Clothing, Textiles and Fashion 10, 20, 30

(a)	Analyze trend forecasting and how it affects what will be available to consumers.
(b)	Examine cultural influences (e.g., First Nations and Métis, African, Asian) on Western fashion designs.
(c)	Conduct an inquiry of influential designers and their companies at a local, national or global scale.
(d)	Investigate major events or factors in history and their influences on fashion trends (e.g., world wars, evolving roles of women).
(e)	Examine the influences of fast fashion (i.e., inexpensive mass market clothing) in relation to one’s ethical conscious.
(f)	Investigate ethical issues around cultural appropriation in past and present clothing and accessories fashion trends.
(g)	Analyze significant fashion characteristics from a specific historical period (e.g., Early Renaissance, Victorian, Roaring 20s, 1960s) and their influences on present day fashion.
(h)	Investigate subliminal messages in fashion advertising and clothing.
(i)	Conduct an inquiry into how fashion could cause oppression of people’s body shapes and sizes and contribute to eating disorders and use of diets.
(j)	Investigate how changes in fashion trends influence the consumer (e.g., spending habits, mental well-being, social status).