Fashion and Surrealism: Why Not? Lisa Junor Fashion Design Stage 3 Robert Gordon University Word Count: 2754 Fashion and Surrealism: Why Not? Imagining a world where your dreams and subconscious co-exist with the general happenings of life is surreal however extremely alluring. Surrealist artists and fashion designers have a steady belief in this fantasy and have attempted to achieve this through the work of art and fashion. Throughout
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Introduction Hardly any industry today is as much changing as the fashion industry. New collections‚ new styles and trends emerge faster than ever before. Brands that are "in" today can be "out" tomorrow and vice versa. In addition‚ consumer behavior in the fashion industry changed significantly over the last two decades mixing and mingling fashion segments into individual styles that combine both high and low-end fashion items. In order to keep up with the pace of the industry‚ players have
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CONCERNED YOUTH FOR PEACE REPORT OF THE FASHION SHOW HELD ON THE 22ND MARCH 2008 AT THE NDURARUA GROUND KAWANGWARE. CONCERNED YOUTH FOR PEACE FINANCIAL REPORT OF THE FASHION SHOW HELD ON THE 22ND MARCH 2008 AT THE NDURARUA GROUND KAWANGWARE INTRODUCTION
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Fashion cannot survive without the media. Its success as both an art form and a commercial enterprise depends upon attention in the media. The media have played a vital role in shaping fashion into the complex cultural phenomenon it has become. Photography‚ and later film and television‚ have medialised fashion. Fashion has become an intrinsic part of today’s visual culture‚ and vice versa. Fashion magazines‚ glossies and women’s journals cannot exist without fashion‚ but fashion also cannot exist
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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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textile industry is that of the fashion designer. A fashion designer is the person who comes up with the ideas and designs today‚ for the clothes that we‚ the consumers‚ will be wearing tomorrow. This alone‚ the power to inspire the world of fashion ‚ would be enough to make me want to become a designer‚ but designing clothes is also a way of expressing yourself. Each designer is unique and thus the clothes that each create are just as unique. Although the job of a fashion designer may seem easy‚ there
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identity. In the 21st century‚ fashion as body adornment is still a universal part of a person’s everyday experience (Entwistle 2001: 41-43) yet‚ there is no one specific definition of fashion. Social scientists‚ philosophers and gender theorists present distinct understandings of the complexities of the fashion system. The modern definitions of fashion are derived from the foundational works of Bourdieu (1984)‚ Veblen (1899) and Simmel (1957)‚ who discussed fashion as a tool for social class distinction
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Steve Mergarten Mrs. Malaspino English 12 A November 28‚ 2009 Becoming a Fashion Designer Cynthia Nellis‚ in her column “Day in the Life of a Fashion Couture Designer”‚ says‚ “... nothing is ever typical in the world of fashion...no day is ever ’routine’‚ although we begin and end each day more or less the same: in early‚ out late.” Working as a Fashion Designer is a very busy‚ hard and challenging job. You have to provide a lot of strengths in creativity‚ marketing and determination; to be
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“Protecting Freedom of Expression on the Campus” In Derek Bok’s article‚ “Protecting Freedom of Expression on the Campus”‚ Bok writes about what has been a long-lasting controversial issue in the United States: freedom of speech and expression. The author claims that though the acts are “insensitive and unwise‚” they are permitted‚ and lawfully so. Acts of expression are committed on a day-to-day basis and in a broad aspect of environments; some are offensive while others are not. Who
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Useful Expressions Various Expressions used in asking for and expressing opinions Function | Expressions | Asking for an opinion | What’s your opinion on…What do you think of…What are your views on … | Do you have anything to add?Don’t you think that… | Giving opinions | I believe that..I am certain that..I must say..It is quite clear that..I maintain that ..I am sure that …As far as I am concerned ..I suppose . .. | From my point of view ..In my opinion..I think that…I would say that …It seems
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