History of Fashion. Development of dress throughout the ages. Fashion as it reflects the cultures of the past and present especially its relationship to fashion buying and selling. Fashion Merchandising Techniques. Study of the basic elements and principles of visual merchandising.
Emphasis is on fixtures, mannequins, props, lighting and signage used in visual merchandising.
Analysis of Merchandise Quality. A study of current developments in the field of fashion products. Emphasis on product knowledge, including price-quality relationships, durability and serviceability characteristics of a given product, and evaluation of time requirements, labor costs, and retail prices involved in producing products of differing qualities. Fashion Merchandise Buying. A review of current fashion buying and merchandising policies.