* Effectively research and analyze effects of a disruption on the fashion system using current events (past 30 years) name the disruption to be examined and assessed, also explaining why this had value (what can be newly understood or uncovered)..
MY TOPIC: RANA PLAZA COLLAPSE
Paper 2 is to be between 1750 and 2000 words.
INCLUDE:
A cover page, with the word count (the text not the bib or reference list) reported
Use 1” margins all around the page.
Use Times New Roman font at 12 pts.
People using Google Docs to write: I suggest you find some Times New Roman and paste it into your paper as you begin working so that you have the correct font. (This document is in Times New Roman 12 pt. font.)
Double space the text content.
Use the Purdue Owl site as needed for your references and Works Cited / Bibliography. Sample papers are there for you to view.
Use MLA or APA style and indicate which on the COVER page!
Citations may be parenthetical—(Lillethun 2018, p.12), for example], or as footnotes.
Use three images and captions.
Evaluation
The paper will be evaluated as follows:
The Rubric: 3 parts.
Style and format: error free is the goal: 25%
Basic format (margins, font, subheadings, etc.
Format of citations and reference list/bibliography
Cover page, with style and word count noted
Image captions complete
Writing: 30%
Spelling
Complete sentences
Use of paragraphs
No unnecessary repetition, avoidance of redundancy
Use of subheadings to lead the reader’s comprehension
The Content, the position/argument/perspective: 40%
State the problem or thesis (something that needs to be known, understood, examined) that is being researched, compared, etc.
Contextualize that problem or issue (provide background)
State questions that can help to explore the problem. You may avoid stating them as questions in your paper, but these guide your inquiry, so I suggest that you use questions in the beginning steps to aid you in getting at facts.
Examine and discuss the problem’s aspects (or the aspects of the thesis) that you are investigating.
Summarize what the evidence you have found reveals or shows. You are interpreting the evidence you have collected from reliable sources, so interpret! But, do not write an opinion piece, or use ‘I” in this work.
Concluding statement/s
These last two may be your conclusion, or you may be interpreting as you work through your sub-topics.
BIBLIOGRAPHY LIST OF CITATIONS TO INCLUDE
Thesis: The disruption of the Rana Plaza collapse in India is an issue that brought great attention to the issue of sustainability,fair treatment towards offshoring manufacturers, as well as Corporate Social Responsibilities amongst brands to ensure that they uphold accountability for the wages they are paying their manufacturers. This event has brought a greater enforcement of accountability amongst luxury, streetwear , fast fashion and athletic wear brands.
Bürklin, N. (2018). Turning Ocean Plastics into Sustainable Product Innovations: The Strategic Collaboration of Adidas and Parley for the Oceans. In Bloomsbury Fashion Business Cases. London: Bloomsbury Academic.
Nina Bürklin’s article provides Adidas as an example of how sustainability is maintained in branding and how there is a need for maintenance of the corporate social responsibility amongst the manufacturers and workers alongside the materials and textiles that they are using to produce their sneakers and athletic wear.
Bürklin, N. (2018). Approaching CSR with a New Kind of Transparency: How E-commerce Retailer Everlane Set New Industry Standards in Brand Communication. In Bloomsbury Fashion Business Cases. London: Bloomsbury Academic.
Nina Bürklin’s book is useful information because it provides examples of how current branding is remodeled to reduce the impacts of waste through methods of limiting inventory to create a subsequent amount of production that meets the desired sales. Forecasting research is necessary to keep track of what is of consumer interest.
Jupp, E. (2018, March 1). Making Fashion a Force for Good. Resurgence & Ecologist, 307, 34–36. EBSCOhost
Emily Jupp’s article is useful because it describes the effects of the Rana Plaza Collapse onto the people as well as the effects it had on American corporations and the following measures taken to build campaigns against the mistreatment within working conditions of garment workers.
Lake, L.H. (2010). Sustainable Fashion Movement. In J.B. Eicher & P.G. Tortora (Ed.). Berg Encyclopedia of World Dress and Fashion: Global Perspectives. Oxford: Berg.
This entry is from an encyclopedia of Global Perspectives regarding fashion and dress and Lisa Heinz Lake presents the transitions of sustainability causes in fashion. She describes the Rana Plaza collapse as a groundbreaking event which changed the expression and acknowledgement of sustainability within fashion amongst brands and corporations and social movements.
Pouillard, V. (2019). Production and Manufacture. In A. Geczy & V. Karaminas (Ed.). The End of Fashion: Clothing and Dress in the Age of Globalization (pp. 141–154). London: Bloomsbury Visual Arts.
Véronique Pouillard’s ebook presents the direct impacts after the Rana Plaza Collapse and how the fashion industry approached the urgency of the matter. The introduction of labor unions and boycotts against disruptive practices, and sustainability programs to hold brands accountable.
Quinn, B. (2010). Intelligent Textiles: The Future of Fashion. In J.B. Eicher & P.G. Tortora (Ed.). Berg Encyclopedia of World Dress and Fashion: Global Perspectives (pp. 267–275). Oxford: Berg.
Bradley Quinn’s article is useful because it presents the modern change in textiles that are an effect of the sustainability movements that occurred after the Rana Plaza Collapse. This inclusion serves to present the trickling effects that are redefining the measures taken towards manufacturing and fashion design.
