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Certificate of Achievement
has completed the following course:
Innovation: the Fashion Industry
This course introduced key innovations in fashion using case studies that illustrated how innovation can bring consumers new and better products. Through exercises and discussion, learners researched and shared the innovation story of an item of clothing.
2 weeks, 2 hours per week
Dan Trowsdale
University of Leeds
Transcript
Learning outcomes
- Explore the different types of innovation and discuss examples of each.
- Identify the three levels of innovation: incremental, radical, and disruptive.
- Discuss the different types and levels of innovation in the fashion industry.
- Evaluate the way in which clothes were marketed in the 1950s compared to today.
- Explore future directions in fabric and garment innovation and discuss technologies which have impacted on innovation in the fashion industry.
- Research and report on the history and development of an item of clothing.
- Record the history and development of your chosen clothing item.
- Share and discuss your research with fellow learners.
Syllabus
- An overview of innovation: defining different types and levels
- Case study: incremental innovation at M&S
- Innovation in fashion advertising
- Fashion innovation outside the retail industry
- How to create an educational video
Issued on 30th January 2021
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