Research is integral to the design process. This course examines a variety of research methods relevant to the interdisciplinary study of fashion. Social Science, Humanities, and Arts-Based approaches are used to better understand the complexity and diversity of fashion research. Social Science methods may cover survey research, case studies, grounded theory, as well as phenomenological and ethnographic approaches. Humanities methods may include literature reviews, archival and object-based research as well as discourse analysis in relation to social theory. A variety of approaches in creative practice will be discussed.