Beyond Beyond Fashion There is a trick of my writing teacher: When we finish reading an essay‚ first he asks: "What is it about?" We answer‚ then he asks:" If that’s not what the essay is about‚ then what is it about?" So we answer again‚ striving to squeeze out every drop of intelligence out of our brain cells. Repetitively‚ after we are willingly tortured by this same question for three more rounds‚ the essence of the essay shows up. This was exactly the same feeling I received from the exhibition
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infection. Car Seat Belts Introduced. Queen Elizabeth 2 crowned. Mount Everest conquered by Hillary and 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
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“Fashion is not something that exists in dresses only. Fashion is in the sky‚ in the street‚ fashion has to do with ideas‚ the way we live‚ what is happening.” - Coco Chanel. All throughout history‚ fashion has always been important. During the mid-1500s‚ Queen Elizabeth I came into power and drastically changed the fashion of England. The fashion of the Elizabethan Era shaped the culture and made an impact on the era and its people. Elizabethan upper class’s clothing was elaborate and very layered
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The History of Fashion & Costume Fashion & Costume Costume has developed for thousands of years‚ the most obvious line of division is the male and female dress. The Greeks and the Romans wore tunics which are similar to skirts. In this period the garments would have a draped detail whether it is masculine or feminine. The fashion history on ancient Greece has been inspired by the Greek vases‚ pots and statues. The Greek and Romans would use fabrics like silk and linen. Ancient Egypt Ancient
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The Fashion Channel 1. What are the pros and cons of the three segmentation scenarios? Read carefully the case and make a list of the pros and cons of each segmentation scenario. Use the following table to summarize your findings. Scenario 1: Broad-based Segmentation Targeting Scenario 2: Fashionista focus Scenario 3: Fashionistas + Planners/Shoppers Pros Cons 2. What Segmentation scenario is likely to produce higher revenues? To estimate
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and Yohji Yamamoto were among the first non-western designers to be included in the official world of fashion since the revolution of the first Paris show in 1981 Rei Kawakubo and Yohji Yamamoto appeared in. (Teunissen‚ 2005) While Western dressmaking focussed on showing the natural shape of the human body‚ “by contrast‚ Japanese designers creations shrouded the body.” (Fukai 2005:22) Fashion in the West has mainly been based on creating the ideal silhouette and body shape through clothing.
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Due to the war‚ Europe had stopped producing fashion‚ this gave American designers a chance to show what they were capable of. As the wartime restrictions on fabric eased and America’s economy improved‚ the population was able to express themselves through Men and Woman’s fashion. There were certain elements of mens fashion in the 1950s that were standard amongst the general American population. As the war time restrictions on fabric tapered off fashion became more broad. Pleated Pants that had
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available in relaxed fit and even baggy. Hip Hop had now become a large market for young teenagers and people in their early twenties. I went to a private school with a very strict dress code and even there you could tell that the new urban fashion was having an effect on the way some students dressed. They would try to get baggier pants and would wear bright colored shirts with logos on the front. At ballgames they would wear baggy blue jeans and sweatshirts with "Polo" or "Nautica" emblems
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Fashion is one of the world’s most important creative industries. It has provided economic thought with a canonical example in theorizing about consumption and conformity. Social thinkers have long treated fashion as a window upon social class and social change. Cultural theorists have focused on fashion to reflect on symbolic meaning and social ideals. Fashion has also been seen to embody representative characteristics of modernity‚ and even of culture itself. Everyone wears clothing and inevitably
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Simplicity and Femininity in Modern Fashion; Defined By Minimalism CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION Outline of the Study Modern Fashion is an industry that is dominating other industries and growing into a large collection of artists who come together to present the world with their art‚ in the form of unique and extraordinary designs and ideas. The fashion industry gained acceleration in the second half of the 1900s‚ when different designers came forth with their extraordinary work and their contributions
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