Community Fashion Observation Analysis The community or culture you associate yourself with is usually a big influence on the way you dress and present yourself. We see many people who like to step out and try new fashions that are out of the norm but usually people tend to stick to the fashion that is recognized by their specific community. This week I will discuss the relationship between community and fashion. I will describe my observation of a specific community and their fashion norms. I…
“Simplicity is the keynote of all true elegance” , a powerful quote by the most powerful women in twenties centuries fashion industry, a fashion designer and founder of puissant french couture brand “CHANEL”. What Coco Chanel did was not just created a classical luxury brand but changed definition and image of women’s fashion forever. Gabrielle Bonheur Chanel was born in August 19, 1883 in Saumur, France .Unfortunately, she was sent to orphanage after her mother died. Gabrielle got…
every generation has their unique fashion trends. But what defines the millennial closet? What are this generation’s must-have brands? Long gone are the days of perusing the Sears catalogue for clothing and appliances; millennials are the digital generation. They find their new favorite brands through social media. They keep or toss items based on the number of “likes” they garner. So, what are the favorite brands among millennials? Read on for a few unique fashion brands that this generation…
Is fashion based upon gender roles and culture? Does it really matter on the way you dress? Well fashion is different in many ways. In many countries fashion is based on culture. Fashion is expressed in the way a person is dressed in public. Gender roles and culture has an effect on fashion. Fashion is influenced in our life styles. As time has passed by in American culture, it has changed in many ways. In the past decades, students used to dress formally to go to class, but now students have…
The fashion industry today has viewed people beginning to accept plus-size women, especially if they are women that are well-known celebrities. There are many qualities besides good looks and well-toned bodies that plus-size women possess, such as talent, intelligence, and skills. The common denominator of all fat people is that they weigh more. Outside that realm, they are just as distinguishable in fashion, environment, along with character as people who are not obese (Cohen, 2011). The media…
where both fashion vanguards and fashion enthusiasts utilize the visual platform for very different purposes that are meaningful and make an impact dependent upon the role they play on the social networking site. For fashion vanguards, they emphasizes their role as influencers on Instagram by generating a following…
acquired by the Limited Brands Company in 1982, according to Brand-o-pedia. It further said that Victoria’s Secret makes products suitable for older teenage girls and up, and targets this audience…
shirts clothes have changed a whole lot. Sport shoes and clothes have had a dramatic change and some things have also changed a little bit. There were clothes for the poor and for the rich too. Shoes played a big part in the 1960s involving fashion, sports, and a whole lot of other things. As it states in the website vintagedancer.com One cheap stylish shoe is called two toned Oxford flats which were only three dollars back then. They came in many designs and colors too. Some shoes such as…
this point in time, we are living in an era where fashion is more than just what you wear. Majority of the people at the present time don't wear outfits for no reasons, fashion has the ability to define you as an individual, as well as a social status. Popular culture has always been a major impact on the popular culture (Restrepo, 2017). No matter what the medium is, be it on TV, from a celebrity, or from a magazine, we are able to see that fashion is at all times influenced by means of popular…
Zara is the leading brand in the portfolio of Inditex, the Spanish fashion group founded in 1975. It accounts for almost one third of the Group stores and two thirds of revenue. By the end of 2013 Zara had 1827 stores opened globally on 88 markets and continued its online expansion by launching online sales in South Korea and Mexico making total online presence on 27 markets. The original business idea of Zara was to link customer demand to production by following the fashion trends and to…