An indie influence in fashion Does today’s popular apparel abate the underground spirit of the music that inspired it? It was just another Monday night at the Silver Lake club Spaceland‚ and local indie rock band Army Navy was performing onstage. The bassist‚ Ben Gaffin‚ played an almost-hypnotizing riff as the band’s catchy music filled the room. After the show‚ the patio was flooded with people who had anxiously rushed outside for a post-show cigarette. Now that the band and the fans were
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world war one‚ both women and men had extreme fashion changes that became more flamboyant‚ practical‚ and eccentric. From hems getting shorter to colors getting more vibrant‚ style changed drastically due to the heavy impact of the war. Although both men and women experienced drastic fashion changes‚ women were more affected because they were held to very high societal standards before the beginning of the war. Before the 1920s‚ both men and womens’ fashion was dull‚ conservative‚ and modest. After
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Case Study: Zara-Fast Fashion Case Summary: Inditex is the parent company of six different apparel retailing chains that includes Massimo Dutti‚ Pull and Bear‚ Bershka‚ Stradivarius‚ Oysho‚ and‚ most importantly‚ Zara. Zara has historically been the most profitable of the chains‚ operating 282 stores in 32 countries at the end of 2001 (Ghemawat & Nueno‚ 2006). The other five chains that are operated by Inditex have not matched the growth capabilities or revenue of Zara. Zara’s apparel offers
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World Leading Fashion Brands Burberry‚ Louis Vuitton‚ Gucci‚ Prada‚ Calvin Klein‚ Christian Dior‚ Chloe‚ Emporio Armani‚ Ferragamo & (Appendix 4) are some of the numerous global luxury brands. They all have experienced abundance in sales growth and margin profits within the last decades‚ but they almost shutter in between world financial crisis (2008 up to date). They even see themselves included in several financial products such mutual funds‚ ETFs or be part of financial Indices (Appendix
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Culture Studies for fashion 3.What is fashion’s role in the construction of social identities? Discuss with reference to specific examples. This essay discusses how fashion helps convey the social identity of the rich and wealthy. Status includes class‚ gender‚ and ages. Status is important in today’s society. As Coco Chanel said‚ ”women should dress as plainly as their maids” (Davis 1992:57). A person who is wealthy is a symbol of a person who is successful and of high income in the society
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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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France. Also thanks to the french designers during this era fashion magazines became a thing. The one lady establish Rococo fashions was Louis XV’s mistress Madame Pompadour. She had a passion for her pastel colors and the light. The happy style is how it came to be known as Rococo‚ and was how light stripes and floral patterns became a trend. Towards the end of the period‚ Marie Antoinette was one who became the leader of French fashion‚ as did her seamstress Rose Bertin. Extreme embellishment
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“Know first who you are; and then adorn yourself accordingly” ~Epictetus Fashion is as essential as personality. It is for everyone willing to dress in a way that reflects their essence; their own style. No matter what‚ always trying to feel comfortable and satisfied with the clothes they wear that will show who they truly are. Finding individuality is really about getting to know yourself. It is about being connected with the very essence of who you are and‚ most important‚ be confident about
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therefore‚ those traditional values are more understandable. Fashion in Japan commenced quite late‚ even during the Taisho period (1912-26)‚ wearing western clothing was a sign of sophistication and an expression of modernity. It was after the Second World War‚ fashion information from the USA and Europe began to spread throughout Japan. People in metropolitan centres in Japan‚ especially in Tokyo‚ began to consume Western fashion at a very rapid pace in the 1950s and 1960s‚ and whatever trend
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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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