1990s fashion

Jenée Desmond-Harris utilized brand names to create a image in the readers minds and a photo to further clarify that image. Adding in specific brand names helps readers obtain an idea or visualisation of the era in which the girls lived in. Wardrobe and style expresses a person’s personality as well as the popular style of other people amongst their generation. Desmond- Harris’s use of modifiers specifies the description in fewer words. In paragraph five, she indicates West Coast was involved in…

Top 10 Sweater brands for Women The change in the weather calls for the change in the wardrobe and as we welcome the freezing winter season the one staple clothing that rules every girl's wardrobe is the sweater. If you are someone who loves branded clothes, then this post will end your search for the perfect sweater. The two main aspects that one should look in a sweater is coziness and style. While buying sweater it is important that the sweater retains the heat and provides breathability…

both H&M and Forever 21 have higher priced lines, with better quality fabric and construction. H&M have a skirt that is real suede and over one hundred dollars, and Forever 21 have a contemporary line, among others, with higher priced, and more fashion forward garments. Unlike the other brands, Charlotte Russe has a lot of promotions going on. The other two brands only had sale items. Lastly, the prints used are all different. No two prints are completely identical (Charlotte Russe, n.d.;…

during the 1980s. During this time period, several fashion designers had turned into celebrities in their own right. You are most likely familiar with many of the designer brands that were led by ambitious and charismatic personalities such as Domenico Dolce, Stefano Gabbana of Dolce and Gabbana, Ralph Lauren, Bill Blass, Calvin Klein, and Halston. The fashion industry of the early 2000s had turned into a global body for certain. Luxury Fashion conglomerates have been taking stakes in…

Small, Medium, Large and Extra Large. This allowed the female seamstresses to work on mass producing these suits with these exact dimensions, meaning the cost of one of these suits was drastically lower. This brought about a revolution of culture and fashion in Boston and around the United States as travelling salesmen would travel to the deep south and out west in order to sell these products. What also helped spread this product was the customers' new ability to order from afar by means of the…

Martin, a native of Los Angeles, has been designing and manufacturing for 14 years. His fashion forward collection sells for $50-$225 and can be found in major and fine specialty stores throughout the U.S. While Sak's Fifth Avenue carries his electric blue hot pants and front-zipper, hooded jacket for Fall '91, his "Euro-Japanese" collection will be hanging in I. Magnin, Nordstrom's Agiatezza in New York, Madeline in Miami, and Lieleganza, Inc. in Pennsylvania. "I've always believed in the mix…

In the book, Queen of Fashion. What Marie Antoinette Wore to the Revolution by Caroline Weber, the author stresses the notion of how fashion can be used to uplift a person’s status and importance in society. In other words, a person’s fashion can dictate just how worthwhile he or she is because the apparel they are wearing helps to define the type of contributions and involvement they have in society. In particular, Weber’s focus on Marie Antoinette shed light onto the stereotypes of women…

Topshop is known for its high street fashion, from children, teenagers, men and women and plus sizes wear. Topshop target market is customers, who are in their early teen and late women who are in their 30’s. Topshop audience is people who are on a budget. It mainly sells fashion clothing, accessories and shoes. Topshop have many different clothing lines: Collections, Premium, Boutique and Style. Topshop not only sell women’s wear but men’s wear as well, known as (Topman). Topshop have a range…

In the Map Closet Project, we learned where goods like clothing come from, different statistics about countries like the GDP, population and poverty lines, infant mortality rate and HIV/AIDS. We also read an article called The Real Cost of Cheap Fashion that talked about workers in factories and their working conditions. Through my learning, I believe that my choice of clothing impacts others around the world. One of the projects within the Map Closet Project, we had to list 15 items that we…

The success of Lane Bryant in relation to self-concept, self-esteem, and self-consciousness because the today’s society are having more plus-size teenager. Coplan state “women’s clothing line are size 14 to 28” (Coplan, 2015). As a plus-size woman, I like shopping at Lane Bryant. It can be pricey for me sometimes. Solomon state “retailers are noticing this market and beginning to make a move” (Solomon, 2011, p. 206). Many retailers around the world are making changes in increasing the plus-size…