week’s task I had to read a quite difficult extract from ‘Fashion as Communication’ by Malcolm Barnard about how fashion is regarded in today’s society‚ whether it is trivial or not and highlighting how important it is in today’s economy. The first idea exposed is that fashion is ‘fit only for the intellectually disenfranchised’‚ suggesting that everyone working in the fashion industry lacks intelligence. Having chosen to study Fashion Marketing I completely disagree with this statement‚ but
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CASE 1: ZARA INTERNATIONAL: Fashion at the Speed of Light At the announcement of her engagement to Spain’s Crown Prince Letizia Ortiz Rocasolano wore a chic white pant suit. Within a few weeks‚ hundreds of European women sported the same look. Welcome to a fashion‚ a trend that sees clothing retailers frequently purchasing small quantities of merchandise to stay on top of emerging trends. In this world of "hot today‚ gauche tomorrow‚" no company does fast fashion better than Zara international
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Teenage Fashion In today’s society young teenage females have to follow many rules‚ but fashion is the only thing they feel like they can control. Young females see fashion as a huge impact on their life and they feel that they have to dress a certain way just to fit in now days. Fashion is what’s current and what is "in the moment‚" and it often strikes interest in a large number of people. The clothes we choose to wear tell a lot about ourselves. For teenagers‚ fashion is first and foremost
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Fashion statement "It’s a new era in fashion - there are no rules. It’s all about the individual and personal style‚ wearing high-end‚ low-end‚ classic labels‚ and up-and-coming designers all together." — Alexander McQueen Like the quote from Alexander McQueen‚ this new era‚ the 21 th century‚ there are no rules within fashion. Basically it’s very hard describing a certain style that identifies the fashion within this era. Instead of having the designers and the fashion brands deciding what
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Fashion in the 1930s was iconic. We look back at this era and we can admire the delicacy of this generation. It’s beautiful. The 1930s was a tough time in America whereas the Great Depression‚ a long and severe recession in an economy or market‚ was a major impact on daily living. Even though this major obstacle was there in full force‚ the trends that this era took on were the beginning of something new. This fashion outlook included men and women both of the higher and lower classes. The 1930s
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Case Study: The Fashion Channel Case Study: The Fashion Channel Table of Contents Executive Summary 1 Problem Statement 3 Proposed Scenarios & Analysis 4 Scenario #1 4 Scenario #2 5 Scenario #3 6 Proposed Solution 7 Implementation Plan 9 Conclusion 10 Exhibits 11 Exhibit 1: GFE Associates: National Consumer Survey (excerpts) 11 Exhibit 2: GFE Associates: Analysis of Attitudinal Clusters in U.S. Television Households for The Fashion Channel 12 Exhibit
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OBJECTIVE Passionate about the fashion industry‚ I wish to expand my skills by working with a dedicated and innovative team of designers. Seeking to obtain a challenging position as a Fashion Designer in a professional‚ artistic environment where I can use my talent to benefit the company and its clients and also shine up my skills. My goal is to assist in bringing current international fashion trends‚ developing unique styles‚ and providing beautiful and practical clothes to the public.
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"Fashion is a statement. Fashion does not have to be worn casually‚ nor outside the runway. Fashion is fit for all sizes for all people of all ages. Fashion is an art of personal self-expression‚ not an excuse to be pretty or popular." -Anonymous. People use fashion as a way to express themselves and to show who they really are without having to say anything. Fashion can be used to show boldness of one or creativeness. When we look into our world today we see many combinations of style. The clothing
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Title: What do our clothes say about who we are or who we think we think we are? How does the way we dress communicate messages about our identity? Today‚ clothing is a good symbol of people’s rising pursuing of fashion and beauty. It is so important to people’s daily life and it can perfectly embody who people are‚ who they are not‚ and who they would like to be. People can accurately judge one’s age group‚ personality‚ social status and identity by observing his dressing. The sage said: the
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Fashion and Identity It is only shallow people who do not judge by appearances. The true mystery of the world is the visible‚ not the invisible. * Oscar Wilde I wear my own kind of dress‚ something that I love‚ but in doing so‚ I am displaying my style to all those around me‚ and in this I will respond to your exhibit‚ even as you will respond to mine. That the clothes we wear make a statement is itself a statement that in this age of heightened reserve‚ fashion has become a cliché. But
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