Textiles, Fashion, and Apparel (TFA)

Students will integrate knowledge, skills, and practices required for careers in textiles and apparel.

Analyze career paths within the textile apparel and design industries.

Evaluate textiles, fashion, and apparel products and materials and their use in diverse settings. 

Demonstrate textiles, fashion, and apparel design skills.

Demonstrate skills needed to produce, alter, or repair textiles, fashion, and apparel.

Evaluate elements of textile, apparel, and fashion merchandising. 

Evaluate the components of customer service. 

Demonstrate professional operational practices required for business profitability and career success.

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Beginning (b)

Intermediate (i)

Advanced (a)

Beginning (b)

Intermediate (i)

Advanced (a)

Beginning (b)

Intermediate (i)

Advanced (a)

Beginning (b)

Intermediate (i)

Advanced (a) 

Beginning (b)

Intermediate (i)

Advanced (a)

Identify traditional and nontraditional employment opportunities in the textile and apparel services. 

Examine knowledge and skills needed to work in the textile, fashion, and apparel industries.

Introduce the effects textiles, fashion, and apparel industries can have on employment opportunities and local economies.

Identify professional organizations related to textile, apparel, and design industries.

Explain the roles and functions of individuals engaged in textiles and apparel careers. 

Summarize education and training requirements and opportunities for career paths in textiles, fashion, and apparel industries.

Research the effects of textiles, fashion, and apparel industries on local, state, national, and global economies.

Explore the role of professional organizations in textiles, fashion, and apparel industries. 

Analyze opportunities for employment in textiles and apparel careers and entrepreneurial endeavors.

Create an employment portfolio to communicate textiles, fashion, and apparel knowledge and skills.

Analyze the effects of textiles, fashion, and apparel industries on local, state, national, and global economies.

Analyze the role of professional organizations in textiles, fashion, and apparel industries.

Identify differences in fabrics.

Identify textile labeling requirements.

Assess appropriate procedures for care of various textile products.

Identify a variety of fibers and fabrics used in textiles, fashion, and apparel construction.

Apply appropriate terminology for identifying, comparing, and analyzing the most common generic textile fibers. 

Describe textile legislation, standards, and labeling in the global economy. 

Demonstrate appropriate procedures for care, disposal, or recycling of textile products, considering diverse needs locally and globally.

Evaluate fibers and fabrics for sustainability factors.

Evaluate performance characteristics of textile fibers and fabrics.

Analyze textile legislation, standards, and labeling in the global economy. 

Analyze characteristics of textile components in the design, construction, care, use, maintenance, and disposal or recycling of products.

Evaluate quality of textiles, fashion, and apparel construction and fit.

Explain the ways in which fiber, fabric, texture, pattern, and finish can affect visual appearance.

Identify the elements and principles of design. 

Explore technology used for fashion, apparel, and textile design. 

Identify skills needed for draping and flat pattern-making.

Identify ecological, environmental, ethnic, sociological, psychological, technical, and economic trends and issues that affect textile, fashion, and apparel design.

Identify historical time periods and trends in textiles, fashion, and apparel. 

Apply basic and complex color schemes and color theory to develop and enhance visual effects.

Explain the use of elements and principles of design in designing, constructing, and altering textiles, fashion, and apparel.

Choose appropriate technology to use in fashion, apparel, and textile design.

Practice design concepts in fiber, fabric, or digital draping and flat pattern-making techniques.

Research ecological, environmental, ethnic, sociological, psychological, technical, and economic trends and issues that affect textile, fashion, and apparel design.

Research the history of design and designers, arts and culture, trendsetters, and global influences on textiles, fashion, and apparel. 

Apply elements and principles of design to assist consumers and businesses in making decisions.

Use elements and principles of design in designing, constructing, or altering textiles, fashion, and apparel. 

Demonstrate the ability to use technology for fashion, apparel, and textile design.

Demonstrate design concepts using fiber, fabric, or digital means, employing draping or flat pattern-making techniques.

Generate design that demonstrates consideration for ecological, environmental, ethnic, sociological, psychological, technical, and economic trends and issues.

Evaluate the impact of the history of design and designers, arts and culture, trendsetters, and global influences on textiles, fashion, and apparel.

Identify skills, tools, and equipment needed in the construction, repair, and upcycling or recycling of textiles.

Identify and define traditional and innovative textile equipment and construction skills, tools, and terminology.

Identify equipment and terminology used in fashion and apparel construction.

Select appropriate fabrics and materials for specific uses.

Practice construction and repair skills, including but not limited to straight and curved seams, hand stitching, hemming, fasteners, embellishing, seam finishing, etc.

Practice traditional skills used in textiles, such as hand embroidery, knitting, crocheting, weaving, and quilting. Investigate innovative use of new and old technology used to create, repair, and upcycle textiles, including but not limited to machine embroidery, 3D printing, surface design, etc.

Explain production processes for creating fibers, yarn, woven and knit fabrics, and nonwoven textile products.

Explain the effects of textile characteristics on design, construction, care, use, and maintenance of products. 

Demonstrate basic skills of production, alteration, repair, and recycling of textiles, fashion, and apparel.

Demonstrate professional skills in using traditional and technologically innovative equipment, tools, and supplies in textiles, fashion, and apparel construction, alteration, repair, and recycling.

Analyze current technology, trends, and innovations that facilitate design and production of textiles, fashion, and apparel. 

Use appropriate industry products and materials for cleaning, pressing, and finishing textiles, fashion, and apparel.

Explore advertising and marketing strategies in the marketplace. 

Identify ethical considerations in the industry.

Explore use of media to market apparel and textile products. 

Define terminology related to forecasting and marketing.

Apply marketing strategies for textiles, fashion, and apparel in the global marketplace.

Research the need for ethical considerations in merchandising textiles, apparel, and fashion. 

Analyze external factors that influence merchandising. 

Explore trends in textiles, fashion, and apparel. 

Analyze the cost of constructing, manufacturing, distributing, altering, repairing, or recycling textiles, fashion, and apparel.

Analyze ethical considerations for merchandising textiles, fashion, and apparel.

Critique a variety of methods for promoting textiles, fashion, and apparel to diverse populations.

Apply research methods, including forecasting techniques, for marketing textiles, fashion, and apparel.

Identify the attributes of quality customer relations.

Discuss procedures for reporting and handling incidents of customer complaints.

Explain the skills needed in the customer service industry.

Research components of quality customer relations.

Identify the influences of cultural diversity in customer service and relations.

Demonstrate the skills necessary for quality customer service. 

Analyze factors that contribute to quality customer relations. 

Analyze the influences of cultural expectations as a factor in customer relations.

Create solutions to address customer concerns.

Identify textile laws and regulations in the fashion industry.

List procedures for reporting workplace accidents.

Explain the influences of sales and profit in the apparel and textile industries.

Identify current events in the world affecting the textile, apparel, and fashion industries. 

Research current legislation, regulations, and public policy in the fashion industry. 

Demonstrate procedures for reporting workplace safety incidents. 

Analyze wholesale and retail operational processes and other factors affecting profit. 

Research external factors, including supply chain issues, that affect the textile and fashion industries.

Analyze legislation, regulations, and public policy affecting the textiles, apparel, and fashion industries. 

Analyze personal and employer responsibilities and liabilities regarding industry-related safety, security, and environmental factors.

Analyze the effects of operational procedures such as security and inventory control strategies, cash and credit transaction methods, and worksite policies on loss prevention and store profit.

Demonstrate knowledge of the impact of external factors upon the textile, apparel, and fashion industries.