“The Intersection of Art, Culture, and Fashion: A Study of Italy’s Influence on Western Fashion”

Final Paper: Students will write a Research Paper on “Fashion and/as Culture in Italy.” This is simply a broad subject area. When beginning to write the paper, students will need to narrow their investigation and choose their specific topic within the broad subject area. For example: 
 Based on the art and fashion’s long-standing relationship, explore the influence of the great Italian Art on the Italian men’s and women’s way of dressing. 
 Considering Fashion a mirror of our times, explore how Italian Fashion reflects the way of life of the Italians; 
 Compare and contrast the development of Italian Fashion with fashion from another country. 
Paper must include a title, a clear thesis statement, a Work Cited list, and a Bibliography.
Students are required to locate independently and use at least 4 sources relevant to their proposed research paper topic (documentaries, books, articles, etc.) One of those 4 sources must be a peer-reviewed article.
Thesis: It is because of Italy’s rich social and artistic culture that they have a distinct and influential fashion industry, one that continues to influence western standards and pop culture.
Title: Italian Culture

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