Textile Design and Merchandising

At the end of the course, students should be able to: 1. grounded in the commercial values of textile design; 2. strategies of exposition of fabric value; 3. know the strategies of packaging the self; and 4. the antics in business and the textile environment.

Commercial survey of designs and fabrics for fashion and interior and exterior design and decoration. Principles and structure of the textile market, clothing for future needs, fabrics as communication, and their need for various settings and the environment. The course incorporates respective aspects of planning, purchasing, allocation, and promotion of the merchandise of fabrics. The communicative and critical applications for achieving results in the textiles industries involving merchandising, consultancy and advocacy, come into focus.