Japanese street fashion

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…

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…

Fashion doesn’t really fall into the category of U.S History but the events that impacted Fashion does. The 1920s can be said as the Women’s era, why? Well because women gained the right to vote, when congress passed the 19th amendment on June, 4 1919. Women at this point were only housewives and didn’t really have a voice but when the 19th amendment was passed women felt “equal” for once; it gave them freedom it was really significant for them. Due to this change some women became dressing…

“The Jacket” by Gray Soto, a contrast and comparison Does clothes define who we area? Is our success in life determined by our appearance? In a recent article written in the New York Times, by Adam D. Galinsky, a professor at the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University, discussed “Enclothed cognition”. He explained “Enclothed cognition” is effects of clothing on cognitive processes” (Pavlov, Helene). In his article the author explains “people do not only think with their brain…

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…

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…