When all that is Solid Melts into Fashion - fashion’s FLIRT with modernity DKDS // CDF // 2006 Two Papers on Fashion Theory TWo PaPeRS on FaShIon TheoRy 2 When all that is Solid Melts into Fashion - fashion’s FLIRT with modernity Nikolina Olsen-Rule // External Lecturer‚ University of Århus // nor@dkds.dk // Research Assistant // Danmarks Designskole // 2006 0 Ferns in Fashion - on the Logic of Trends Maria Mackinney-Valentin // Ph.D. Scholar // mmk@dkds.dk // Center for Design Research
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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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Every person nurtures an innate desire of looking good and feel ‘accepted’ in the socio-economic circle. The word fashion instantaneously brings to mind a flash of colour with a dash of glamour. Women are taking to fashion in a big way‚ and are experimenting with different looks‚ styles‚ and textures. Fashion plays an increasingly important role in an individual’s life because it is considered as a means of self-expression. The garments and accessories that man or women wear‚ help them to
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The explosion of new technologies in the 1950’s and 1960’s created a wave of innovation‚ enhancing the lives of men and women. Fancy new products were being produced enabling the lives of the people in this time to consume leisurely items. The postwar years initiated a huge increase in population. From 1945 to 1964‚ the baby boom occurred‚ which fueled the need for houses. By this time‚ one-third of the U.S. population lived in suburban areas. With the increase in transportation options and affordable
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1990s Fashion In the 1990s there was a lot of things going on with fashion and with social issues. There was riots in LA. A lot of things happened in the 90s good and bad. The fashion was tremendously taking over a bunch of the world but it mostly impacted teens. Criminals got caught in the 90s and it was a very good 10 years. 1960s Political Historical and Social Events In the 1990s a lot of things were going on during that time period. There were social issues as well a political issues
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Fashion Introduction : Fashion‚ a general term for a currently popular style or practice‚ especially in clothing‚ foot wear or accessories. Fashion references to anything that is the current trend in look and dress up of a person. The more technical term‚ costume‚ has become so linked in the public eye with the term "fashion" that the more general term "costume" has in popular use mostly been relegated to special senses like fancy dress or masquerade wear‚ while the term "fashion" means
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Gabrielle ‘Coco’ Chanel Fashion Designer Gabrielle "Coco" Chanel (1883-1971) was born in Saumur‚ Southern France. She began by designing hats‚ first in Paris in 1908‚ and later in Deauville. Her fashion boutiques (one in Paris and one in Deauville) opened simultaneously in 1914. She opened an haute couture salon in Biarritz in 1916‚ and in 1920 moved to Paris in the present quarters on rue Cambon. Ready-to-wear fashions were not introduced until 1978‚ after Coco’s death. Chanel is a member of
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decade in which fashion entered the modern era. It was the decade in which women first abandoned the more restricting fashions of past years and began to wear more comfortable clothes (such as short skirts or trousers). Men also abandoned highly formal daily attire and even began to wear athletic clothing for the first time. The suits men wear today are still based‚ for the most part‚ on those worn in the late 1920s. The 1920s are characterized by two distinct periods of fashion. In the early part
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Comparing Modern Fashion Design to Fashion Designs of the Past Modern fashion and fashions of the past are as different as night and day. The two are controlled by two main things; style and a person’s place in the world (their finances). Today’s basic wardrobe will consist of whatever clothing a person needs for work ( a suit or nice dress‚ uniform‚ or work clothes)‚ clothing for going out (party dresses‚ suits‚ etc.)‚ clothing for sleeping or lounging‚ and clothing for when you are just living
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1.2.2 Observation From Fashion Blogs 1.2 Scope of Study 1.3 Objectives 1.4 Significant of Study Chapter 2: Review of Literature 2.1 Generation Y 2.2.1 Definition of Generation Y 2.2.2 Characteristics of Generation Y 2.2.3 Western and Eastern Generation Y 2.2.4 Hong Kong Generation Y 2.2.5 Generation Y Consumer Behavior 2.1.5.1 Consumer Behavior of Generation Y In Fashion 2.2 Fashion Blog 2.3.6 Definition
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