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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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    pioneer-entrepreneurs’ attempts at the appropriate cognitive framing of their new activities and at building a critical mass of attention to gain legitimacy. In this exploratory and inductive study of the emergence and evolution of the Indian high-end fashion industry and the actions of entrepreneurs in the early days of this industry‚ I seek to redress these shortcomings of prior organizational research. Based on interviews with pioneer-entrepreneurs as well as members of the ecosystem of a new industry

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    What Influences Teen Fashion Celebrities Music and movie celebrities are trendsetters in the adult world‚ so it is no surprise that many teens seek to emulate the fashions of their favorite stars. Pop singers‚ superhero alter egos and other mainstream entertainment figures can have a big impact on how your teens dress. Add in the fact that many celebrities have their own fashion lines and you will quickly see that celebrities can have a massive impact on what is popular with teens. Friends Your

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    The world of fashion is constantly evolving. The beginning of time in Egypt the fashion was unlike it is today. The climate in Egypt was always hot especially in the summer they endured mild winter. The weather influenced their clothing. In the hot times of the year light clothing were appropriate for the public. The light clothing were produced from plant fibers as linen. Also wool was rarely worn. In Ancient Rome most common used fabric was wool because of the abundance of sheep. The public

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    think through the intellectual changes in the study of fashion and clothes. His fashion theory has a close relationship to his structuralism and linguistic knowledge‚ and defined fashion‚ clothes their origins and functions within the system. First of all‚ Barthes saw fashion as a whole system. Based on the article‚ system has been defined as ‘a group or set of related materials or immaterial things forming a unity or complex whole. Fashion as a sort of system‚ has the features of that parts cannot

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    Some of the fads and fashions of the 1910’s may seem strange to us. The woman’s hair was often put up in hats and turbans with close cropped hair underneath. The hemline of their fashionable skirt became higher and rose above the ankles. This was partly because women began to work in the garden and using cars more often. They needed a higher skirt so the material didn’t get in the way of the accelerator or brakes. The skirts of women also became narrower. A look that became popular because

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    History of fashion 1900-1990 What a Difference 100 Years Makes Looking back over fashion trends for the past 100 years can only cause one to marvel at the drastic changes that have occurred‚ often in lockstep with societal changes. Women’s liberation‚ for example‚ can be visually measured through the evolution from suffocating corsets to jersey fabrics to bikinis. A timeline of the past century shows how the times have changed. During ancient times people wore limited clothing made from animal

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    Fashion, Gender and Identity

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    culture creates between behaviour and ‘characteristics considered to be appropriate to men and women’ (Barnard‚ 2007‚ 185- 186). Fashion aids in the social construction of gender through separating male and female fashion and promoting the stereotypical feminine figure. From the days of stays and petticoats to corsets and crinolines and now with padded bras and ‘Spanx’‚ fashion has seen centuries of shrinking and augmentation of the body to achieve the sexualised‚ ‘feminine’ shape. The ‘communicative

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    Fashion Fundamentals Test 2 Review Professor Mary Bays • The designer who uses his or her talents to adapt or change the successful designs of others and works for a manufacturer is called a (an) • High fashion or “name” designer • Stylist designer • Free – lance designer • Artist- sketcher • Couture designer • The designer who creates designs for several manufacturers‚ is called a • High fashion or name designer • Stylist- designer • Freelance designer • Artist-

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    "I defy anyone to design a hat‚ coat or dress that hasn’t been done before...The only new frontier left in fashion is the finding of new materials" - Paco Rabanne 1966. The 1960’s was a decade of great change‚ inviting new ideas and fashion trends which still have a noticeable influence today. The beginning of the era showed fashion aimed at a wealthy mature audience‚ quality of material was important and mainly natural fabrics were used‚ and trends were largely dictated by high profile designers

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