitas Negeri Yogyakarta, participating in Educational Practices within the Tourism Group Vocational High School, alongside tutor teachers guiding them. Analysis revealed that students exhibited commendable levels of critical thinking, evidenced by their adeptness in identifying information within the school environment, searching for information to analyze prevailing issues, and discerning various problems. Notably, the predominant obstacle impeding critical thinking proficiency was Sociocentrism, with a notable majority (61.64%) identifying unwarranted assumptions stemming from mass media sources (41.10%), and relativism due to deficient literacy skills, leading to closed-mindedness (31.51%).

Storytelling for personal connection: A pedagogical strategy to localise fashion education

The 2015 student protests, #RhodesMustFall and #FeesMustFall, gave rise to the call to decolonise curricula and end the dominance of Western ideologies in South African higher education (HE). The argument put forward in this paper is the need to shift from a traditional approach to a humanised pedagogical approach, wherein students frame knowledge around individual experiences to construct personal and shared understanding. Although limited scholarship around decolonising South African fashion HE exists, such scholarship does not focus on storytelling and circle learning as pedagogical strategies. To address this research gap, narrative humanism, referred to in this research as storytelling, and circle learning are put forward as pedagogical strategies to integrate student identities for personal connection in South African fashion HE. This paper aims to explore the affordances of storytelling and circle learning to decolonise South African fashion HE. Through qualitative action research, two teaching and learning interventions, termed the pilot and main studies, were designed and applied with fashion students at a South African HE institution. Data collection entailed semi-structured student questionnaires, artefacts, and a reflective research journal. To analyse the data, content analysis was employed. The findings reveal that, irrespective of cultural lived experiences or diverse backgrounds, storytelling afforded a decolonised approach in terms of inclusivity, collaboration, and a safe environment for socially engaged dialogue and peer feedback. Similarly, circle learning seemed to reduce teacher-student power relations and contrasted traditional modes of delivery. Circle learning appeared to encourage meaningful, engaged participation, affording a progressive pedagogical strategy to accommodate student and teacher voices in open dialogue. This paper contributes to the scholarship of teaching and learning in that storytelling and circle learning are suitable pedagogies to decolonise fashion education in the Global South.

The Influence of Peers on the Gender Divide Within Secondary Technology Education in Aotearoa, New Zealand

According to New Zealand government statistics, there is a consistent male–female divide within technology education in secondary schools, resulting in an ongoing underrepresentation of male students in fashion and textiles and female students in computer science and resistant materials learning areas. This underrepresentation is concerning as it contradicts the inclusion promoted in the New Zealand Curriculum and may contribute to reduced opportunities for a talented and diverse workforce. A large body of literature is dedicated to the underrepresentation of female students in STEM fields and has predominantly focused on female students in mathematics and science. However, minimal research focuses on the technology curriculum within the Aotearoa New Zealand context. This qualitative exploratory study investigated students’ perceptions of gender-typing and gender stereotypes within technology education and the experiences of students engaged in technology subjects in which they are gender minorities. Data were gathered through semi-structured interviews. The findings from the thematic analysis revealed that peers and the need for social connection impacted the experiences of gender minority students in their class and influenced their subject selection.

Teaching Design, Arts, and Fashion Students about Plastics and Recycling: The Use of Online and Offline Escape Room Scenarios

Teaching Design, Arts, and Fashion Students about Plastics and Recycling: The Use of Online and Offline Escape Room Scenarios

