Fashion repeats itself every six months “Oh my God is she wearing that cheetah print...!” “O haven’t you noticed‚ the animal prints are back.” Thus began my recent trip to a local shopping mall with a close friend. Needless to say‚ every trip to the mall means a trip down the memory lane. You see a new dress‚ a new design and something starts ticking in your head. Where have I seen it? Who was wearing it? And slowly‚ so very slowly‚ realization sets in. Oh God‚ this is a remake of the chic
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Introduction In this essay I will compare and contrast the fashion styles‚ trends‚ culture and ethos of the post-war era of the 1950’s and the youth revolution of the 1960’s. I will address the ways in which fashion was utilised by members of society at this time to shape class-based identities. I will address consumption as a cultural phenomenon and theory on fashion of communication as a backdrop. Following this and in order to gain a degree of critical depth I will focus on two British subcultures
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My Favourite Canadian Fashion Designer I can easily say that my favorite Canadian fashion designer is Monica Mei. Her diligence with her work in becoming a fashion entrepreneur is truly an inspiration. Aime‚ the luxury clothing line that Monica began when she graduated from university‚ is a very creatively unique line that has captured my attention. It was through discovering Aime‚ that Monica Mei became my favorite Canadian fashion designer. The name Aime comes from the French word for love (Aime
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contributing to the growth of medicine‚ zoology‚ and botany. The new knowledge set the pace for modern western civilizations as seen today‚ through the discoveries of minerals‚ building architecture‚ scientific properties‚ and even metallurgy. Later came the Dominican friar‚
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Fast fashion is a term used to describe clothing collections which are based on the most recent fashion trends presented atFashion Week in both the spring and the fall of every year.[1] These trends are designed and manufactured quickly‚ and in an affordable way‚ to allow the mainstream consumer to take advantage of current clothing styles at a lower price. This philosophy of quick manufacturing at an affordable price is used in large retailers such as H&M‚ Forever 21‚ Zara‚ and Primark. Recently
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HIPPY FASHION TRENDS BACKGROUND Hippie movement started as a dissenting group‚ along with the New Left and the American Civil Rights Movement‚ encompassing the sixty’s ‘counterculture’ of rejecting the ‘Establishment’‚ criticizing middle class values‚ opposing nuclear weapons and the Vietnam War‚ among other things. A social revolution erupted in North and South America‚ Western Europe‚ Japan‚ Australia and New Zealand during the 1960s and early 1970s in the form of this counterculture‚ opposed
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Akshada Kunnul & Priyanshi Kothari Fashion Management Final assignment- Business plan and Management process Lecturer- Samiksha Gandhi Submission date: 30th November 2013 Executive Summary This report is a study of management process for a retailing company - BillieBlush – that was launched in February 2010. The 1‚750 sq. feet store is located in Juhu‚ Mumbai‚ India where it caters to kids wear between the ages of 2-10. With the concept of fast fashion and short lead times‚ the company
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decade in which fashion entered the modern era. It was the decade in which women first abandoned the more restricting fashions of past years and began to wear more comfortable clothes (such as short skirts or trousers). Men also abandoned highly formal daily attire and even began to wear athletic clothing for the first time. The suits men wear today are still based‚ for the most part‚ on those worn in the late 1920s. The 1920s are characterized by two distinct periods of fashion. In the early part
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Fashion is a term commonly used to describe a style of clothes‚ hair‚ accessories‚ make-up popular at a particular time or place. Fashion is something we deal with everyday. Even people‚ who say they do not care what they wear‚ choose clothes every morning that say a lot about them and how they feel that day. Without realising it‚ the clothes we choose to wear tell other people a lot about us. We often judge people by what they are wearing. For example‚ people dressed in expensive clothes are thought
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fashion couture In France‚ the term haute couture is protected by law and is defined by the Chambre de commerce et d’industrie de Paris based in Paris‚ France. The chambre syndicale de la haute couture is defined as "the regulating commission that determines which fashion houses are eligible to be true haute couture houses".[4] Their rules state that only "those companies mentioned on the list drawn up each year by a commission domiciled at the Ministry for Industry are entitled to avail themselves"
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