The Art Deco Crossover: A Merging of the Avant-Garde and Decorative Arts‚ 1910-1939 The twentieth century ushered in an eclectic‚ luxurious and modern style of design and decoration the world would define at the Paris 1925 exhibition as Art Deco. The material world was now an amalgamation of new technologies and processes and drew from many worldwide influences. However‚ the greatest influence of the movement was the new visual language‚ color and iconography of the avant-garde art world: Cubism
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Monroe was most famous in the 1930’s she was beautiful she had the most fashion in that time. She was many people’s heroes and role models. She had everything that everybody wanted. “The most famous designers in 1930 were Elsa Schiaparelli and Madeleine Vionnet.” Gill 3 ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_fashion_design ) Proms were first mentioned in high school year books in 1930’s-1940’s Men fashion was very formal and businesey back then. “ The sensation of
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Couture beginnings The first designer who was not merely a dressmaker was Charles Frederick Worth (1826–1895). Before the former draper set up his maison couture fashion house in Paris‚ clothing design and creation was handled by largely anonymous people‚ and high fashion descended from style worn at royal courts. Worth’s success was such that he was able to dictate to his customers what they should wear‚ instead of following their lead as earlier dressmakers had done. The term couturier was in
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Life in Italy in the 1930’s Life in Italy in the 1930’s caused difficulty to some Italians during that time period. During the 1930’s a large number of Italians who had opposed the fascist rule of Benito Mussolini arrived in the United States. After the news spread in Italy about the bombing of Pearl Harbour almost all Italians supported the war against Benito Mussolini. At this point‚ Italy was slowly becoming under the Nazi rule‚ the significance of a woman’s role in Italy was emphasised as
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Europe is virtuous‚ when this is untrue. Strether’s belief in the virtue behind the affair with this mysterious woman becomes the focal point upon which he allows himself to be won over by Chad and the experience. Strether’s admiration of Madame de Vionnet changes his function in the text and he switches roles‚ becoming an ambassador for Chad. He praises Chad heavily to the his audience of Sarah Pocock and Waymarsh explaining‚ “well‚ the performance could only go on.” (James 279). Strether calling his
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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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3. > ^ 2. Fashion designers design through their own personal character and style. Everyone has a combination of multiple characteristics that make up their personality‚ style‚ views and thoughts‚ etc. A person’s own personal character cannot be duplicated. Anyone has the ability to show their talents through their own persona to many different types of industries. Having the ambition of becoming a high fashion designer is not impossible. Successful designers create designs through
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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 body conscious way of dressing was first championed by eighties’ fashion powerhouse Azzedine Alalia. A repertoire of looks electrifying high street fashion was prompted by Azzedine Alaia‚ in Figure 1 (thehoegoddess.com) ‚ who was entitled the “King of Cling” in the 1980s by the fashion press. His designs were well known to be a spectacle of the female body. Alaia ’s clothes captured the spirit of the times when many women indulged in physical activities and fashion magazines began to showcase
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Wong 1/13 Valerie Steele (2000‚ pp.121) states‚ “The 1980s were characterized by a pronounced emphasis on physical fitness‚ which had a significant impact on the culture of fashion”. 1980s fashion is obsessed with the body. We see evidences of how designers rethink the shape of women’s body in power dressing‚ the Madonna look or Azzedine Alaia’s body reveal dresses. In contrast to these loud‚ dazzling 80s norms‚ Rei Kawakubo and Yohji Yamamoto share the same point of view to propose a new
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