ALEXANDER MCQUEEN Fashion Designer (1969 - 2010) ALEXANDER MCQUEEN (1969 - 2010) burst onto the fashion stage in 1992‚ courting controversy as headlines hailed him as the new enfant terrible. Though contentious and frequently misunderstood‚ he established the fashion label that is now internationally acclaimed and coveted without compromising his approach. From the start of his career McQueen has both shocked and delighted his audience with raw presentations often depicting bleak history and anarchic
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How fashion professionals use historical and cultural research as source material for fashion inspiration? * Reference to key themes‚ discussion and concepts raised in the Design in Context unit * Referenced quotations (using Harvard referencing) from at least four academic texts to support your arguments * Referenced images * A critical analysis of examples of relevance to your degree subject (Design & Development; Graphics; Photography or Promotion & Communication) *
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THE IMPORTANCE OF ORIGINALITY IN FASHION BY FIRUZÉ FRENCH The Importance of Originality in Fashion By originality in fashion‚ I’m not talking about the originality of everyday people and their fashion style‚ what they wear and how they wear it. I’m talking about the difficulty top fashion designers face every 6 months when they make a great effort to create a contemporary and original collection for the fashion catwalk to please brutally honest fashion critics‚ of magazines and of the public
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CoCo Chanel and Alexander McQueen. Higher Art Design Essay. Abbeylauren Duckett Two artists that I have chosen who reflect change are Alexander Mcqueen who emulated the dominance of media on the world during the 1990’s and Coco Chanel who reflected the change in the stance of women in society after the first world war. Alexander McQueen was a contempary fashion designer and was his in-depth knowledge of British tailoring. He learned his skills as a tailor as an apprentice in the famous Savile
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History of this trend: Once set by Alexander the great as a creation of various styles with defined uses‚ gladiator shoes were created with functions and tasks in mind. According to doloresmonet.com around the 4th century BCE when the age of increased wealth was upon the Roman Empire certain activities and life style changes were acquired. These changes brought about a necessary need for the creation of various sandal styles. The law put in place by Alexander the great was simply to wear the various
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Taste of runway: Anna Marconi Text by Elli Argyridou Anna Marconi talks to Elli Argyridou. Anna is a fashion designer and blogger‚ and the founder and creative director of ‘Taste of Runway’ (www.tasteofrunway.com) Taste of runway is an innovative website that combines fashion and food: Anna’s two main passions. Over a Skype conversation Anna explains how she came up with the idea of her website and she talks about her main inspirations‚ her career and her collaboration with ‘Miele’. ELLI ARGYRIDOU:
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I was a toddler‚ running around and doodling on any surface possible. In this course I wanted to learn techniques that would help me improve my style. I wanted to broaden my creativity by creating abstract works and designing dresses that mimic Alexander McQueen’s. And also to learn new mediums to create mixed media art because I find those artworks to be unusual. This’s why I love art‚ because on rare occasions I discover a piece that’s unique and sparks my creativity so I can produce my own.
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Lee Alexander McQueen born on March 17‚ 1969 and passed away on February 11‚ 2010 in London‚ United Kingdom. He was known as simply Alexander McQueen to the fashion world. McQueen’s dad was a cab driver and his mother was a schoolteacher who taught Social Science. He was youngest of six children. He knew at a young age of three of his homosexuality and children used to make fun of him for it. He states that‚ “Actually‚ yeah. I would wear my sister’s clothes and people wouldn’t recognise it because
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I have a dream. I have a dream that young females will be able to take care of the responsibilities that come along with having a baby. I have a dream that one day every individual male or female will go to college and succeed in what their heart desires to be. Then choose to get married or not‚ and have a child. Now is the time to open our eyes and realize that young teenagers are being sexual active and parents should take the responsibilities of being there to talk to their children about the
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policies of Alexander II (1855-81) and Alexander III (1881-94) of Russia. Alexander II and Alexander III were both Tsars of Russia and they both believed in the divine will to rule the people. However Alexander II is said to be more liberal than Alexander III though they were both conservative in one way or the other in their social and economic policies because they both wanted to remain with the power over the people. Alexander II was more relaxed in his polices ‘’Great Reformer’’ and Alexander III was
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