CoCo Chanel and Alexander McQueen. Higher Art Design Essay. Abbeylauren Duckett Two artists that I have chosen who reflect change are Alexander Mcqueen who emulated the dominance of media on the world during the 1990’s and Coco Chanel who reflected the change in the stance of women in society after the first world war. Alexander McQueen was a contempary fashion designer and was his in-depth knowledge of British tailoring. He learned his skills as a tailor as an apprentice in the famous Savile
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impact on the culture of fashion”. 1980s fashion is obsessed with the body. We see evidences of how designers rethink the shape of women’s body in power dressing‚ the Madonna look or Azzedine Alaia’s body reveal dresses. In contrast to these loud‚ dazzling 80s norms‚ Rei Kawakubo and Yohji Yamamoto share the same point of view to propose a new geography of the body and move away from the conventional. This new geography of the body was known as the deconstructionism. In fashion‚ deconstructionism rejects
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lol . I think fashion is exciting for the same reason why engineers are eager when they make better robots and develop faster computers or scientists that are delighted to know that they have a new lead to cure a disease. Think of all the hard work they do‚ the impossible people they have to collaborate with‚ the time spent and finally BOOM! they have one of the best search engines online or a new piece of evidence why brain cells work the way they do. And it all started out with an idea to innovate
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Kamali has been around fashion her entire life due to the fact that she was born and raised in New York City. Her fascinating life started in 1945 and as a young child‚ she dreamt of becoming a painter‚ not a fashion designer. Her mother believed in more traditional morals and was against the idea. So when it came to her studies‚ she decided to study fashion illustration‚ here‚ at the Fashion Institute of Technology. She received her bachelor’s degree in fashion illustration in 1964
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women’s fashion -- the little black dress‚ her one of a kind Chanel No. 5 fragrance and much more. During the period of the 1920s‚ Coco even popularized the look of sun-tanned skin‚ setting a new standard of "beauty" among society as a whole. The Brand Chanel is a label defined by elegance and simplicity. The brand features modern designs in fashion accessories‚ eyewear‚ ready-to-wear and haute couture collections. In regards to the original work done by Coco‚ scores of her clothing designs were
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Guerra Fashion Industry December 15‚ 2012 Alexander McQueen Alexander McQueen was born March 17‚ 1969 in Lewisham‚ London. He was the youngest of six children. He knew he wanted to be a fashion designer when he started making dresses for his three sisters at a young age. He left school at 16 to go on an apprenticeship with Savile Row where he earned his reputation in the fashion world. He attended Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design and earned a masters degree in fashion design
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Anna Sui (born August 4‚ 1964)[2] is an American fashion designer. Her luxury brand retails globally in the Americas‚ Europe‚ Asia and the Middle East. Her clothing‚ fragrance‚ cosmetic‚ and accessories lines sell at Anna Sui stores in over 50 countries and are also widely distributed at leading department stores worldwide.[3] Sui is known for her timeless designs and ability to transcend eras with her historical and culturally inspired collections. After leaving Parsons‚ she worked for a variety
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often distressed and deconstructed. specialises in anti-fashion‚ austere‚ sometimes deconstructed garments. During the 1980s‚ her garments were primarily in black‚ dark grey or white‚ and the materials were often draped around the body and featured frayed‚ unfinished edges along with holes and a general asymmetrical shape. journalists labeled her clothes ‘Hiroshima chic’ amongst other things. she is greatly involved in graphic design‚ advertising and shop interiors believing that all these things
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genius fashion designer creating a large amount of provocative works in last two decades‚ committed a suicide because of the suicide of Isabella Blow and the loss of his mother‚ who were two important supporters of his design (Wilson 89). The “Spine” Corset‚ the Skull Scarf‚ and the "Bumster" skirt are the representative of the collections of his provocative and dark romantic beauty. McQueen always indicated the dark and deathly elements in his collections‚ critiqued “inanity” of the fashion world
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native country and made him one of the few couturiers in History who was able to design‚ cut and sew his creations. As Balenciaga once noted “A couturier must be an architect for design‚ a sculptor for shape‚ a painter for colors‚ a musician for harmony and a philosopher for temperance.” Balenciaga open branches of his boutique Eisa in Madrid‚ Barcelona and the fashionable seaside resort of San Sebastian. His designs were favored by the aristocracy of Spain including the Spanish royal family. The
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