Twenty Essay Questions

I've taken the 40 questions I came across in the previous exercise, and I've synthesized them down to 20 questions that have a bit more meat to them. These questions more adequately address subject areas and present more complete concepts that can be explored through writing. Writing is important because the internal process you use to write is like a dialogue with yourself. A one person study group that asks and answers questions.

1. How did fashion develop and what is it's purpose?
2. How do the technical parts of a garment allow for different characteristics like movement and comfort?
3. How does one draw fabric and the human form?
4. How are technical patterns made?
5. Understanding the nature of fabric from field to form.
6. What is the cost structure of producing a garment how is technology changing that?
7. What is the relationship between Haute Couture and Mass Production?
8. Technical history of clothing design and how it affects modern manufacturing.
9. How do you become a designer without education or credentials?
10. Principles of sewing
11. What are the technical necessities and features of clothing?
12. Performance and synthetic fabrics. How they're made and used.
13. Principles of Aesthetics
14. What are the most notable design philosophies?
15. Study the styles and attitudes of fashion pioneers.
16. What's the science behind how people perceive and react to aesthetics?
17. How can electronics be incorporated into fashion?
18. What does a quality portfolio look like?
19. Techniques for adjusting clothing to fit. 
20. How do fashion designers that don't do school make it in the industry?

Initial List of Questions

These are 40 questions that have been raised from my reading of industry overviews. They will later be consolidated down into 20 more interesting and subject oriented topics on which I will write. 

1. What is fashion?
2. History of fashion
3. How does one determine the functionality of a garment. 
4. There is a spectrum of purpose behind design that ranges from bespoke (Lady GaGa's meat dress) to mass produced (Lee's Jeans). What does this spectrum look like and how does it affect manufacture and design
5. How are fabrics made?
6. Where do the costs in fashion design come from?
7. How does one do the drawing of designs?
8. Why don't more movie costumes influence or come out as commercial designs?
9. How has fashion design decentralized?
10. What are the tools a designer needs?
11. What are the physics behind how a garment holds together?
12. What are the movements of the human body you have to plan for?
13. Pattern Making
14. What is draping?
15. What are the most notable design philosophies?
16. What are the special things you have to do for Athletic wear?
17. What is the purpose of Fashion Week and Fashion Shows?
18. What does the fashion supply chain look like from raw material commodity to shelf?
19. What's new technology doing to speed up fashion design and product iteration?
20. Who were some of the pioneers of fashion and what were they like?
21. How does fashion change people's psychology or biology?
22. How does fashion emerge in developing countries.
23. What are the origin stories of the world's most famous designers?
24. How are haute couture fashions translated into consumer products?
25. What are some basic aesthetic principles?
26. How do you draw?
27. What is the science behind color and perception of color?
28. What are the different stitches?
29. How does a sewing machine work?
30. How do fashion designers that don't do school make it in the industry?
31. What does a quality portfolio look like?
32. How are synthetic fabrics made and how do you work with them?
33. How does Nike make performance fabric?
34. What's the point of making ridiculous outfits for fashion shows?
35. How do you translate an idea into something visual?
36. What common clothing features are simply anachronistic?
37. How are modern clothes influenced by past needs and designs?
38. How can electronics be incorporated into fashion?
39. What are the style philosophies of some of the most stylish people of the past century?
40. Fundamentals of pocket design

Assertion of My Main Objective and Why It's Important

Main Objective:

Create a hoodie that expresses the aesthetic beauty of my highest values (reason, courage, calmness, individuality) and successfully submit the design to Betabrand. 

Why is this important to me?:

This is important because I have a vision of a world that operates based on the values that I hold dear and giving others the opportunity to share the same emotional connection I have to my values might help them adopt those values or allow themselves to reason about my values. I believe that the world around us is ours to shape and the beauty of that world is a value unto itself. Style has substance. I want to see the substance of my values realized.