Game Research Report: Jojo's Fashion Show 2

The game that inspired this report is Jojo's Fashion Show 2, a game about fashion design. The game is based on a mom-and-daughter team who participate in fashion shows around the world, including New York, London, Milan, Paris, in that order. Fashion designers show what they think customers will want to wear about five to eight months before that season to allow stores to order the clothes so we can buy them, and for the press to put the clothes in magazines, on celebrities, and in advertisements so we know what has been designed. The first Fashion Week was held in New York in 1943 to showcase American fashion design because it was World War II and buyers could not travel to Paris. Jojo's Fashion Show 2 is true to real Fashion Weeks around the world by using images of these places as backgrounds in the game. The game features Fashion Weeks in Los Angeles, California; Berlin, Germany; Santiago, Chile; Sydney, Australia; and Tokyo, Japan, which are some of the many other major world cities that sponsor their own Fashion Week featuring designers from that area or country.

Another way the game stays true to real fashion is that they include the most perennial fashion styles, the ones that repeat in every decade, in the game:

• Ethnic: Bollywood, African, Flamenco, Hippie, Chinese
• Trendy: Hipster, Provocative, Tropical, Biker, Goth, Western, Flapper, Pirate Gypsy, Rock & Roll, Futuristic, Punk, 70's, Mod, Hip Hop, Disco, New Wave, Cowgirl
• Preppy: Foxhunt, Sockhop, Military, New York, Valley Girl, Plaid
• Ready-to-Wear: Casual, Activewear, Beachwear, Surf, Swimwear
• Formal: Black Tie, Business, Cocktail, Bridal, Prom,
• Weather: Summer, Winter, Fall, Spring
• Color, Pattern, Solids, Plaid, Floral

It's fun seeing the different outfits and comparing them to current fashion trends: you can definitely recognize clothing from the past and present.

You can play the game online for free.

Resources (citations created using EasyBib)

"Fashion Week." Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia. Web. 27 Oct. 2010. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fashion_week>.

"Jojo's Fashion Show™." Play Games on Shockwave. Web. 27 Oct. 2010. <http://www.shockwave.com/gamelanding/jojosfashionshow.jsp>.

Jojo's Fashion Show World Tour: IWin Games | Jojo's Fashion Show World Tour Official Site. Web. 27 Oct. 2010. <http://www.jojosfashionshowworldtour.com/>.

"List of Astragon Games." Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia. Web. 27 Oct. 2010. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Astragon_games>.