Faculty Information

TECHNOLOGY and COMPUTING - Fashion and Design

Soft Materials Technology/Fashion Design

Year 10:
Machine skills and competency
Use of commercial patterns and garment constructions
Designing logo for casual wear
Applying Fabric decoration on t-shirt or similar
Fibre studies and care labelling
Felt making projects

Year 11:
Fashion design sketching
Machine skills and competency
Use of commercial patterns and garment constructions
Fibre studies and care labelling
Technology project
Design brief and specifications
Consider the range of options, propose and test ideas to select a solution.
Project management, applying resources efficiently.
Review the chosen outcomes, debating their decisions in relation to the specifications

Year 12:
Pattern drafting –basic skirt and trouser block, pattern adaptations
Garment assembly (industry method)
Fashion sketching
Sample work on construction techniques
Design and make garments
History of costumes – prehistoric and ancient Egypt
Study a designer
The fashion industry – types and designing a collection.
Fibre studies and fabric constructions
Common fabric types and their suitability to garment design and their sewing requirements.

Year 13:
In-depth study of a designer
Nature of Clothing & Fashion -Why and who change fashion, fashion cycles, classics and fads
Resourceful use of material –applied design, recycling
Formal garment construction and evaluations
Fashion drawing
Design and make a textile item for a specific purpose e.g. a quilt.
Pattern drafting- draft basic block for the top bodice including fitting , pattern adaptations
Design & make outfits for various competitions e.g., Recycling Revolutions, Young Designer Fashion Award, Trash to - Fashion

Soft Materials Technology/Fashion Design - Assessment

Year 10:

Demonstrate the safe use & operation of a range of sewing equipment.

Develop and test an outcome through modification and adaptation.

Produce a technological solution using technological practice.

Review the outcome in relation to intentions and agreed criteria.

The impact of changing technologies on society.

Demonstrates an understanding of knowledge of materials.

Year 11:
Practical and written assessments as per unit standards, project work as per technology achievement standards

US6678	Use a commercial pattern
US6682	Construct and evaluate an unstructured woven garment
Techology AS 1.1	Develop a technological solution to address a given brief
Techology AS 1.5	Demonstrate understanding of technological knowledge
Techology AS 1.6	Present a technological solution that addresses the requirements of a brief

Year 12:
1 hour practical test, 2 x 1hr written tests, assignments, pattern and sample work, garments, written assessments as per unit standards

US6684	Demonstrate technique of flat pattern making and develop a garment from a basic block
US6692	Prepare for and construct a leisure garment
US5302	Cut single ply material by shears for the clothing industry
US1540	Set up, adjust and operate a domestic lockstitch sewing machine
US4838	Demonstrate knowledge of clothing materials
US6691	Construct a lined skirt

3 Modules of course work will be assessed using achievement-based assessessment for the AUT University award

Year 13:
Practical and written assessments as per unit standards

US16838	Explore and demonstrate resourceful use of materials to produce a textile item
US6700	Prepare for and construct a textile item for specified purpose
US16841	Draft a garment pattern from a block
US6699	Prepare for and construct a garment for a formal occasion
US16839	Develop and apply an evaluation for a textile technology activity

Soft materials Technology/Fashion Design - Photos

These garments are designed and made by Year 12 and 13 Fashion and Design students. They are designed, made and modelled by the same students except for Wendy Wang, her garment was modelled by Julia Hagen.