To underline another significant point‚ these native Indians are totally defenseless‚ and vulnerable to every single dangerous attack by the Spaniards. When Indians flee to mountains‚ these inhuman‚ cruel Spanish captains pursue them with fierce dogs to attack and tear them into several pieces. In addition to that‚ if Indians kill only one Christian‚ they would kill a hundred Indians in return. This is the misconception of our modern times that one individual feels himself superior to other‚ this
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FASHION AND FASHION ACCESSORIES FASHION Fashion is the style that are accepted and used by a particular group of people at a given time. It’s what designers create for a selected population which later becomes a trend. To be a fashion an item must possess style. It must be unique and different from regulars. Fashion must over time change. Fashion is current that refers to the styles in clothes‚ cosmetics‚ foot wears‚ life style and behavior. Fashion is like a train. It will come and go. If you
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Tensing. DNA the secret of life discovered by James Watson and Frances Crick. First Playboy Magazine issued Pucci opened the Fashion House of Emilio Pucci. Rock and Roll starts in USA Dresses without waistlines were shown by Balenciaga. Ready to wear boutiques from designer Balmain‚ opened in New York. Neo Edwardians‚ Teddy Boys seen around London. Givenchy showed his first collection in Paris. Dupont began commercial production of Dacron at a plant in North Carolina‚
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Booming. The word brings to the mind an image of prosperity and strength‚ perfectly describing the post-World War II era. The economy is booming: people are making money after the war. The land is booming: buildings are being built and cities are expanding. The population is booming: celebration of the end of the war led to the infamous “Baby Boomers”. This is the 1950s‚ the Boom Generation. In this flourishing time‚ it is not surprising that people had money to spend on themselves and their hobbies
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The 1950s was an exciting time for many‚ the war was over and the economy began to flourish once more. Men were back home and ready to work and women were back to doing their womanly duties again (cooking and cleaning) this reflected the social position of the women following the war. The 1950s was all about family and being home and the clothing changed because of it. Women were back at home no longer needing to work and wearing clothing that would prevent them from doing anything but womanly tasks
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” Comparatively‚ Cristobal Balenciaga could be considered as the innovator of contemporary fashion with his notion of fashion – “An architect for design‚ a sculpture for shape‚ a painter for colour‚ a musician for harmony and a philosopher for temperance.” This essay is going to investigate the works of the key minimalist artists‚ simultaneously analyzing the similarities and differences between the minimalist sculptors from 1965 to 1975 and the recent collections of Balenciaga by Nicolas Ghesquiere
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of his dresses signed "Franck Rabanne." He did not begin using the name Paco professionally until 1965. From 1962 to 1966‚ Rabanne and his family hand-produced unusual buttons and embroideries for the houses of haute couture of Nina Ricci‚ Cristóbal Balenciaga‚ Maggy Rouff‚ Philippe Venet‚ Pierre Cardin‚ and Hubert de Givenchy. In 1965‚ Rabanne created oversized rhodoïd jewelry in various geometric forms and bright colors which brought him his first major commercial and media success. Paco Rabanne
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London 1947 - 1957. 1St Edition Edition. Victoria & Albert Museum. William H. Young‚ 2004. The 1950s (American Popular Culture Through History). Edition. Greenwood. Francoise Mohrt‚ 1998. The Givenchy Style. Edition. Vendome Pr. Myra Walker‚ 2006. Balenciaga and His Legacy: Haute Couture from the Texas Fashion Collection. Edition. Yale University Press.
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Designer Research: Miuccia Prada Jacqueline Falcon University of North Texas Unconventional‚ visionary‚ “ugly chic”; these are all words used to describe the undoubtedly influential Miuccia Prada. Miuccia Prada’s footprint on the fashion industry is both significant and enduring in an industry where trends and designers fade out as quickly as the come in. Although Prada is often noted as the anti-thesis of a typical designer‚ or the anti-fashionista‚ her work as a
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Project History of Trends (1940-1950) Introduction/table of content Introduction/table of content 2 First Half decade 1940-1950 3 Second half of decade 1940-1950 4 Inventions in 1940 till 1950 5 First Computer 5 Fashion in the 40‘s 6 The ‘Sweater girls’ and ‘Pin-up’ girls 7 The New Look 7 Theatre de la Mode (theatre of fashion) 9 The birth of the Bikini 9 Cosmetics 10 Hairstyles‚ Turbans and Snoods 10 Literature 11 Music 12 Music 12 Movies 13 Dominant styles
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