“[Connie] had a quick‚ nervous giggling habit of craning her neck to glance into mirrors or checking other people’s faces to make sure her own was all right.” (1) In the story “Where are you going‚ where have you been?” the author Joyce Carol Oates‚ deliberately shows us the level of innocence of the protagonist Connie‚ as well as the similar features an inexperienced young girl who lived in 1966 compares to those of a young girl who is raised in our era. Young teenage girls in 1966 are no different
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FASHION DESIGN Fashion Designing is the art of applying design and taste to create fashionable‚ trendy clothing. Fashion designers are most influenced by their culture. Some fashion designers work individually or in a team. The main goal of a fashion designer is to keep up with the styles and make their clothing appeal to consumers. Fashion Designers have many duties such as: Researching‚ sketching‚ choosing materials‚ looking at retail samples‚ and marketing
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Age is no longer the only criteria that defines vintage fashion. “Vintage implies that it has archival value‚” said Cameron Silver‚ owner of Decades‚ the extremely popular Los Angeles vintage store. Strictly speaking‚ vintage fashion would ideally be clothing that is atleast 25 to 30 years old‚ but this is highly debatable now. Some say that vintage fashion spanned from the 20s to 50s‚ and all that came in after that is “retro clothing”‚ whereas others argue that the 80s is as much vintage as the
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Fashion of the Decades Fashion designs are always changing from season to season. They never stay the same. The colors‚ cuts‚ and fabrics go in and out of style all the time. Fashion has always affected society since the beginning of time. Fashion from the 1920’s to the 1990’s changed rapidly. Fashion affects everybody even if a person doesn’t know it‚ from hemline trends to haircut styles. Old trends are always re-worked and recycled to become new again. The Industrial Revolution of the early
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INTRODUCTION Fashion may strike the public as of little importance and even refer to it as a luxury. However‚ fashion is evident everywhere especially in today’s society where fashion has become a means of self-expression. The popular society of today are becoming more and more aware of the importance of fashion in their daily lives or‚ to the least‚ in important occasions where first impression already matter. The widespread awareness of fashion entails creative minds to innovate and design
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How fashion professionals are inspired by history and culture? It has long been claimed that fashion is a repetition of well-forgotten old. For centuries‚ designers drew inspiration from ancient cultures and traditions‚ ancient civilizations‚ mythical gods and exotic countries. Often the Greek goddesses‚ who have long manipulated the arts and war‚ intervened also in fashion. For years the dresses are current‚ familiar from mythology and the movies with mythological themes - naked shoulder‚ enchanting
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A Career in Fashion Design The fashion design career‚ has recently emerged as one of the most popular and competitive among young people. Those who actually succeed in design have a very individualistic personal style and don’t follow trends set by others. Having fashion design as your profession sometimes allows you to meet glamorous people. It can also put you in charge of what is in and out when it comes to clothing through ramp shows and fashion write-ups. Most designers have a great
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Global Fashion Giants: Gucci and Louis Vuitton In order to understand the key success factors required for any fashion powerhouse to succeed in the global scenario‚ we decided to look at two of the world’s largest fashion conglomerates – Gucci and Louis Vuitton. We looked at the evolution of these companies and also at the different strategies these companies have employed over time to achieve the position in the world fashion market they have today. This analysis helped us in figuring out the feasibility
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Little to my surprise‚ the Fashion Industry is laced with controversy and exploitation in recent times. However‚ many assume that is due to the competitive‚ shallow nature appearance and luxury promotes‚ and some are. But the true issues pressing the Fashion industry revolve around greed and big business‚ which‚ in a sense‚ isn’t much different from any other branch of the modern economy. Fast-fashion practices‚ or a retail concept centered around producing up-to-date product quickly and inexpensively
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The Issue of Environmental Impact of Fashion Waste on Landfills Summary of the issue Driven by my passion for sustainable fashion‚ I am particularly interested in the environmental impact of garment waste ending up in landfills. Every year‚ 0.5 million tonnes of clothing are dumped into landfill sites in the world (M&S.com‚ 2013). Furthermore‚ one in four garments sold is thrown away each year. Textile waste in landfills is now raising environmental issues. For example‚ synthetic fibre products
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