the Northern Polar region have no alternative than to hunt monkeys‚ seals and polar bears for food and clothing in order to survive. The second reason is that most people who follow the fur trim trend and buy brand names like Calvin Klein and Vivienne Westwood simply want to fit in and look ‘beautiful’ as unfortunately‚ fur is currently ‘in fashion’. Let’s take a look at who died for just one fur coat. It turns out it takes the skins of 15 wolves‚ 200 chinchillas‚ 40 foxes‚ 10 dogs‚ 30 cats‚ 40 rabbits
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expression for fashion in London. Nowadays‚ the mainstream high street fashion brands dominate ordinary people’s appearance and lifestyle. The famous designer Vivienne Westwood announced that ‘we are so conformist‚ nobody is thinking. We are all sucking up stuff‚ we have been trained to be consumers and we are all consuming far too much’ (Westwood quoted in Elks
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THE IMPORTANCE OF ORIGINALITY IN FASHION BY FIRUZÉ FRENCH The Importance of Originality in Fashion By originality in fashion‚ I’m not talking about the originality of everyday people and their fashion style‚ what they wear and how they wear it. I’m talking about the difficulty top fashion designers face every 6 months when they make a great effort to create a contemporary and original collection for the fashion catwalk to please brutally honest fashion critics‚ of magazines and of the public
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leather jackets‚ sunglasses‚ Cowboy boots or motorcycle boots‚ hair gel) Punk Fashion Punk fashion is the clothing‚ hairstyles‚ cosmetics‚ jewelry‚ and body modifications of the punk subculture. Punk fashion varies widely‚ ranging from Vivienne Westwood designs to styles modeled on bands like The Exploited. The distinct social dress of other subcultures and art movements‚ including glam rock‚ skinheads‚ rude boys‚ greasers‚ and mods have influenced punk fashion. Punk fashion has likewise influenced
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Postmodernism in fashion has developed over the past twenty years with designers such as‚ Comme des Garçons‚ Alexander McQueen and Vivienne Westwood demonstrating its key elements. So how is Postmodernism still relevant in fashion today? Postmodernism has been widely used over the past two decades‚ but trying to pinpoint one definitive meaning for the term is very difficult indeed. Taken literally Postmodernism means “after the modernist movement”‚ but there is more to Postmodernism than that
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1960’s Mod subculture Mary Quant The most important thing for one who works in fashion industry is to notice and observe social and cultural movements. Because fashion is a lifestyle that contains travel‚ communication‚ clothing‚ language‚ manners‚ food‚ our thinking and the way we look at various things. It reaches far beyond clothes and connects different cultures to give an opportunity to choose how to live our lives. For all the designers‚ marketers‚ retailers and anyone who works in fashion
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How fashion professionals use historical and cultural research as source material for fashion inspiration? * Reference to key themes‚ discussion and concepts raised in the Design in Context unit * Referenced quotations (using Harvard referencing) from at least four academic texts to support your arguments * Referenced images * A critical analysis of examples of relevance to your degree subject (Design & Development; Graphics; Photography or Promotion & Communication) *
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Historical‚ Social‚ Professional and Contemporary Contexts Essay In 1904 German sociologist and philosopher Georg Simmel put forward a theory that there was a “dualism” effect in fashion or as later coined by the press‚ a “trickle down” theory. What Simmel was suggesting was that lower status groups emulate the fashions of higher status groups and in turn higher status groups move onto new styles so as to differentiate themselves from lower groups (Jasss.soc.surrey.ac.uk‚ 2014).
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How many of you have been called weird‚ different or freak? How many of you have ever thought of capitalizing on your own personal quirks? PR founder and mentor‚ Kelly Cutrone believes that “It’s time we started seeing words like “kooky‚” “abnormal‚” “crazy‚” “eccentric‚” and “freak” as what they are: character differentiation.. and share them with the world” as quoted from her novel Normal gets you nowhere published in 2011 by HarperOne. Powerhouse Kelly Cutrone is a fashion publicist‚ television
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First of all‚ lets dive into what a subculture is exactly. Well‚ subcultures are norms different from the majority‚ and are managed by a social group within a wider society. Each Individual subculture has its own unique set of characteristics making it distinguishable from the other subcultures‚ but together‚ they still operate as a whole striving for the same overall goals. Now that the definition of what it is to be a subculture has been covered‚ a particularly type of subculture is going to be
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