History of fashion design

Cultural Appropriation In today’s fashion industry, cultural appropriation has become an issue because designers take styles from different cultures without permission. Cultural appropriation is the use one’s culture by a member of another culture. Although people in the fashion industry have a right to express themselves, they do not have to expose Native American culture for their benefit. When people wear jewelry, clothes with Native print, moccasins, or the most common war bonnet, they have…

Kanye West is undoubtedly the greatest entertainer of all time. First of all, as a musical artist, Kanye has far surpassed everyone in music history, regardless of genre. To say he only raps would be incorrect, because he has had many different styles throughout his career, from hip hop/rap to electropop, and in each genre he has sold plenty of albums. Crossing over to different genres and going platinum in two different categories has only been achieved by a few artists ever. Also, he owns…

now embedded within fashion folklore and undoubtedly a success story that many have fruitlessly hoped to imitate. That story tells of four friends who pooled together their money, a meagre 10.000 euros, only to have one of them go behind the others backs and use that money to make 100 pairs of raw denim jeans. The intrepid rogue - Jonny Johansson, now creative director of the brand - then gave all the jeans away to friends and family. The gamble paid off and soon Swedish fashion and creative…

pop culture, Oakley Frogskins stood tall as the leader of fashion sunglasses. As "The Terminator" made his way across the big screen in classic action scenes, the music industry was developing with the addition of rap and Oakley became the biggest manufacturer of sunglasses. But as the world was changing this pair of Frogskins crept into a world that had never experienced such a style before in the area of sunglasses. Now as the era of fashion is going retro, Oakley is once again making those…

sold worldwide” (Gavin and Harris 5). Besides this well-known invention of fragrance, she also designed fashion that extended as far as jewelry, handbags, fragrance, and clothing. Chanel is responsible for redefining style and creating ageless design that women seek for even in the present day. She went from unpractical clothing to elegant and comfortable apparel that fit women lifestyles. Her designs represented freedom and self—expression and this characteristic trait deserves a special…

gender roles in fashion and society 615 The outburst of androgyny themed collections, catwalks and brand updates, has lead opinions of gender neutral fashion to be seen as just another trend that will soon fade out of the fashion world. Although transgender models are featuring on magazine covers, catwalks and campaigns now as well as current gender neutral collections, it could be seen as a passing trend in the fashion industry that will be replaced by the next up to date trend. Fashion…

MY PART 1 STRENGHTS: -the presence of the brand with a strong creative vision -present in more that 50 countries, in 5 different continents -long and beautiful history -considered as being the reviver of the Haute Couture -a lot of department such as jewelry, Haute Couture, RTW, bags, shoes etc. -first Couture house to make RTW -timeless collection -iconic pieces such as “le smoking tuxedo” -stability in finance with the Kering group -famous personality such as Cara Delevigne as face of Saint…

Cowboy boots: From workhorse to fashion statement The legends and lore around cowboy boots provoke the history of thrill, romance and mystery. Cowboy boots are unique because of their own taste, style and functionality. These are designed to protect your feet while doing a task in the pasture or riding in the saddle. To riders, cowboy western boots are far too ahead than anything else when it comes to footwear because of their pointed toe that facilitates the rider to slip their foot into the…

feeling, designers of the landscape, interiors, structures, fashion, transportation, cities and government have been [at least initially] moved by ideals and passion. The assigned bulleted manifestos and pointed proclamations seemed to carry an evolutionary theme. This theme is not chronological, but emotive. It begins with a sense of loss in Alexander’s manifesto, the desire for loss to gain simplicity in Loos’s essay, the welcomed loss of design tyranny in the cooperative proclamation of…

Dressing the Victorian Men, Women, and Children One cannot understand Victorian fashion without having knowledge of the historical period and in particular the values that shaped it. In general, the Victorian Age describes the decades of history in Britain during the reign of Queen Victoria from 1837-1901. This period was characterized by the spread of the British Empire and in turn a commitment to “civilizing” the native peoples by imparting the unique British model of society (“The…