Influence of modern technology on Ghanaian indigenous pottery and fashion trends

In Ghana, due to the social dynamics of modernization, there has been an increasing awareness among the population about modern ceramics and fashion owing to the influence of print and electronic media. This paper brings to light the effects of technology and the responsiveness of the ceramic and fashion industries in Ghana. The research design adopted for this study was a mixed-methods design. This design involves the collection and analysis of quantitative data followed by qualitative data to provide a comprehensive understanding of the research topic. The study adopted a stratified sample size of 105 out of a targeted population of 142 from three groups at Takoradi Technical University, Ghana. The study covered ceramic and fashion lecturers (15), ceramic and fashion students (35), and non-ceramic and fashion students (55). A structured questionnaire and interview guide were used to gather information. The questionnaire was subjected to a reliability test with Cronbach's alpha, and it resulted in a reliability coefficient of 0.82 (82%), which was above the recommended minimum of 0.7. The gathered data was analysed using both quantitative and qualitative methods. The Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) version 27 software and ATLAS.ti were used for data analysis. The study revealed that the availability and exposure to technologies in the twenty-first century have had a major influence on indigenous pottery and the choice of clothing in Ghanaian society. The collective evidence from the results also underscores the transformative impact of digital platforms and technology in shaping perceptions, practices, and preferences within the indigenous pottery and fashion domains. The paper recommended that the stakeholders in these creative industries strategically harness the synergy of social media and technological tools to enhance global exposure, foster economic growth, and ensure the preservation of cultural heritage.

Generative Artificial Intelligence in Collaborative Ideation: Educational Insight From Fashion Students

Generative Artificial Intelligence in Collaborative Ideation: Educational Insight From Fashion Students

Investigation of Fashion Students’ Interest in Fashion Entrepreneurship

Investigation of Fashion Students’ Interest in Fashion Entrepreneurship

Basics Fashion Photo Editing Module for Fashion Design Students Based on Indonesian National Work Competency Standards

The limitations of the learning media on fashion photo editing materials become the main obstacle to achieving basic digital photo editing competence in the Fashion Photography course. Therefore, it is necessary to develop relevant modules. This study aims to develop an SKKNI-based basics fashion photo editing module for fashion students that can be used in the learning activities of fashion photography. This study is a research and development conducted using the ADDIE model. The subjects of this study were 30 students of the Fashion Design Study Program. The data were obtained from product evaluation by material experts and media experts as well as field trials involving research subjects. These data were analyzed using descriptive quantitative techniques. The result of this study is a basic module for fashion photo editing based on the basic digital photo processing competency sub-unit materials in the Indonesian National Work Competency Standards of Photography. From the material aspect, the developed module was considered valid (0.85) and reliable (0.742). The media aspect of the module was also regarded as valid (0.82) and reliable (0.714). Thus, it can be concluded that the module developed was of expert quality and feasible to use. Based on the percentage of students achieving the minimum passing grade, the developed module is categorized as effective (80%) as a learning media in the basic materials of fashion photo editing.

A Review on the Challenges of Fashion Students' Training Based on Curriculum Structure of Technical Universities in Ghana

A Review on the Challenges of Fashion Students' Training Based on Curriculum Structure of Technical Universities in Ghana

Analysis on Students’ Performance to Promote Gender Equality in Creative Fashion Design

The fashion industry has prospects and it can help to project the economy to compete with the international market. However, the extent of gender imbalance emerging from the Fashion Department of Kumasi Technical University is becoming a threat to the future of the industry. This paper is aimed at creating awareness of the extent of gender imbalance and promoting the inclusion of more male fashion students in fashion institutions. This was achieved by conducting an analysis of gender performance in Creative fashion design processes. The study employed educational Design and Quantitative research methods with a descriptive style of analysis. With a sample size of n=191, a structured questionnaire was distributed to participants on different occasions during class hours to gather relevant data for the study. The results showed that, though the female students were more than the male students, the male students performed better than the female students in terms of creative fashion design processes. Most of the students were of the opinion that the famous fashion designers in history and the present day are men. Also, most of the students responded that the best fashion designers in their locality are men. The study recommends that society needs to be educated and encourage more male students to take up fashion as a career.

The effectiveness of design practice for achieving sustainability and diffusing sustainable fashion

ABSTRACT The transition to sustainable fashion is becoming inevitable and appropriate design methods and approaches that are able to address sustainability issues effectively are needed. This paper presents the methods and results of a six-week long sustainable bag design pilot course designed for fashion students. The project sought to combine existing approaches and innovation in the design process, while simultaneously encouraging the use of multiple approaches to sustainability. Students were placed in a position to study and discuss general sustainability issues in specific local contexts, as well as in the process of design and prototyping. The results revealed that students had several opportunities for learning thanks to the special focus of the course on sustainability. By embedding sustainable design criteria into the design process, it did not only draw students’ attention to environmental and social issues but also provided sources of inspiration for the design process and enhanced the creativity of students.

