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Design of Fashion Accessories

Code 16348
Year 1
Semester S2
ECTS Credits 5
Workload PL(30H)/T(15H)/TP(15H)
Scientific area Design de Moda
Entry requirements No requirements.
Learning outcomes To know concepts, definitions and summary history of fashion accessories, envisioning their future.
Get to know emblematic brands of fashion accessories and their products.
Understand the importance of the various fashion accessories and their relationship with clothing collections, in the narrow context of fashion complementarity or even by the anthropological concept of symbol or icon of distinction and/or social affirmation.
Deepen the knowledge of the various types of fashion accessories, materials used and production processes
Know how to interpret market trends to use them properly in the development of fashion accessories projects
Be able to use project methodologies in design, exploring them in practice and understanding all stages of the design process.
Consolidate the ability to articulate the conceptual project, with the function, form, materials, aesthetic values, as well as the level of quality and positioning of market segment/s.
Syllabus 1. Fashion Accessory Definitions
Types and categories of accessories: Footwear, Bags/Wallets, Jewellery/Costume Jewelry, Glasses, Scarves, Miscellaneous and Others.
2. Brief review of the history of fashion through accessories
The importance of the accessory in the composition, complementarity or in the context of clothing composition
3. The accessories of the future: Technology and Innovation
4. Innovative Materials, Techniques and Technologies used in the various types of accessories
4.1. 3D technologies and digital printing, development processes
5. Fashion brands and accessories
6. Market and lifestyle trends
6.1. Market and target audience
6.2. Case studies and research
7 . Project(s)
7.1. Synchronic and Diachronic Research, Moodboards and Concept
7.2. Definition/feasibility of materials, techniques and execution/production processes
7.3. Sketch's, 2D technical drawings, technical and budgeting sheets
7.4. Digital simulation, graphic image
7.5. Prototypes
Main Bibliography Cappellieri, A. (2010). Twentieth-century Jewellery: From Art Nouveau to Contemporary Design in Europe and the United States. Skira Editore S.P.A.
Donnanno,A.(2019).Fashion Patternmaking for Accessories: Shoes, bags, hats, gloves, ties. Barcelona.Ed.Promopress.
Fashionary. (2021). Bag Design: A Handbook for Accessories Designers. Fashionary International Ltd
Feyerabend, F.V. (2012). Acessorios de Moda: Modelos. Barcelona: Ed. Gustavo Gilli
Filipe, C. (2019). Joalharia contemporânea em Portugal: Das vanguardas de 1960 ao início do século XXI. MUDE
Genova, A. (2011). Accessory Design. Fairchild Books
Lau, J (2012). Designing Accessories. Exploring the design and construction of bags, shoes, hats and jewellery. AVA.
Romãozinho, M. (2018). “Espacios posibles pero improbables”: Mutabilidad y Reutilización en el Diseño de la Joyería. AREA, (25)
Saunders, S.; Schaffer, J. (2012). Fashion Design Course: Accessories: Design Practice and Processes for Creating Hats, Bags, Shoes. Thames & Hudson
Language Portuguese. Tutorial support is available in English.
Last updated on: 2025-03-19

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