Web-quest "Fashion in Youth's Life"

Created by Victoria Nigai and Anastasia Melnushkina

Introduction

Fashion has now become inseparable part of youth. Fashion is very popular among the school boys and girls. They do it in a competitive spirit to look smart, up-to-date and attractive. Students like actors and actresses. Some of them see a film to copy the latest fashion. It is mostly the college students who look upon fashion as the very stuff of their conscience. Being fashionable is the only real passport to high society and popularity.

Process

Surf the net and answer the following questions:

1) Impact of fashion on youth

What is fashion? What are the four major current fashion capitals?

What are positive effects of fashion on youth? Are there negative effects? What are they?

What is your attitude to fashion?

http://www.authorstream.com/Presentation/ssb609-1677968-impact-fashion-youth/

http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Effects_of_fashion_on_teens

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fashion

2) Fashion styles

What fashion styles are there? What are the main characteristics of each style?

http://snobaffair.com/susan/2012/05/whats-your-fashion-personality/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Punk_fashion

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gothic_fashion

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heavy_metal_fashion

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hipster_%28contemporary_subculture%29

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emo#Fashion

What is your fashion style?

http://www.blogthings.com/whatsyourfashionstylequiz/

3) Fashion in different countries. Japan

What fashion did Japan emulate during the middle of the 19th century?

Does Japan have its own fashion now?

What are top 15 Japanese fashion styles? Can you give some details of each style?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xj72WLS-C04

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_street_fashion

PowerPoint Presentation

Make a PowerPoint Presentation about youth fashion trends in a country you like based on the information above and your own research.