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DOGO Media

Dogo News: Designer Transforms Garbage Into Glamorous Outfits

For Students 3rd - 8th
Read about a fashion designer who makes clothing from garbage. Includes video.
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Victoria and Albert Museum

Victoria & Albert Museum: Introduction to 20th Century Fashion

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the history of clothing in the 1900's. Includes images, a discussion of prominent designers and the impact of cultural events upon fashion.
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Design Museum: Christian Dior

For Students 9th - 10th
Biography of influential French fashion designer, Christian Dior.
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Goethe-Institut

German Design and Fashion From Goethe Institut

For Students 9th - 10th
The Goethe-Institut provides a wonderful resource leading to many German design and fashion sites on the web. Sites include current national topics in German design and fashion, home and furniture designs from Germany, German designs of...
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Philadelphia Museum of Art

Philadelphia Museum of Art: The Art and Fashion of Elsa Schiaparelli

For Students 3rd - 8th
Learn about Italian-born fashion designer Elsa Schiaparelli at this animated site from the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
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Phoenix Art Museum

For Students 9th - 10th
Opened in 1959, the Phoenix Art Museum contains nearly 16,000 works, with collections from around the world (American, Asian, European, Latin American, and Western American); along with Fashion Design and the Thorne Miniature Rooms as...
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Google

Cs Education at Google: Cs First: Fashion & Design Theme

For Teachers 4th - 8th
A set of eight activities that teach students basic computer science concepts using the programming language Scratch. Includes lots of additional supports for teachers. All materials are free and teachers sign in to create a class. This...
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Victoria and Albert Museum

Victorian & Albert Museum: Introduction to 18th Century Fashion

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the trends that came to define men's and women's fashion in the 1700's. Includes images and a discussion of popular fabrics and women's hairstyles.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Terms and Materials: Fashion

For Students 9th - 10th
Art moves fashion designers to play with unusual forms and shapes, while fashion can encourage artists to think about qualities such as texture and create art that engages with the human body. Take a look through this glossary for terms...
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Other

Fashion Institute of Technology: Museum: Collections (18Th Century to Present)

For Students 9th - 10th
This in-depth collection offers images and background information about fashions and accessories from the 1700's to the present day.
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TES Global

Tes: Teaching Shakespeare: Tudor Fashion

For Teachers 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This slide show features men's and women's Tudor fashion for the rich and the poor. The students are to study these and design an outfit to fit the person.
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Vintage Vixen: 20th Century Fashion History

For Students 9th - 10th
A descriptive history of female fashion in the twentieth century, decade-by-decade.
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Kids Think Design: A Design Resource for Kids, Parents, and Teachers

For Students 9th - 10th
A fantastic resource for future designers. Students can tap into their creative juices through various interactive activities and by learning about professionals in their field of interest. Design fields include fashion, graphic,...
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Victoria and Albert Museum

Victoria and Albert Museum: Design a Wig

For Students 3rd - 8th
In the late 18th century, women's hairstyles went crazy. Create and share your own hair-raising design.
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Glamour Daze: A Short History of Women's Fashion 1900 to 1969

For Students 9th - 10th
A brief history of women's clothing and fashion spanning the years from 1900 through 1969.
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Siteseen

Siteseen: American Historama: 1920's Fashion for Women

For Students 9th - 10th
Comprehensive overview provides interesting facts about women's fashions, designers, dresses, and trends in clothing in the 1920s.
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BBC

Bbc: Blast

For Students 9th - 10th
So, you want to be a creative arts professional? This designed-for-teens website includes articles about what it takes to be a working artist, dancer, filmmaker, musician, writer, or fashion designer. Find interviews with arts...
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Victoria and Albert Museum

Victoria and Albert Museum: Victorian Dress at the V&a

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the fashions worn by the various social classes during the Victorian era. Includes information on popular styles and textiles, along with a collection of images.
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Smithsonian Institution

National Museum of American History: Chinese American Clothes and Heritage

For Students 9th - 10th
With this collection, visitors can explore the fashions and culture of Chinese Americans in the 19th and 20th centuries.
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Other

Mit:glossary of 18th Century Costume Terminology

For Students 9th - 10th
This extensive glossary explains the vocabulary relating to fashions of the 1700's. Includes links to visual examples.
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Metropolitan Museum of Art

Metropolitan Museum of Art: Eighteenth Century European Dress

For Students 9th - 10th
Explore fashion from the 1700's with the slideshow. Includes a discussion of popular styles, textiles and silhouettes.
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Convertible Shoes: Function, Fashion and Design

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students teams design and build shoe prototypes that convert between high heels and athletic shoes. They apply their knowledge about the mechanics of walking and running as well as shoe design (as learned in the associated lesson) to...
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Incredible Art Department

The Incredible Art Department: Art Jobs & Careers

For Students 9th - 10th
A resource for exploring a wide range of careers in the arts, from advertising and animation to video games and web design.
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Metropolitan Museum of Art

Metropolitan Museum of Art: Heilmann Timeline of Art History: Coco Chanel

For Students 9th - 10th
A look at the career of influential fashion designer Gabrielle "Coco" Chanel.

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