Haute couture

LaCroix is the Beyonce of the beverage world, rising from a humble niche market to absolute domination and saturation in a short time. Starting in Wisconsin in the 1980’s, LaCroix appealed to the “health-conscious, budget-wise women in middle America” (Nelson, 2016). Now, LaCroix can be found in every college student's fridge, hip office, and beyond. So how did a product lay essentially dormant for decades, and then within a year or two burst into every store in America? A key appeal of…

“Vivienne Westwood is one of the most iconic fashion designers of the last 30 years.”(Victoria and Albert Museum, 2004) Vivienne Westwood is a fashion designer who was born in Glossopdale, Derbyshire, 1941. To her, clothes were one of the way she uses to deconstruct cliché and convention. The subtext of her subject of her explorations of clothes was very shocking, and it had been signposted in the name and themes of her collections. They sometimes included humour and she represented the…

Fashion can be defined as the latest style of clothing, hair, decoration, or behaviour. It often changes according to a particular time or era. Fashion often defines modernity. A person that manages to keep up with these trends can be called fashionable. However, if we were to really reflect on fashion, we will find that it is more than wearing the latest clothing in style or looking good. Fashion can often be a way of expressing individuality and identity. For example, a girlish girl may…

You may ask yourself “what is being a fashion designer all about?” Well unlike most jobs working as a fashion designer allows people to be expressive and showcase their style to create pieces never before seen. When designing a product, your mind is open to new possibilities each and every day. There are various different career paths for a fashion designer but the main ones are clothing, accessories and footwear. All which require studying and analyzing trends that would be appealing to the…

hats and bandeaus. The latter could be divided into categories: plain and adorned. “The plain bandeau was often worn for playing sports or with casual outfits” . Bandeaus “made of glittering fabrics” , adorned with feather, or a jewel, were worn to a more elegant ensembles. Cloche hats were much less extravagant piece of hair accessory. “They were close fitting, helmet-shaped hats that hugged the skull. They had deep rounded crowns with no brim or just a small curve at the edge” . Cloche hats…

The Power of a Needle and Thread From its beginning, lace has been highly valued as a treasure for its charmingly beautiful designs. Lace was and still is very highly sought after for its powerful network of threads to enhance the appearance of a fabric. Regardless of one’s wealth or status, people cannot resist the charm of the intricate needle work whether it’s used for apparel or furnishing. A basic needle stitching has been practiced since the earliest of times that a wide range of…

One of Donald Trump’s dream projects was to erect the Trump Tower. He bought the land which was the site of the Bonwit Teller store, an architecturally renowned building which had catered to fashionable women since 1929. The Bonwit’s twelve story façade was embellished with a pair of stunning bas-relief panels which often reflected itself as the priceless examples of the Art Deco era. The Art Deco style was characterised by excess ornamental design, smooth lines, geometric shapes, streamlined…

The New Look of the 1940s became the era of change that influences most fashion now and the years after. The New look was created by Christian Dior in France. The look included a pinched waist, softened shoulders, and a full skirt. The pinched waist started the popular hourglass look. The full skirts are especially popular today on wedding dresses and red carpet looks. Another factor that helped shape fashion the way it is now was the shortage of fabrics because they needed so much to make…

Before the war, his garments was dreamed by the doomed heroines of Remarque's novels, after the war he dressed the richest women of the Old and New Worlds. At the end of May 2017, for the first time in the UK, the London Museum of Victoria and Albert opened a large-scale exhibition - a retrospective of the heritage of the Spanish couturier: “Balenciaga: Shaping Fashion.’. The project is timed to the 100th anniversary of the opening of the first studio Balenciaga in Spanish San Sebastian and the…

Over the centuries Americans’ views on clothing, fashion, and labor have changed greatly. From clothing being valued as less, to new trends everyday, even to unfair labor laws, the developments have been drastic. Since clothing has been able to made with cheap labor trendy items on the store shelves can be purchased at an extremely low cost, making clothing somewhat replaceable. “Clothing has gone from a long-term investment to a disposable good” stated by Elizabeth Cline, an author of…