Cultural and Contextual Studies, Fashion
2. Social changes had great influences in Fashion in the 1950s. Analyse two aspects of such social changes as discussed in the lectures, which is reflected in Fashion Design. Cite no more than two designers as case studies.
Tan Xue Hui Amanda
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FMI-1B/ 14161
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Lucinda Law
Lecturer
2012
LASALLE College of the Arts
Faculty of Design
Singapore
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Lucinda Law Lecturer
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‘A golden age seemed to have come again. War had passed out of sight and there were no other wars on the horizon…’ (2007, The Golden Age of Couture: Paris and London 1947 - 1957) This was a quote by Christian Dior, the man who invented The New Look and fore-fronted fashion for the 1950s. The 1950s marked a new era for
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