Evaluation as Devaluation: The Labour of Critique in Fashion Education

A “critique” means something quite different in the art and design classroom than it does in the seminar room: an event of assessing students’ artwork. The monopolization of critique as a labour of appraisal serves to enforce that the hours fashion students spend crafting wearable garments are not remunerable labour hours but intangible investments in their own professional and personal development, installing a quite literal distinction between the material work created by the student and the immaterial work of the tutor to assign, guide, and grade it. This pedagogy helps naturalize the asymmetrical distribution of time and obligation through which the arts university precaritizes faculty in short-term work contracts while imprisoning students in long-term loans. By licensing its monopoly on critique to instructors within the studio-classroom so they may evaluate and thereby devaluate the work of students, the university insulates itself from solidarity between its different constituencies.

Role of justification of unethical behaviour in sustainable fashion consumption among Indian consumers: a parallel mediation approach

PurposeSustainable consumption is an important topic for different industries, including the fashion industry. Despite a favourable attitude of consumers towards sustainable products in the fashion industry, the actual purchase by the consumers is limited. Thus, the present study examines sustainable consumption using the theory of planned behaviour (TPB). The purpose of this paper is to study the mediating impact of strategies of justification of unethical behaviour on the gap-based relationship between a purchase intention and a purchase decision for a consumer in a sustainable clothing context.Design/methodology/approachFor the study, the primary data from 229 graduate-level fashion students enrolled in universities across India has been analyzed with the help of structural equation modelling.FindingsThe study results have proven that attitudes and subjective norms can positively affect purchase intentions when it comes to purchase of the environmentally sustainable products. Further, economic rationality (ER) and government dependency (GD) partially mediate the purchase intention–behaviour gap of the justification strategies for unethical behaviour.Practical implicationsThe results would be helpful in implementing sustainable clothing consumption among Indian consumers. The study would be beneficial for industry professionals, export houses and scholars to discover possible reasons which can lead to the widening of the intention–behaviour gap when it comes to the purchase of the sustainable clothing consumption for Indian consumers. Critical implications for marketers from the present research assert that ER and GD are important factors that could increase the purchase intention of young consumers towards sustainable clothing.Originality/valueThe results of the study contribute to the existing literature in a novel way by adding justification strategies for unethical behaviour to the TPB model. This study is innovative as it adds new constructs to the TPB model by including the three justification strategies that people use for unethical consumption behaviour (ER, economic development and GD) to gain insight into why a purchase intention–behaviour gap exists for sustainable clothing.

PENGARUH RELIGIUSITAS, LINGKUNGAN DAN POLA KONSUMSI TERHADAP KEPUTUSAN PEMBELIAN BUSANA MUSLIMAH MAHASISWI FAKULTAS EKONOMI DAN BISNIS ISLAM UIN DATOKARAMA PALU

ABSTRACTConsumption behavior itself can be influenced by several factors both in terms of the environment, religiosity and so on. This is also the basis for consumption activities carried out by female students in fashion. This study aims to determine the effect of religiosity, environment, and consumption patterns on purchasing decisions for Muslimah female students at the Faculty of Economics and Business, UIN Palu. This type of research is field research with quantitative research methods. Data collection techniques used are questionnaires, interviews and documentation. The number of samples taken in this study were 81 respondents. The results of this study indicate that religiosity has a positive and significant effect on purchasing decisions for Muslim women's clothing with a "t" _"count" value of 3.198 > "t" _"table" 1.666 a positive beta value of 0.196 and a significance value (Sig.) 0.002 <0 ,05. The environment has a positive and significant effect on purchasing decisions for Muslimah clothing with a "t" _"count" value of 8.401 > "t" _"table" 1.664, a positive beta value of 0.630 and a significance value (Sig.) 0.000 <0.05. Consumption patterns have a positive and significant effect on Muslimah Clothing Purchasing Decisions with a value of "t" _"count" 2.844 > "t" _"table" 1.644 positive beta value of 0.200 and gain of significance value (Sig.) 0.006 <0.05. Results This study also shows that simultaneously, Religiosity, Environment and Consumption Patterns simultaneously influence the Purchase Decision of Muslimah Clothing for Students of the Islamic Economics and Business Faculty of UIN Palu. This was obtained through the F test by obtaining data with a value of "F" _"count" 85.317 > "F" _"table" 2.723 and a significance value (Sig.) 0.000 <0.05.

