CASE 1: ZARA INTERNATIONAL: Fashion at the Speed of Light At the announcement of her engagement to Spain’s Crown Prince Letizia Ortiz Rocasolano wore a chic white pant suit. Within a few weeks‚ hundreds of European women sported the same look. Welcome to a fashion‚ a trend that sees clothing retailers frequently purchasing small quantities of merchandise to stay on top of emerging trends. In this world of "hot today‚ gauche tomorrow‚" no company does fast fashion better than Zara international
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Introduction In this essay I will compare and contrast the fashion styles‚ trends‚ culture and ethos of the post-war era of the 1950’s and the youth revolution of the 1960’s. I will address the ways in which fashion was utilised by members of society at this time to shape class-based identities. I will address consumption as a cultural phenomenon and theory on fashion of communication as a backdrop. Following this and in order to gain a degree of critical depth I will focus on two British subcultures
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decade in which fashion entered the modern era. It was the decade in which women first abandoned the more restricting fashions of past years and began to wear more comfortable clothes (such as short skirts or trousers). Men also abandoned highly formal daily attire and even began to wear athletic clothing for the first time. The suits men wear today are still based‚ for the most part‚ on those worn in the late 1920s. The 1920s are characterized by two distinct periods of fashion. In the early part
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For me‚ when I think of the 1950’s fashion I visualize the traditional poodle skirt‚ white crew socks and black and white saddle shoes. In the 50’s‚ times were changing. This was the era when television was gaining immense popularity . Television brought the fashion world into Americans living rooms‚ with show like‚ Leave it to Beaver‚ Ossie and Harriet‚ and debatably most famous “I love Lucy.” These shows had television moms who had style. First lets start with the hair. There were many different
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1.2.2 Observation From Fashion Blogs 1.2 Scope of Study 1.3 Objectives 1.4 Significant of Study Chapter 2: Review of Literature 2.1 Generation Y 2.2.1 Definition of Generation Y 2.2.2 Characteristics of Generation Y 2.2.3 Western and Eastern Generation Y 2.2.4 Hong Kong Generation Y 2.2.5 Generation Y Consumer Behavior 2.1.5.1 Consumer Behavior of Generation Y In Fashion 2.2 Fashion Blog 2.3.6 Definition
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Fashion Introduction : Fashion‚ a general term for a currently popular style or practice‚ especially in clothing‚ foot wear or accessories. Fashion references to anything that is the current trend in look and dress up of a person. The more technical term‚ costume‚ has become so linked in the public eye with the term "fashion" that the more general term "costume" has in popular use mostly been relegated to special senses like fancy dress or masquerade wear‚ while the term "fashion" means
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From the 1800’s to now the fashion of our society has changed dramatically. Ranging from the clothing to hairstyles and accessories‚ nothing has remained the same. In the 19th century showing skin was not an option‚ whereas here in the 21st century one wouldn’t be surprised if you saw a girl with close to nothing on walking down the street. In the early 1800’s‚ women’s clothing styles were based on the ‘Empire silhouette.’ The Empire silhouette style consisted of dresses that were closely fitted
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FASHION: IS IT IMPORTANT? Fashion: Is it important? By Bianca Thapar Comp 2 English Abstract Fashion style is important. You clothes make your fashion statement‚ and how you ’re perceived. Stand straight and carry yourself with grace. You will radiate self confidence. For many years people have put some message in the way they dress. Some dressed differently to stand out of the crowd which became very popular and others followed. Clothing has become an integral part of self-realization of
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Fashion statement "It’s a new era in fashion - there are no rules. It’s all about the individual and personal style‚ wearing high-end‚ low-end‚ classic labels‚ and up-and-coming designers all together." — Alexander McQueen Like the quote from Alexander McQueen‚ this new era‚ the 21 th century‚ there are no rules within fashion. Basically it’s very hard describing a certain style that identifies the fashion within this era. Instead of having the designers and the fashion brands deciding what
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Introduction What is fashion? Fashion is something we deal with everyday. Even people who say they don’t care what they wear choose clothes every morning that say a lot about them and how they feel that day. One certain thing in the fashion world is change. We are constantly being bombarded with new fashion ideas from music‚ videos‚ books‚ and television. Movies also have a big impact on what people wear. Ray-Ban sold more sunglasses after the movie Men In Black. Sometimes a trend is worldwide
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