Assignment 1: Makeover

A hygiene-product selection and three outfits for three named occasions, each attached with evidence and a justification

The brief#

Select hygiene products for the semester and assemble three outfits: one for a lecture, one for a friend’s birthday party, one for the gym.

Choose a product for each routine task in your week 2 hygiene schedule and state why you chose it over the alternatives on the shelf. Then assemble three outfits from your own wardrobe, one per occasion, and take a picture of each — the outfit as worn, not a description of it.

What you submit#

• the hygiene product selection, with a one-line rationale per product
• three outfit pictures, one per occasion: lecture, birthday party, gym
• a written justification for each outfit against its occasion

Your justification may draw on why clothing affects more than appearance, not just occasion-matching.

An outfit without its picture is not evidence; a picture without its justification is not an argument.

The selection and justifications are submitted on paper; the three outfit pictures are printed and attached to the same submission. See Policies for where to hand it in and the extenuating-circumstances exception.

How each band reads#

The bands describe the state of the submission, not the person who wrote it:

• HD — every product choice has a specific, non-generic rationale, and all three outfits are clearly matched to their occasion with a justification that references the actual garment, not just the occasion’s name.
• D — every product and outfit is present and justified, but one justification is generic enough it could apply to a different product or occasion without changing.
• C — all products and outfits are present, but two or more justifications are generic.
• P — a product or outfit is present without any justification, or a justification doesn’t actually reference the item it’s for.
• N — a product, outfit, or justification is missing.

FAQ#

Does a hoodie count as a hygiene product if I wear it every day?#

No — the hygiene product selection is for a routine task from your week 2 schedule (shower gel, deodorant, that kind of thing), not clothing. A hoodie belongs in the outfit section if it’s actually worn to one of the three occasions.

Can the gym outfit just be whatever I already wear to the gym?#

Yes, if you actually justify it against the gym occasion — what it’s for, why it’s appropriate there specifically. A picture with no justification, or a justification that’s just “it’s comfortable,” won’t score well regardless of what the outfit is.