Fashion education as a form of Socio-Cultural Capital to developing economies

Abstract

This article is contributing to form a link between the fashion and textile industries, educational institutions and the society. Through this article we throw light on how problems of developing nations could be solved by institutions offering fashion education by bringing them close to the concept of social and cultural capital. More than economic benefits this knowledge is also a vast exploration of social and cultural aspects which is quite a requirement for an individual. The purpose of study is theoretical foundation, development goals, content, and methods of preparation of the fashion designers in the emerging economies to address the socio-cultural problems. Its significance is to establish a global humanitarian and sociocultural influence of fashion education in the processes taking place in emerging economies. Potential Impact of conducting this research is to implement a model of fashion education in existing educational systems to serve the respective societies better. The basic problems of training designers with economies in transition in terms of their impact on the socio-cultural processes in these countries are solved in this paper. The relationship of the processes taking place in the fashion industry and education is considered. This paper investigates and clarifies the nature and features of socio-cultural issues in fashion education on the basis of psycho-pedagogical, historical, methodological literature and vocational training practices in emerging economies. The model of training future designers is developed and theoretically grounded to solve socio cultural issues in professional activity and it links targeted semantic, procedural and efficient analytical components.