Bad Brads BBQ purchased a piece of equipment by paying $5,000 cash. They also incurred a shipping cost of $400 to get the equipment to its factory. The fair value of this equipment is $7,000. For what amount should Bad Brads BBQ record the equipment?…
After a serious knee injury restricting Dinnigan to stay within her home and rest, she began making evening wear and lingerie for her friends and family. With beautifully hand sewn silks and fine soft laces, it was not long before these creations became the inspiration Dinnigan needed to re launch her career within the fashion industry.…
Schiaparelli’s marriage failed and decided to go to Paris with Gaby Picabia and Man Ray. While she was in Paris, Paul Poriet encouraged her to start designing clothes. 1927 was the start of Schiaparelli’s career, she started her own business called…
Collette Dinnigan started her career in fashion in New Zealand attending Wellington Polytechnic in her late teens. After she graduated, she moved to Australia to begin working for the Costume Department of the Australian Broadcasting Commission in Sydney. In her time working at the Costume Department of the Australian Broadcasting Commission, Dinnigan developed an acute attention to detail and an authentic perspective on fabrication and design.…
Geena`s career began in 1980s, she first worked as a model, a mannequin in the window for the Ann Taylor, and a few months later, signed a contract with the Zoli modeling agency, based in New York.…
Ai Weiwei was born May 18th, 1957 in Beijing, China. Poet, artist, architect, curator, activist; Ai Weiwei has become one of…
Dr. Maya Angelou is one of the most renounced and influential voices of our time. She played a big part in the global Renaissance and is a poet, memoirist, novelist, educator, dramatist, producer, actress, historian, filmmaker, and civil rights activist. Dr. Maya Angelou was born as Marguerite Johnson in St. Louis, Missouri, on April 4th, 1928. Her parents divorced when she was three years old and she and her brother, Bailey were sent to live with her grandmother, Annie Henderson for most of her teenaged years. Maya Angelou spent her childhood in California, Arkansas, and St. Louis.…
Actress and singer Lena Horne was born June 30, 1917, in Brooklyn, New York. She left school at age 16 to help support her mother and became a dancer at the Cotton Club in Harlem. She later sang at Carnegie Hall and appeared in such films as Stormy Weather and The Wiz. She was also known for her work with civil rights groups, and refused to play roles that stereotyped African-American women.…
Born in Brooklyn, New York on November 8th, 1897 Dorthy Day was a very influential…
I chose to read and write about this book out of curiosity, how did Woman Wang die? How can this "novel" be a historical work? I opened the book expecting to see the whole life of Woman Wang, and I was wrong. As Spence has commented " she has been to me like one of those stones that one sees shimmering through the water at low tide and picks up from the waves almost with regret, knowing that in a few moments the colors suffusing the stone will fade and disappear as the stone dries in the sun. But in this case the colors and veins did not fade; rather they grew sharper as they lay in my hand, and now and again I knew it was the stone itself that was passing on warmth to the living flesh that held it." (J. D. Spence, "Death of woman Wang") How can a small stone that has been lost in the ashes of time trigger such an outburst of emotion? Has the life of Woman Wang been so special? No, she was too normal, too unnoticeable and too much like an ant that was meant…
1968, she graduated with a Masters in English. After college, she spent most of her time painting, writing, and had several poems published.…
Heather H. Evans (H.E.) graduated from Harvard Business School in June, 1983. She showed considerable interest in the fashion industry, having some background in this area. She was a fashion model from 1975 through 1979 and, in the summer of 1982, she worked for Jackie Hayman, Inc., as an assistant to the President of this young firm that manufactured designer clothing. An additional valuable asset was that she worked as a financial analyst for Morgan Stanley & Co, Inc. from 1979 through 1981 dealing with mergers, acquisitions and corporate finance. Her father is an attorney with a Wall Street firm. H.E. graduated from Harvard College in 1979, earning her bachelor’s degree in Philosophy. Her previous career as a model gave her a taste of running her own business, experiencing independence, the ability to travel and the opportunity to meet people. She was confident that she could run a dress company and her goal was to create a company to manufacture women’s designer clothing to sell high-priced, high-quality dress-and- jacket combinations to executive women, aged 27 to 45.…
My love affair with fashion started years ago, but over these past 2 years it has grown into something so beautiful. Fashion made it’s grand entrance in my life when I was looking over a Chanel catalog along with a few other designers. For example; Vera Wang, Louis Vuitton, Christian Dior, Marc Jacobs, Phoebe Philo, and many more. The designs caught my eye and I was just mesmerized by it all. It literally took my breath away! I always told myself and my family that I will grow to be an amazing fashion designer and sell beautiful, elegant clothing known to man. A worldwide known designer.…
background in design is the reason she is so well known. Her artwork comes off…
In 1994, Mcqueen then went on to complete a master’s degree at Central St Martins in fashion design, although he was originally only planning on completing a pattern cutting degree. His degree catwalk show attracted a lot of attention from the media, and especially from gifted fashion editor Isabella Blow. She acquired every piece from his collection and devoted herself to building him a successful career. (nytimes.com)…