Coco Chanel Research Paper
Coco Chanel vs. Alexander McQueen
Cameron Sankey
ENG 121 English Composition I
Instructor: Brian Davis
August 27, 2012
When it comes to fashion, you can’t compare Gap to Ralph Lauren or Gucci to Keds. The reality of it all, in order to compare fashion you have to know fashion. Fashion in my words, is a way to show or stand out from the next fashionista or guy. It goes from hair to makeup, clothes to shoes in the sense of being comfortable to a night on the town. The designers, Coco Chanel and Alexander McQueen, are exactly that staples in Fashion. Both designers had made a statement on the fashion industry. The designers, what their visions are, rise to stardom in the fashion industry and how today these two designers are still timeless from the grave.
Coco Chanel, today still premiers with timeless fashion that attracts both old and young. The items seen on runways, by this designer are rather avant garde. Coco Chanel is known for “Chanel is credited with liberating women from the constraints of the corseted silhouette and popularizing the acceptance of a sportive, casual chic as …show more content…
Its first incarnation was executed in thin silk, crèpe de chine, and had long sleeves.[104] In 1926, the American edition of Vogue highlighted such a Chanel dress, dubbing it the garconne (little boy look). Vogue editors predicted it would “become sort of a uniform for all women of taste,” embodying a standardized aesthetic, which the magazine likened to the democratic appeal of the ubiquitous black Ford automobile. This look, a spare sheath, generated widespread criticism from male journalists who complained: “no more bosom, no more stomach, no more rump…Feminine fashion of this moment in the 20th century will be baptized lop off everything.” (Charles-Roux, Edmonde, "Chanel and her World," Hachette-Vendome, 1981, p.
Cameron Sankey
ENG 121 English Composition I
Instructor: Brian Davis
August 27, 2012
When it comes to fashion, you can’t compare Gap to Ralph Lauren or Gucci to Keds. The reality of it all, in order to compare fashion you have to know fashion. Fashion in my words, is a way to show or stand out from the next fashionista or guy. It goes from hair to makeup, clothes to shoes in the sense of being comfortable to a night on the town. The designers, Coco Chanel and Alexander McQueen, are exactly that staples in Fashion. Both designers had made a statement on the fashion industry. The designers, what their visions are, rise to stardom in the fashion industry and how today these two designers are still timeless from the grave.
Coco Chanel, today still premiers with timeless fashion that attracts both old and young. The items seen on runways, by this designer are rather avant garde. Coco Chanel is known for “Chanel is credited with liberating women from the constraints of the corseted silhouette and popularizing the acceptance of a sportive, casual chic as …show more content…
Its first incarnation was executed in thin silk, crèpe de chine, and had long sleeves.[104] In 1926, the American edition of Vogue highlighted such a Chanel dress, dubbing it the garconne (little boy look). Vogue editors predicted it would “become sort of a uniform for all women of taste,” embodying a standardized aesthetic, which the magazine likened to the democratic appeal of the ubiquitous black Ford automobile. This look, a spare sheath, generated widespread criticism from male journalists who complained: “no more bosom, no more stomach, no more rump…Feminine fashion of this moment in the 20th century will be baptized lop off everything.” (Charles-Roux, Edmonde, "Chanel and her World," Hachette-Vendome, 1981, p.