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  • Year 6

Vivienne Westwood and fashion design

I can use inspiration to design a new product.

Lesson 3 of 8
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  • Year 6

Vivienne Westwood and fashion design

I can use inspiration to design a new product.

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Lesson details

Key learning points

  1. Vivienne Westwood has produced a range of fashion designs.
  2. Fashion designers choose materials for form and function.
  3. Fashion designers will add fabric details to their sketches.
  4. School uniform could be inspired by Westwood designs.

Keywords

  • Fashion designer - someone who designs clothing and accessories

  • Form - how something looks, its visual appearance

  • Function - how something works, or what something is designed to do

  • Inspiration - where your ideas come from; something that makes you want to do something

Common misconception

Fashion design only considers the aesthetic qualities of clothing and accessories.

Fashion designers must balance form and function when designing clothing and accessories.


To help you plan your year 6 design and technology lesson on: Vivienne Westwood and fashion design, download all teaching resources for free and adapt to suit your pupils' needs...

Have samples of fabrics such as tartan, tweed and leather to show the pupils. It may be beneficial to show the pupils additional appropriate examples of Westwood's clothing.
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Equipment

Photocopied templates (see additional materials), pens, pencils, colouring pencils and felt tips.

Licence

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Prior knowledge starter quiz

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6 Questions

Q1.
What was Vivienne Westwood known for?

Correct answer: fashion design
architecture
engineering
graphic design

Q2.
What does a fashion designer create?

Correct answer: clothing
furniture
electrical items
pictures

Q3.
All designers, including fashion designers such as Vivienne Westwood, consider two things when designing new products, form and .

Correct Answer: function

Q4.
Which famous fashion city is known as the “fashion capital of the world”?

London
Correct answer: Paris
New York
Beijing

Q5.
Which of these is NOT a type of fabric?

cotton
silk
denim
Correct answer: oak

Q6.
What is the name of the person who sews clothes from a fashion designer’s drawings?

Correct answer: tailor
painter
baker
pilot

Assessment exit quiz

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4 Questions

Q1.
Which fashion movement is Vivienne Westwood famous for bringing into the mainstream?

Correct answer: punk
rock
indie
country

Q2.
Vivienne Westwood wanted her clothing to be long-lasting and ...

Correct answer: sustainable
cheap
throw away
one-size-fits-all

Q3.
Which word refers to the way a product works?

fashion
Correct answer: function
style
form

Q4.
Which of these would you consider when thinking about form?

how to strengthen the fabric
how long it will last
how waterproof it is
Correct answer: which colour to choose