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Bachelor of Fashion Design: FDDES103A Fashion Design Processes

Weekly Readings

Duggan, GG 2001, ‘The greatest show on earth: a look at contemporary fashion shows and their relationship to performance art’, Fashion Theory, vol. 5, no. 3, pp. 243-270, viewed 7 May 2021, Art & Architecture Complete.

Hallnäs, L 2009, 'The all-important difference… concepts of creativity in the fashion design process', Textile Journal, pp. 55-74.

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Kawamura, Y 2004, ‘The Japanese Revolution in Paris fashion’, Fashion Theory, vol. 8, no. 2, pp. 195-223, viewed 7 April 2021, Academic Search Complete.

Quinn, B 2002, Techno fashion, Berg Publishers, Oxford.
Chapter 1, p. 163

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Murphy, D 2011, 'Dialogues between past and present: historic garments as source material for contemporary fashion design', V&A Online Journal, no. 3, Spring, viewed 2 September 2025, <https://researchonline.rca.ac.uk/1447/87/...>

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A cultural history of fashion in the 20th century (2007) - Book by Bonnie English
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Design research : methods and perspectives (2003) - Book by Brenda Laurel
The design process (2014) - eBook and book by Karl Aspelund
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Design thinking (2010) - Book by Gavin Ambrose; Paul Harris
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A designer's research manual : succeed in design by knowing your clients and understanding what they really need (2017) - eBook and book by Jennifer Visocky O'Grady; Ken Visocky O'Grady
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The end of fashion (2021) - eBook by Adam Geczy (Editor); Vicki Karaminas (Editor)

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