The Relationship Between Learning Motivation And Learning Difficulties Of Cashity At Modeste Dolly Women's Skill Institution, Bukittinggi City

The background of this research is the high learning difficulty of dressmaking students at the Modeste Dolly Women's Skills Institute, which is suspected to be due to the low learning motivation of students at the Modeste Dolly Women's Skills Institute, Bukittinggi City. This study aims to reveal an overview of the learning motivation of fashion design students, learning difficulties of fashion design students, and reveal the relationship between learning motivation and learning difficulties of fashion at the Modeste Dolly Women's Skills Institute, Bukittinggi City. This study uses a quantitative approach with a correlational type. The population in this study were 45 fashion students, while the samples were taken using a 70% stratified random sampling technique, namely 32 people. Data collection techniques using a questionnaire. And the technique used in data analysis is the percentage formula and product moment correlation formula. The results of this study indicate that: 1) the learning motivation of dressmaking students is still relatively low; 2) the learning difficulties of dressmaking students are high; 3) there is a significant relationship between learning motivation and learning difficulties in fashion at the Modeste Dolly Women's Skills Institute Bukittinggi City.

Narratives and legacies of 1960s Vogue Italia covers on contemporary Italian young women

The article investigates the legacy, in terms of narratives and representations of femininity, of Vogue Italia covers from the 1960s and 1970s on contemporary Italian young women. To do this, we visually and textually analyse two different corpora: 143 Vogue Italia covers, retrieved from the Vogue Italia Archive and published between 1964 (Vogue’s first publication in Italy) and 1974 and between 2020 and 2022; and 46 mock covers of fashion simulated magazines created by female undergraduate fashion students during the academic years 2020/2021 and 2021/2022. Through the first corpus we examine the hegemonic discourse of Vogue Italia, assuming that it expresses the typical Italian way of creating and expressing female fashion while reflecting the shifting ideologies of the Italian feminist movement over the last century; the second corpus reveals the imaginations and narratives of young girls on fashion, disclosing how women’s – and girls’ – identities have been shaped over time and how the standards for femininity, beauty, happiness and health have been transferred and reworked from one generation to the next. In our study the parallel investigation between the longitudinal analysis of the visual apparatus Vogue Italia and the covers produced by students shows, first, elements of continuity and similarity in the communicative and instrumental use of fashion, according to the practice of remixing. Second, it demonstrates that students assimilated successfully the narrative codes typical of traditional fashion communication media but they reinterpret the imagery and representations disseminated, thus bringing into the public discourse issues such as sustainability, gender, diversity, body positivity and stereotypes. Therefore, the study also reveals that girls have always been more than simple passive consumers of fashion magazines and cultural products.

Creative Thinking Strategies on Fashion Design Programme for Undergraduate Students in Post Covid-19

The adoption of online learning can be challenging to increase students’ creative thinking skills. This scenario post Covid-19 creates challenges for fashion design programme in China to implement the online learning especially for design studio course. Growing for creativity and innovation is crucial for the students to produce work that is original and uniqueness. This research aims to examine the changes that occurred in undergraduate students of fashion design programme in the post Covid-19 pandemic through online learning. This research used qualitative research methods and twelve students participated sharing experience about new environment and style of learning after pandemic Covid-19. Data were collected through focus groups that included questions on challenges regarding student motivation and discipline, the interaction between student and teacher, the benefits from online learning, student’s approach to convey knowledge and information. There was a significant shift from traditional learning (face-to-face) to online learning. Prior is given to advantage on online learning that cultivates student's independent skills carrying out their activities as well as technical issues, followed by teachers' lack of technical abilities and their inability to adapt their teaching style to the online setting. The findings of this research further into adaptability of learning could inform post-pandemic planning and policymaking in the area of education programs. For instance, governments could use such information to prepare strategically by understanding fashion students' creativity. The implications of these findings for future academic studies are discussed.