Fashion, Fads and Freedom
(DVD or VHS)
©2000 Learning Seed, 20 minutes
#LS-24500, Price $89
Clothing choices play a role in almost every social problem from school violence and drugs to poverty and gangs. To many, the word "fashion" means Paris, models, and high prices. In reality, fashion is basic self-expression for the only animals on the planet who wear clothes. People don't merely wear clothes, they wear stories. They use style and fashion to tell the tale of their lives.
This video explains that for youth, fashion is an attempt to reconcile two seemingly contradictory messages--"I'm unique" and "I belong." Watch articulat and youthful commentators explain their own clothing choices.
Learn
- Do people judge each other by clothing? Do they enforce unwritten "rules of dress" or engage in stereotyping?
- Does clothing influence behavior? Do dress codes work? What's cool? What's hot? Why?
- Where does fashion come from? Who influences how we dress?
- How does a fad become a trend and then a fashion?
- What is the influence of names such as Hilfiger, FUBU, Nike and Levi and why do we wear the labels on the outside of clothes?
- What do rappers, pro athletes, and celebrities have to do with how we dress?
- Body piercings--will future generations view even a pierced ear as hopelessly "square"?
A thoroughly modern, provocative video that will get students talking about fashion, style, and the stories they wear.