Ontario Grade 12 HNB4M The World of Fashion (Grade 12, University/College Preparation)
Chapters: 4
1. A. Research and Inquiry Skills
A1 Exploring · A2 Investigating · A3 Processing Information · A4 Communicating and Reflecting
- Understanding Fashion: How Styles Rise, Spread and Get Made – Fashion is a style that many people accept at a certain time. Every style moves through a fashion cycle: introduction, rise, peak, decline and obsolete. A fad rises and falls in weeks, a trend lasts a few seasons and a classic stays for years. Three theories explain how styles spread: trickle-down (from the rich), trickle-up (from the street and youth) and trickle-across (to all groups at once). Social factors such as culture, the economy, technology and events shape what we wear. Media, from adverts to influencers, speeds up the cycle and sets norms, so a smart consumer asks questions before buying. To make a fashion product you plan, prepare fabric and pattern, cut, sew and finish, using tools safely. Studying fashion also means doing research: asking good questions, using primary and secondary sources, citing honestly and sharing results with the right terms.
2. B. History and Influences
B1 Fashion History · B2 Fashion Influences
- Understanding Fashion: How Styles Rise, Spread and Get Made – Fashion is a style that many people accept at a certain time. Every style moves through a fashion cycle: introduction, rise, peak, decline and obsolete. A fad rises and falls in weeks, a trend lasts a few seasons and a classic stays for years. Three theories explain how styles spread: trickle-down (from the rich), trickle-up (from the street and youth) and trickle-across (to all groups at once). Social factors such as culture, the economy, technology and events shape what we wear. Media, from adverts to influencers, speeds up the cycle and sets norms, so a smart consumer asks questions before buying. To make a fashion product you plan, prepare fabric and pattern, cut, sew and finish, using tools safely. Studying fashion also means doing research: asking good questions, using primary and secondary sources, citing honestly and sharing results with the right terms.
3. C. Textile Production, Society and the Globalized Marketplace
C1 Clothing for Specialized Markets · C2 Global Textile Production · C3 Globalization and Social Responsibility
- Demand, Supply and Market Equilibrium – The law of demand says buyers want less when the price rises; the law of supply says sellers offer more. The market price settles at equilibrium, where quantity demanded equals quantity supplied, and shifts in demand or supply move it. Some goods break the usual laws (Giffen, Veblen, panic buying). A price ceiling set below equilibrium causes shortages. Markets can also fail, for example with pollution or public goods like street lights, so the government steps in.
- Environmental Stewardship: Caring for the Planet as We Use Technology – Environmental stewardship means using the Earth's resources carefully so they last, and fixing harm where we can. Every product, from a phone to a hospital machine, has a life cycle: raw materials, making, transport, use and end of life. Each stage uses energy and makes waste. Good stewards keep products longer, choose efficient machines, follow the waste hierarchy (refuse, reduce, reuse, recycle, then dispose), send e-waste to proper recyclers and support laws and company practices that protect nature. Technology can harm the environment, but it can also help: solar panels, LEDs and smart sensors cut waste.
4. D. Design and Fashion Construction Skills
D1 Elements and Principles of Design · D2 Tools and Technologies · D3 Procedures, Skills, and Techniques
- Elements of Art and Principles of Design – The elements of art are the building blocks an artist uses: line, shape, form, colour, value, texture and space (many teachers also add the point). The principles of design are the rules for arranging those blocks: balance, contrast, emphasis, movement, rhythm and pattern, proportion and scale, and unity with variety. Knowing both helps you make art on purpose and talk about any artwork clearly.
- Understanding Fashion: How Styles Rise, Spread and Get Made – Fashion is a style that many people accept at a certain time. Every style moves through a fashion cycle: introduction, rise, peak, decline and obsolete. A fad rises and falls in weeks, a trend lasts a few seasons and a classic stays for years. Three theories explain how styles spread: trickle-down (from the rich), trickle-up (from the street and youth) and trickle-across (to all groups at once). Social factors such as culture, the economy, technology and events shape what we wear. Media, from adverts to influencers, speeds up the cycle and sets norms, so a smart consumer asks questions before buying. To make a fashion product you plan, prepare fabric and pattern, cut, sew and finish, using tools safely. Studying fashion also means doing research: asking good questions, using primary and secondary sources, citing honestly and sharing results with the right terms.