Pre 1900’s Fashion In the early 1900’s also known as the Edwardian Era‚ fashion was more important than comfort. It was an era if elegance and grace‚ clothing was considered a status symbol. The silhouette of the early 1900’s was an “S” shaped figure‚ female bodies were corseted to a small waist with exaggerated curved hips and buttocks. It was very important the women wore corsets throughout the early 1900 and even before that time. Thus‚ added emphasized on the waist giving the women various
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price. In 2000‚ it decided to begin to establish a predatory marketing strategy of expansion within the US. The strengths of H&M are that it is a well-known company worldwide; it responds quickly to trends‚ particularly in its similarities to haute couture and the catwalk within a turnaround cycle speed of 3 weeks; and it is recognized for its incredibly low prices on trendy‚ seasonal apparel. The weaknesses of H&M are that it is relatively unknown in the States; it has yet to distinguish and set
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FASHION ‘Fashion’ is thus defined in the dictionary: "The prevailing mode in such things as are subject to change in form or style‚ as in ornament and etiquette‚ and especially in dress." It is the name given to the prevailing style of living among the upper classes and the rich. Among the members of the "smart set "of any country‚ certain styles of houses‚ furniture‚ foods and drinks‚ times of meals‚ amusements‚ polite customs‚ and especially dress‚ are "fashionable". Every person nurtures
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Fashion Design ♥ Job Description‚ Salaries‚ Benefits and Useful Links Fashion/clothing designers design clothes‚ accessories and shoes. Some design expensive one-off pieces. Others work in a team creating a whole range of mass-produced fashions‚ or specialise in particular areas such as sportswear. The responsibilities of a designer may include: producing concepts making sketches by hand or on the computer developing patterns overseeing production analysing trends in fabrics‚ colours and
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desire and faith. At fifteen‚ I spent weeks at the search. Going from store to store‚ hands thirsty for shine‚ I reached for polyester satin‚ machine-made lace‚ petunia- and Easter egg-colored‚ brilliant and flammable. Nothing haute about this couture but my hopes for it‚ as I tugged it on and waited for my one‚ true body to emerge. (Picture the angel inside uncut marble‚ articulation of wings and robes poised in expectation of release.) What I wanted was ordinary miracle‚ the
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everywhere that is „hot and happening”. Outcome: Evian was featured on paparazzi photos in the hand or on the table of many celebrities. Also on TV shows about famous person‚ e.g. in the house of celebrities‚ Cameron Diaz washes her face with Evian… Haute Couture packaging: the bottle is redesigned by famous designers including Paul Smith‚ Jean Paul Gaultier‚ Christian Lacroix…The newest version is a design of Issey Miyake. This is targeted at fashionistas who care about aesthetics even if it is about a
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Executive Summary Hauter Couture Fashions (HCF) was established in the 1974 by the Tan family. Tan Boon Kheong‚ the patriarch of the Tan family was a skilled master cutter‚ trained by British master cutters in the 1950s in Penang. He ran a small business but successful business tailoring men’s clothing in Argy11 Road‚ Penang until his retirement in 1980. HCF started out as a family owned business with all of its shares being held by the Tan family. Peter prepared to bid for contract manufacturing
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(2007‚ The Golden Age of Couture: Paris and London 1947 - 1957) This was a quote by Christian Dior‚ the man who invented The New Look and fore-fronted fashion for the 1950s. The 1950s marked a new era for
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CONSTRATING THE FASHIONS OF THE 1990 AND 2000 DECADES IN NORTH AMERICA. Historically‚ fashion has always fascinated men in all human culture. Fashion‚ fads and trends are intertwined with human culture and civilization. The desire to look good and exceptional and to be acknowledged by others drives individuals to invent new fashions. Fashion can simply be defined as ‘’the cultural construction of the embodied identity’’ (Fashion Theory‚ 1). In everyday usage and for the purpose of this write-up
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family underwent extreme hardships such as his mother and brother both passing away in 1931. These deaths were also followed by another disaster‚ the collapse of his family’s firm. The only way Dior could make a living was by selling his sketches to couture houses with hopes of somehow landing a job. Many people do not know this‚ but Christian Dior also served in World War II for a year until France’s surrender. He then went on to assist Parisian couturier in dressing the wives of Nazi officers for
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