Fashion Values: Economy

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Fashion Values: Economy

Instructors: Nina Stevenson

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Fashion and economy are deeply intertwined through everyday actions, behaviours and business models. On this course from London College of Fashion's Centre for Sustainable Fashion, you'll explore who the economy serves and use design thinking to imagine how fashion can change a global economic system that's broken.

You'll consider the size and scale of fashion in economic terms. Who depends on it, who benefits from it, and who is left outside. You will begin to understand how the current economic system does not work for people and nature. Through that understanding you will develop ideas for shaping fashion practices that enable alternative fashion economies. On this course we approach economics through design thinking - asking how fashion economies can nurture wellbeing for people and nature. This isn't a conventional economics course that teaches you how an economy works. It won't provide a comprehensive economic analysis of fashion and sustainability. The purpose of this course is to encourage you to think about how wellbeing can be a driving force for fashion economies. You'll be set a design challenge: to develop a fashion practice, product, or system that enables a different kind of economic model. Drawing on frameworks and examples from practitioners pioneering new approaches, you'll leave with a concrete idea that puts people and nature first. You'll join a community of fashion and sustainability thinkers and doers with the vision, skills, and commitment to radically transform how fashion operates within the economy. This course is for fashion practitioners, students, and sustainability advocates who want to go beyond awareness and start shaping what comes next. No economics background is required — just curiosity about why the current system isn't working, and a determination to help change it. This course is led by fashion and sustainability experts from Centre for Sustainable Fashion at London College of Fashion, drawing on knowledge from world-leading researchers and practitioners working at the forefront of economic transformation in fashion.

Learners understand in broad terms the relationship between economics, fashion, people and nature.

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4 videos15 readings1 assignment2 discussion prompts

4 videosTotal 22 minutes

1.4. Introduction to Fashion Values: Economy - Video12 minutes
1.10. Fashion economy and people - Audio2 minutes
1.14. What is an economy? - Video3 minutes
1.16. The dominant economic model - Video4 minutes

15 readingsTotal 202 minutes

1.1. Introduction to the course20 minutes
1.3. Introduction to Fashion Values: Economy3 minutes
1.5. Introduction to Module 15 minutes
1.6. Fashion and economy - introduction15 minutes
1.7. What is an economy? - Activity20 minutes
1.8. Fashion economy and nature - Activity15 minutes
1.9. Fashion economy and people15 minutes
1.12. Glossary activity 30 minutes
1.13. What is an economy?3 minutes
1.15. The dominant economic model4 minutes
1.17. Introducing the design thinking challenge12 minutes
1.18. The challenge5 minutes
1.19. 'Empathise' - Activity Part 130 minutes
1.21. 'Empathise' - Activity Part 220 minutes
1.23. Summing up and looking forward5 minutes

1 assignmentTotal 30 minutes

1.22. Module 1 Graded Assignment30 minutes

2 discussion promptsTotal 25 minutes

1.2. Meet the team and introduce yourself5 minutes
1.24. Reflecting on Module 120 minutes

Learners understand that economies are made up of different components and systems.

What's included

5 videos15 readings1 assignment3 discussion prompts

5 videosTotal 24 minutes

2.3. Value and fashion economy - Video10 minutes
2.6. Value: Wellbeing and fashion economy - Video6 minutes
2.8. What matters? Doughnut economics - Video2 minutes
2.14. Access to land: Indigenous economics - Video3 minutes
2.18. Sacred economics - Video3 minutes

15 readingsTotal 255 minutes

2.1. Introduction to Module 24 minutes
2.2. Value and fashion economy8 minutes
2.5. Value: Wellbeing and fashion economy3 minutes
2.7. What matters? Doughnut economics20 minutes
2.9. What matters? Doughnut economics - Activity15 minutes
2.10. Value: Wellbeing - Activity20 minutes
2.11. Use - Activity40 minutes
2.13. Access to land: Indigenous economics - Part 15 minutes
2.15. Access to land (and fashion): Indigenous economics - Part 2 - Activity30 minutes
2.16. Exchange - Activity15 minutes
2.17. Sacred economics - Part 15 minutes
2.19. Sacred economics - Part 2 - Activity25 minutes
2.20. Regulation - Part 120 minutes
2.21. Regulation - Part 2 - Activity40 minutes
2.23. Summing up and looking forward5 minutes

1 assignmentTotal 30 minutes

2.22. Module 2 Graded Assignment30 minutes

3 discussion promptsTotal 45 minutes

2.4. Value and fashion economy10 minutes
2.12. Access15 minutes
2.24. Reflecting on Module 220 minutes

Learners think creatively about how economies work and consider alternative approaches in and through fashion that nurture wellbeing for people and nature.

What's included

3 videos13 readings1 assignment4 discussion prompts

3 videosTotal 31 minutes

3.3. Work - Audio11 minutes
3.6. Changing work in fashion - Audio5 minutes
3.11. Business models for sustainable prosperity - Video15 minutes

13 readingsTotal 194 minutes

3.1. Introduction to Module 36 minutes
3.2. Work5 minutes
3.5. Changing work in fashion 5 minutes
3.8. Transforming work in fashion - Activity20 minutes
3.9. Making - Activity20 minutes
3.10. Business models for sustainable prosperity10 minutes
3.13. Share a resource - Activity30 minutes
3.14. Reflecting on the systems - Activity15 minutes
3.15. Design thinking challenge: 'Define'5 minutes
3.16. Designing your problem statement - Activity40 minutes
3.17. Design Thinking Challenge - 'Ideate'3 minutes
3.18. Generating ideas30 minutes
3.21. Summing up and looking forward5 minutes

1 assignmentTotal 30 minutes

3.20. Module 3 Graded Assignment30 minutes

4 discussion promptsTotal 60 minutes

3.4. Work10 minutes
3.12. Business models for sustainable prosperity15 minutes
3.19. Communicating your ideas15 minutes
3.22. Reflecting on Module 320 minutes

Learners use design thinking to develop, prototype, evaluate and communicate a fashion economic practice that nurtures wellbeing for people and nature.

What's included

8 readings1 assignment3 discussion prompts

8 readingsTotal 160 minutes

4.1. Introduction to Module 45 minutes
4.3. Design thinking challenge: Planning your prototype - Activity20 minutes
4.4. Design thinking challenge: Developing your prototype - Activity30 minutes
4.5. Design thinking challenge: Evaluate and refine20 minutes
4.7. Design thinking challenge: Communicate - Activity40 minutes
4.10. Course reflection - Activity30 minutes
4.11. Continue your Fashion Values journey10 minutes
4.12. Well done and thank you5 minutes

1 assignmentTotal 30 minutes

4.9. Module 4 Graded Assignment30 minutes

3 discussion promptsTotal 75 minutes

4.2. Framework for prototyping: online spaces35 minutes
4.6. Next steps20 minutes
4.8. Reflecting on Module 420 minutes

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Nina Stevenson

University of the Arts London

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