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Question:
How fashion helps Chinese high school students to better build their personal character？
（How does fashion help Chinese high school students to better build their personal character and personality under the premise of wearing uniform school uniforms?）
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The professional area I want to work in is fashion design, psychology, youth subculture.
A field of interest uniform and collectivism, fashion and identity (self-image), adolescent health.
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What kind of change is both possible and desirable?
Chinese high school students are at a very critical stage. They are not only faced with the pressure of entering school but also their future life choices. At the same time, it is also a key node to establish a personal character. This change hopes to help high school students increase their aesthetic foundation, think about the importance of themselves as independent individuals, express themselves more bravely, increase creativity, and dare to break consistency.
Primary schools, junior high schools, and high schools in mainland China basically use sportswear as school uniforms. The colors are usually blue, black and red, with a small part of white or yellow. The price is cheap, the style is single, and the spring and autumn seasons are basically the same for men and women (asexuality). Usually, one set is common for spring, autumn, and winter, and another set for summer. Only a few schools distinguish between spring, autumn clothes, and winter clothes.
There are also many major shortcomings of school uniforms, such as not being conducive to the cultivation of student’s personalities and innovative spirit, poor quality of school uniforms, easy to fade or mold, the size is not suitable for everyone, and it is inconvenient to reorder, etc.
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Service ecosystem design for improving the service sustainability&flourishing in the social ecology:
Congregation: person, school ( high school student, 16-18 years old )
Micro-system: self-acceptance, personal growth, self-care, integrity, influence
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Stakeholder :
People and organizations who are involved with the area, including students, parents, school teachers, education bureau, fashion designers, fabric suppliers, sewing factories, psychologists, educationalists.
Students are the most important individuals in the whole process. Students have the greatest right to choose in this project. The independent thinking of students is what I want to see most in this project. Most students want to change school uniforms.
Parents, teachers, schools, and the Education Bureau should consider the functional personality, appropriateness, and mental outlook of the clothes. In this regard, the school is very entangled, and it is necessary to satisfy the balance of all parties. The school and the Education Bureau can change school uniforms uniformly. The school has more rights to stipulate specific dressing rules to determine whether the clothing in this project can pass.
Fashion designers can help students improve their aesthetics and increase the practicality and comfort of clothes. Designers are very willing to see the overall aesthetic improvement of Chinese young people.
Fabric suppliers can guarantee fabrics with better comfort, sweat absorption, abrasion, and price advantages.
Manufacturing factories can determine the cost of clothes, and factories are more willing to cooperate without affecting profitability.
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Reflection:
After changing the topic several times, my general direction has not changed, but it is becoming clearer and more detailed. The original questions are very vague and abstract, and I don’t always know where to start. Now that I have a more specific audience and direction, I feel that many of the big visions that I have imposed on myself have been reduced and the burden has been reduced. When I stopped, I was overthinking and didn’t know how to continue research, and finally took this step. I am also deeply aware that I need to start this project earlier and have a clearer schedule.