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Consumer Studies Summary Grade 12 - The Consumer, Clothing & Housing
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HOUSING TERMS / NOTES Renting, buying (full title & sectional title), building
Buying & building = bond (not more than 25% of one salary / 30% of 2 peoples salary)
Buying a property = offer to purchase, deeds of sale, contract of sale
Contractor – must have the NHBRC logo
Types of insurance = HOC (home owners comprehensive insurance), mortgage
protection insure, household contents insurance
Estate agents = beneficial
o Knowledgeable in the area
o Know how to deal with legal and financial issues
o Helps assist you make an offer
o Protects the interest of the clients to the best of the ability
NHBRC – national home builders registration council
RDP – reconstruction and development programmes
HEPA – high efficiency particulate air
Rpm – revolutions per minute
Energy use: human & non-human
Tumble dryers use A LOT of energy
o Sensors in tumble dryers = created to monitor the humidity in the drum and
to stop the dryer as soon as clothes are dry therefore saving time and money
Running cost = depends on how much time the machine is running for and how hard it
has to work
Running cost = watts X hours X cost per unit / 10000
Tumble dryer = most eco unfriendly appliance
Front loader washing machine = BEST (smallest carbon footprint)
Fossil fuels = coal, oil & natural gas, nuclear power
Renewable energy sources = wind power, solar power, hydroelectricity, geothermal
energy, bio-fuel, geothermal energy
, CLOTHING NOTES 3.1
Fashion terminology
o Haute capture (expensive, not available to everyone, created by fashion designers,
limited quantities)
o Classic/Timeless fashion = remain in fashion for a long time because they are very
simple (suits, white blouse, t-shirt & jeans)
o Fads = disappears just as quickly as it appeared (belts, bags)
o Silhouette = outline of your body (bell, aline, cylinder)
o Fashion trend = always changing
o Fast fashion = doesn’t last very long (how a design moves from catwalk to current
trends)
Fashion cycle = introduction, rise, peak, decline, rejection/obsolescence
Main influences on fashion
o International fashion shows
o Celebrities style that is copied
o Inspiration from previous eras/retrospective fashion (vintage style)
Contemporary fashion for young adults (avoid fashion slip ups)
o Most young people want to be in fashion
o Dress appropriately
o Don’t show underwear
o Be confident in what you are wearing
Factors affecting teenagers’ sense of fashion:
o Peer pressure
o Body image
o Media
o Celebrities
o Designers brands
Socio-psychological aspects of clothing:
o Self-concept (self-image & self-esteem)
o Self-image = how you see yourself
o Self-esteem = your feeling of what you are worth
Messages conveyed by your clothes:
o Religion
o Culture
o Personalities
o Marital status
o Economic status
Why fashion changes:
o Economic factors = economy good – people will buy fashion / economy not good –
won’t buy fashion
o Social factors = celebrities, geographical living patterns, people in cities exposed to
more fashion & keep up with trends
o Technological factors = intro of new fibers and fabrics, clothing industry become
computerized and mechanized, new machines making clothes, social media
influences trends
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