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SUMMER COUCH SESSIONS™

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Summer Couch Sessions
!2 Week Minimum
6 Courses (6 Modules + 6 Assignments + 1 Exam)
897 USD
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EMERGENCE OF THE FASHION PSYCHOLOGY FIELD®

This course explores fundamental questions about the origins of the art of dressing by looking at how the concept of Fashion Psychology has emerged. Examines the 19th-century illumination of Fashion Psychology and how it was unknowingly interwoven through the fabrics of the 20th century. We ask whether fashion requires the onlooker to view thru an idiosyncratic lens or a collectivistic lens. Seeks to explain why the Fashion Psychology Field is needed in today's 21st Century.

A SOLUTION TO THE COMMONLY FELT ADAGE "I HAVE NOTHING TO WEAR"

We have all uttered the common adage "I have nothing to wear" while looking at a closet full of clothing. You probably have pulled out half of your wardrobe and tried on several different looks. You look into the mirror at your reflection feeling defeated. You finally relent dressing in the last items you tossed to the side. You go about your day with an underlying feeling of dissatisfaction. This course will introduce the fashion psychological solution to the common adage "I have nothing to wear".

HOW TO PERFECT THE ART OF THE WORK UNIFORM

You open your closet door to find several of the same buttoned shirts, slacks, and blazers. Though you have severely diminished the anxiety by answering the daily morning question "what am I wearing today?", you are now concerned with what your employees will think of you. This course will introduce the new Fashion Psychology Field theories that correspond to the workplace and ways to diminish workplace anxiety.

GENDER NEUTRAL FASHION- TREND OR BECOMING A PERMANENT FIXTURE IN OUR SOCIETY TODAY

The line demarcating men's and women's fashion has become blurred. The lines are not as clear as they once were. People are beginning to feel more comfortable now than ever. Men and women are beginning to define their own masculinity and femininity on their own terms. Though what does this mean for our society? How did we arrive here? Is it a temporary trend or permanent principle? This course will address the psychology behind gender neutral fashion.

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THE ZUCKERBERG EFFECT: FACEBOOK'S MARK ZUCKERBERG

It is known that the CEO of facebook wears the same outfit daily. This course seeks to explore the psychology behind repeat-offenders. Is anxiety really reduced by eliminating clothing one less decision of what to wear each morning? Learn the fashion psychology behind The Zuckerberg Effect.

THE POLITICS OF STYLE: WHAT MESSAGES DO FIRST LADIES SEND THROUGH THEIR FASHIONS?

It seems as if First Ladies around the world all have one thing in common despite their opposing political views-fashion. This course will explore messages behind First Ladies fashion. What is their impact on society? What is the impact on themselves? Considers America's current First Lady Melania Trump and previous First Lady Michelle Obama's as they wear the latest fashion beside the most powerful political office in the land.

THE HOODIE EFFECT: GEORGE ZIMMERMAN & TRAYVON MARTIN

In 2012, Trayvon Martine a 17-year-old African American male was fatally shot by neighborhood watchman George Zimmerman, a 28-year-old mixed race Hispanic. Zimmerman was acquitted on Stand Your Ground law in the State of Florida. Following Martin's death protests and media, speculation was ubiquitous positing that the underlying issue was the double intersectionality of race and gender. Though, what about a tripe intersectionality of race, gender, and fashion? Learn more about the psychology behind the hoodie.

THE NAZI HAIRCUT

When the sides of the hair are closely shaved to the scalp leaving the hair on the top left longer this is referred to as the "undercut". The undercut has been seen on a host of celebrities heads from White Supremacist Richard Spencer to Rapper Macklemore. Is this an ode to Adolf Hitler or a style du jour?

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