early humans was the act of decorating the body. All known cultures embellish the body either with marks on the skin or clothing. Body decoration recognizes the individualization of a person and communicates aspects of his or her personal and social identity. In the 21st century‚ fashion as body decoration is still a universal part of a person’s everyday knowledge‚ with the help of Designers who continually persuade the public that their new ideas are “what‘s in”. Next season‚ the same designers convince
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What is the Fashion | This term does not just define all the latest or the most popular or the most famous clothes. In reality this social phenomenon involves more importance. In some way fashion helps us to show who we are and depict our personality in the terms of visual information. In the way we choosing clothes we show our attitude to world and other people. It is also some kind of communication. We put some of our personality at everything‚ how we behave at different situations‚ what we eat
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Is Hip-Hop Culture Harming Our Youth? Hip-hop culture is everywhere. The culture‚ which encompasses rapping‚ deejaying‚ break-dancing and graffiti-writing‚ has become so popular that it has entered mainstream fashion and modern language. It doesn’t stop there. The culture permeates everything from TV commercials to toys to video games. Currently‚ there is even a hip-hop exhibit at the Brooklyn Museum of Art. You name it‚ and hip hop is there representing. However‚ hip hop’s most potent form is its
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FAST FASHION Over the past few years there has been an apparent change in the fashion retail industry which is taking control of it‘s speed. ‘Fast Fashion’ is the new 21st century phenomenon currently dominating high-street retail. Stores like H&M and New Look have become the masters of the quick turnaround and are closing in on trends at such a speed that they can have fresh looks on their shelves for the customer‚ months before the original designer can get their garments shipped out of the
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Gooch May 12‚ 2012 Fashion and Communication It’s fashion a way of communication? Many people may contradict with the answer‚ but yes‚ fashion is a way of communication. Fashion and clothing are forms of nonverbal communication where no spoken or written words are used‚ but they send salient messages. Since the Industrial Revolution of the 19th century‚ the function of fashion as a medium of communication is becoming of a new significance for modern society. Fashion is something we deal with
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Archaeological Remains and Sites Act‚ 1958‚ which envisages ban on construction in the prohibited area of the ASI-protected monument. The amendment increases penalty for the violators‚ who shall now be punishable with imprisonment not exceeding two years or fine‚ which may extend to Rs. 1 lakh or both. Even the government cannot push for any infrastructure project in the prohibited area. According to the Act‚ a protected monument will have a ‘prohibited area’ of minimum 100 metres‚ which can
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Fashion as Art: Is fashion today considered a high art form worthy of being exhibited in museums? What is fashion? Is it art? Is it high art? In the world of fashion and art today‚ this is a contested question. Many art critics do not see fashion as an equal to the fine arts such as painting and sculpture. Critics have made remarks that fashion design should be “under the heading of vanity for its intent is of no inner value” (Miller 25-40). Edmund Burke and Immanuel Kant both
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For my Final Major Project I decided to create a marketing/PR campaign around the launch of a new fashion label consisting of posters‚ magazine adverts and give-aways. I thought that just creating a normal women’s clothing range would be too easy‚ so I decided I would create a brand which creates clothes made entirely of recycled materials. I started off by looking at fashion designers whose clothes were eco-friendly/recyclable: Katharine Hamnett; Stella McCartney; Gary Harvey etc. I found their
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Introduction What is fashion? Fashion is something we deal with everyday. Even people who say they don’t care what they wear choose clothes every morning that say a lot about them and how they feel that day. One certain thing in the fashion world is change. We are constantly being bombarded with new fashion ideas from music‚ videos‚ books‚ and television. Movies also have a big impact on what people wear. Ray-Ban sold more sunglasses after the movie Men In Black. Sometimes a trend is worldwide
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MY NEW YEAR’S RESOLUTION Very often we all hear about New Year resolutions and I have also tried making New Year resolutions. Basically a New Year resolution is made when one wants to correct the mistakes they have done the past year or do something in a more organized manner. I have also made resolutions before‚ but just like anybody else‚ I too break it up. But this time I am going to stick to my resolutions and make sure that I change myself. I have noted down a few resolutions that I would
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