Fashion

The Work and Legacy of Charles Fredrick Worth Charles Fredrick Worth was a very influential figure in the fashion world, during his life and still after his death. He created a lot of new changes in the fashion world, from making his own ideas of fashionable dress for clients, to creating two fashion shows a year for the hot and cold season, and having live models show off his clothing to clients in his store. Charles Fredrick Worth was a dictatorial couturier, who designed and determined what…

Designer of the American Dream To fashion, to clothing, to furniture, Ralph Lauren is one the most well-known designers in the world. He was born in the Bronx of New York. Hired by Beau Brummell ties as a designer. He then continued into his own work. Due to his accomplishments as a designer, Ralph Lauren is one of the most well-known designers all around the world (“Lauren”). Ralph Lauren grew up like an average kid. On October, 14, 1939 he was born in the Bronx, New York. He was the…

Superdry is a contemporary fashion brand that has quickly taken over the fashion world. The British company is operating in a number of locations in the UK, but the fashion retailer also has franchises in Europe as well as elsewhere in the world. There are currently Superdry shop in 46 different countries. The Superdry brand is all about urban fashion. The high-quality products have a very unique style, which mixes vintage American styles with more modern Japanese-inspired graphics. It is very…

Adoption of Fashion Trends Why as humans, do we feel the need to join in on fashion trends which may only last as season? In todays society, we have a general tendency to follow and conform to trends that have been bestowed upon us. This essay will shine light on how certain factors, like how our brain functions, control the trends we tend to pick up on and the trends we seem to dismiss. The world is far more controlled by fashion and changing trends than many of us realize. Fashion. When you…

“We have the 1950s fashion to thank for the invention of the Stilettos,” (Ruche). Stilettos were invented by a shoe designer named Andre Perugia, who began designing shoes in 1906. These thin-heeled shoes classed up any outfit, adding a petite look and a sleek silhouette when wearing a dress. Women ditched their bulkier shoes from the thirties and forties and opted for Stilettos instead. They’ve become extremely popular and can be seen being worn today by any passing lady. Polyester, Triacetate…

set to premiere on Sunday, Sept 13 at 10/9c on E. The show will air eight episodes and is expected to bring in very high reviews as it did last season. House of DVF will be shown in over 100 countries. Diane von Furstenberg has built an empire of fashion for all women. She has long been a champion of women who want to choose their own destinies. In this new season the winner of the House of DVF season one show, Brittany Hampton, has been tasked with finding a new group of young women to repeat…

Classis, and Bold. Casual Those with a casual style are the easy going type. That prefer to wear comfortable and easy to maintain clothing. They tend to keep away from finicky fashions and not to be particular about minor details. They favor more of a laid back wardrobe. Usually they wear their hair in a tousled fashion. Not paying much attention to detail or trying to have the perfect look for hair, to give off more of the relaxed natural at ease look. Wearing casual clothing means t-shirt,…

deaths it caused. It may come as a shock to our population that there are so many things happening beneath the surface that no one wants us to know about. Andrew Morgan, a director of The True Cost tells us just how awful the ramifications of the fashion industry are. Morgan intertwines greed, fear, power and poverty by using repetition of words, constructions of media to shape our reality and commercial interests. The True Cost gives us an unbiased and quite gruesome view…

High fashion is often considered a pretentious and petty industry, the driver of materialism and body image issues. And while these side effects of the industry may very well be true, what most people look past is the creative aspect of fashion. Fashion designers regard themselves as artists and their material cloth, leather, fur, sequins, and countless other items. Like all art, fashion is highly scrutinized by the public for being too expensive, unrealistic, and overdone. Perhaps the most…

Fashion. It’s been around as long as humans have been on this planet and has no plans of leaving anytime soon. Always changing, moving, going, the fashion industry is one that just does not stop, and in the age of social media where photos can be posted in seconds, information at our fingertips, it shows no signs of slowing down anytime soon. And because of this fashion is constantly changing, and not just the styles, but also the behind the scenes as well. As the next generation grows and…