Fashion as Art: Is fashion today considered a high art form worthy of being exhibited in museums? What is fashion? Is it art? Is it high art? In the world of fashion and art today‚ this is a contested question. Many art critics do not see fashion as an equal to the fine arts such as painting and sculpture. Critics have made remarks that fashion design should be “under the heading of vanity for its intent is of no inner value” (Miller 25-40). Edmund Burke and Immanuel Kant both
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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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Fashion and The Environment The world that I envision is one in which people make conscious decisions—weighing the effects and consequences that their actions will have in the real world. In this more perfect world there would be less waste. While people would still buy and consume‚ it would be done more responsibly with an emphasis on sustainable‚ locally manufactured and distributed goods. Fashion design in this world would not suffer from these reforms‚ but would evolve and thrive using environmentally
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FASHION MARKETING_ The connection between the designers and their public. How do the clothes reach the public and the target consumers after they are designed and fabricated? That is where the Fashion Marketing team comes in. Fashion Marketing combines the elements of advertising‚ design and business administration‚ as well as a solid understanding of the fashion world‚ in order to take a new clothing line and get it the attention it needs to be successful. Who would be more interested in a
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Danceable Fashion or Fashionable Dance: Either way‚ it works! A Concept Paper Presented to Prof. Robert Rodriguez Division of Humanities‚ College of Arts and Sciences University of the Philippines in the Visayas‚ Miagao‚ Iloilo In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements For the Course in Communications 2 By Nohr Malynne Tabares February 5‚ 2013 There’s an exciting fashion trend happening – dance. The dance and fashion industries seem to be increasingly joining forces‚ with dance companies commissioning
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Malcolm Barnard says in his book Fashion as Communication‚ "Fashion and clothing have always been explained as forms of communication" (39). American teenagers use fashion to communicate their feelings and beliefs. Through out most decades teen fashion has proven to be a way of rebelling out how they feel and think about certain situations. They used fashion as a way of social contact with reference to scrutiny for all sorts of people. Fashion is a communication to use to convey with the world
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style 7 • 3.2 Problem statement 2 7 • 4.1 Pricing Strategy 8 • 4.2 Problem Statement 3 8 • 5.1 Bibliography 9 1.1 Introduction Abercrombie and Fitch is a fashion company that primarily target young people. They are known for having an all-American style; country‚ sporty and fashionable. What Abercrombie and Fitch is perhaps even more known for is the unique set-up in every single store. The stores are dark‚ with spotlights on
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"Income Inequality: Too Big to Ignore" Summary Robert Frank‚ a professer at Cornell University‚ published an article for the New York Times on October 16‚ 2010. The title of the article was "Income Inequality: Too Big to Ignore". In "Income Inequality: Too Big to Ignore"‚ Frank argues that there are differences in the social classes of the American people and that it is having a negative effect on our economy’s growth. Frank explains that middle class citizens are in a struggle to maintain a good
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Craze for fashion Fashion means to make things in life in such a way as are subject to change in form and style according to the prevailing traditions.Fashion may be in dress ‚ornaments‚ hairstyle‚customs‚in food and drink‚in amusements or in manners.Fashion change like wind which makes it difficult for mankind to keep pace with them.Fashion is found both among men and women.There is much craze for fashion among boys and girls. They watch T.V programmes‚see films and
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Diploma in Fashion Design Principles of Fashion Unit 2 Diploma in Fashion Design Unit 2 Principles of Fashion On successful completion of this unit the learner will be able to: Explain how the elements of fashion appeal influence the purchaser Describe the classification of clothing according to their use and types Explain factors which affect the decision to buy in fashion Describe the process of the product development in fashion industry Explain the main areas of fashion wear
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