Title: Describe the influences that economic, demographic, social, cultural, political, geographic, and psychographic factors have had on fashion.
Course: Fashion Marketing (12153-I) > Section: Exploring the Nature and History of Fashion

Description may include factors such as the women's movement, immigration, American migration, segregation, war and disasters, economic cycles, movies, pop-culture figures, and demographic phenomena.

Process/Skill Questions:

- Who in the entertainment industry has influenced fashion trends? What influences have these individuals had on fashion?
- How did economic factors influence fashion in the 1920s? During the Great Depression? During World War II?
- What is the hemline index?
- How do economic conditions affect fashion?
- Which recent films have influenced the fashion industry through visual effects?
- How have lifestyle changes and changes in social convention influenced fashion?