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