Zara: IT for Fast Fashion Identification of issues: The case study‚ Zara: IT for Fast Fashion‚ focuses on the retail giant‚ Inditex‚ and how its largest retail chain‚ Zara‚ has been so successful with their business model of high fashion‚ product variation‚ low cost‚ speed‚ and flexibility. Several issues are identified in this case study. One glaring issue that is apparent relates to the fact that a long term Information Technology (IT) strategy does not exist. There is no formal
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Fashion is said to be evolutionary and not revolutionary. This was not true in the 20th century. Fashion revolutionized America and the rest of the world during this time period. Also‚ during this time period fashion evolved tremendously. New fabrics and innovations were introduced to America. When World War I came about‚ people had to sacrifice their clothing for the men at war and they dressed more conservative. Christian Dior changed all of that when he came out with the "New Look." This look
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The Jamaican society has grown and evolved over the years and so as the different characteristics that make us uniquely Jamaican. The Jamaican fashion industry is also not to be outdone in terms of dynamics as it has progressed and developed over the years in line with keeping a prevailing sense of style and customary mode of dress. Jamaicans are no doubt trend setters in any given field they are seen and with the strong influence of our Reggae music‚ and success in athleticism‚ we are definitely
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Literature Review Fashion as art; is art Fashion? * Sanda Miller “Like art‚ clothes can provide the subject of historical research.” According to the reader by Miller‚ fashion‚ like architecture fulfills primarily a functional dimension. This is said with art being something of display‚ admiration and in some cases personal relation. Art being something decorative and less functional than clothing‚ because clothes can be worn‚ but avante garde fashion is where the differentiation between
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would like to pursue I would most likely steer towards the idea of becoming a fashion designer. Being a fashion designer entails so many things. To name a few things being a fashion designer entails studying trends and sketching initial clothing or accessory designs. They oversee the entire garment production from their initial sketch to final manufacturing. The nature of the job varies among the different types of fashion designers; most designers are employed by design and manufacturing firms and
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one of the largest visual clues. The following research looks at what impact androgynous fashion has on achieving gender equality. Throughout history gender has had a large part to play in influencing the perceptions of androgynous fashion and continues to do so in society today. Findings of the research conducted‚ includes five main topics that have been discussed in this paper and outline how the fashion industry could use this information in the future to further extend their research. The key
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Kembi‚ Adeyemi English 102 The 1980s Fashion Scene on A Rapid Comeback The 1980’s fashion is back‚ and its success is rooted in the similar economy we have with the 1980s. As a society we are deciding to “wear our personality”‚ rather than our pocket books and the fashion industry is staying alive by following this trend. With the de-regulation of multiple government policies on industries‚ a failing economy‚ record setting recession and the booming crack-cocaine sales on the streets with
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Women’s Fashion in the 1950s The 1950s post-World War II era‚ were a time of fashion evolution. Advances in textile technology subsequent to the war gave way to new fabrics such as spandex and easy-care finishes that suited suburban lifestyle for women in the 1950s. The 1940s boxy structure look with square shoulders and short skirts were replaced by Christian Dior’s “New Look” silhouette‚ which also gave way to an unfitted‚ structural look in the later 1950s. After years of military and civilian
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from Gucci?’ ‘No‚ I prefer the latest designer wear from Rohit Ball’ These are lines often heard in the fashion conscious creme de la creme of Indian society. The story is the same in almost any commercially ‘happening’ city in the world except that the names of the designers keep changing. This does not mean that the national designers have not made a dent in the world market! The Indian fashion world got global attention after Miss Sushmita Sen and Miss Aishwarya Rai won the much coveted Miss Universe
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A top fashion designer quarantines a sneezing underling‚ forcing her to work in a closet. An industry P.R. executive makes colleagues douse their hands with Purell. Germ-phobic magazine editors are powerblasting offices with antiseptic wipes and Lysol. While all eyes are on the models‚ top‚ those behind the scenes hope to avoid being struck by sickness. Such is the dread gripping the fashion world as it prepares for New York Fashion Week‚ beginning Feb. 7‚ with a killer flu and a stomach-bug
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