THE IMPORTANCE OF ORIGINALITY IN FASHION BY FIRUZÉ FRENCH The Importance of Originality in Fashion By originality in fashion‚ I’m not talking about the originality of everyday people and their fashion style‚ what they wear and how they wear it. I’m talking about the difficulty top fashion designers face every 6 months when they make a great effort to create a contemporary and original collection for the fashion catwalk to please brutally honest fashion critics‚ of magazines and of the public
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Age is no longer the only criteria that defines vintage fashion. “Vintage implies that it has archival value‚” said Cameron Silver‚ owner of Decades‚ the extremely popular Los Angeles vintage store. Strictly speaking‚ vintage fashion would ideally be clothing that is atleast 25 to 30 years old‚ but this is highly debatable now. Some say that vintage fashion spanned from the 20s to 50s‚ and all that came in after that is “retro clothing”‚ whereas others argue that the 80s is as much vintage as the
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Global Fashion Giants: Gucci and Louis Vuitton In order to understand the key success factors required for any fashion powerhouse to succeed in the global scenario‚ we decided to look at two of the world’s largest fashion conglomerates – Gucci and Louis Vuitton. We looked at the evolution of these companies and also at the different strategies these companies have employed over time to achieve the position in the world fashion market they have today. This analysis helped us in figuring out the feasibility
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Fashion of the Decades Fashion designs are always changing from season to season. They never stay the same. The colors‚ cuts‚ and fabrics go in and out of style all the time. Fashion has always affected society since the beginning of time. Fashion from the 1920’s to the 1990’s changed rapidly. Fashion affects everybody even if a person doesn’t know it‚ from hemline trends to haircut styles. Old trends are always re-worked and recycled to become new again. The Industrial Revolution of the early
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Context Page Introduction 2 History of avant-garde 2-3 Avant-garde in fashion history 3 Contemporary fashion and avant-garde 3 Discussion of Suzaan Heyns’ autumn/ winter collection 4 Discussion of Stiaan Louws’s 2011 autumn/winter collection 4-5 Discussion of Black Coffee’s 2013 winter collection 5-6 Discussion of Laduma Ngxokolo’s 2012 autumn/winter collection 6-7 Discussion of Thabo Makhetha’s 2012 collection 7 Conclusion 7-8 List of Illustrations 9-13 List of References 14-15
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How fashion professionals are inspired by history and culture? It has long been claimed that fashion is a repetition of well-forgotten old. For centuries‚ designers drew inspiration from ancient cultures and traditions‚ ancient civilizations‚ mythical gods and exotic countries. Often the Greek goddesses‚ who have long manipulated the arts and war‚ intervened also in fashion. For years the dresses are current‚ familiar from mythology and the movies with mythological themes - naked shoulder‚ enchanting
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about smoking or maybe even gambling as an addiction‚ but there are so many more you would not even dream of. How about considering fashion as an addiction? In the case of writer Delia Cleveland this is true. Fashion was her addiction‚ but she is now a recovering “fashion addict”. In the article‚ “Champagne Taste‚ Beer Budget”‚ Delia describes her affair with fashion and how it changed her life. Consumers cannot blame the advertising completely‚ but there are ways to prevent becoming a victim of false
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many changes and we’re meeting these changes during a time of larger nation-wide fashion change. The world of fashion is an exciting area in which to work‚ and we’ll continue working to ensure our chevron products remain on the edge. Here is an idea of what you can expect and what we hope to achieve. We’re always transforming the way we operate to continuously improve our ability to serve people‚ serve the fashion industry and keep our employees happy. Our employees and partners have continued
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INTRODUCTION Fashion may strike the public as of little importance and even refer to it as a luxury. However‚ fashion is evident everywhere especially in today’s society where fashion has become a means of self-expression. The popular society of today are becoming more and more aware of the importance of fashion in their daily lives or‚ to the least‚ in important occasions where first impression already matter. The widespread awareness of fashion entails creative minds to innovate and design
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“The Cosby Show” (1984-1992) was a situational comedy that followed the Huxtable family. The Huxtables were a middle class african american family made up by the parents Cliff and Clair and their children Sondra‚ Denise‚ Theodore‚ Vanessa‚ and Rudy. Throughout it’s eight year run‚ “The Cosby Show” made a big impact. “The Cosby Show” has been significant to media history due to the fact that it showed what major racial issues were happening when the show was on the air‚ revolutionized race in situational
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