Andy Sachs's Love For Fashion

The fashion industry is rapidly growing and constantly generating new fashion trends almost weekly. Fashion for some may seem ridiculous and unnecessary; but fashion is not just a meaningless usage of article of clothing or farcical materials sew together for coverage. There is more to fashion than meets the eyes, fashion is precious and significant. It is a reflection of self-image, it speak the ream about who we are and how we review ourselves. Not only is fashion the reflection of self-image but also the reflection of our history as Coco Channel have said, “Fashion is not something that exist in dresses only. Fashion is in the sky, in the street, fashion has to do with ideas, the way we live, what is happening.” Fashion

There is strong controversy regarding whether casual wear should be allowed in the workplace. The disagreement between the two articles read, “Dressing for Creativity” and “The Myth of Casual Friday,” questions if attire can affect one's productivity or if it is a form to inspire one's confidence and talent. Although both articles have different points of views, I believe that one’s attitude towards work goes far beyond attire and more into one’s own personal moral code and values.

The reason why some people want to be part of the London Fashion Week is because the catwalk theatre is a particularly visible realm where identities are created through visible performances, (Entwistle & Rocamora, 2006) people want to belong into a certain world thus one’s taste of fashion shows who you are. The elite have their own way of greeting as evident by the air kiss they give one another showing field’s habitus as the poor cannot get such a greeting thus a hierarchy is brought out as not all people get that kind of a greeting. There are boundaries during the London Fashion Week as there are gatekeepers that allow or deny entrance to the field; some are excluded from the show because of their low status. The field fashion is like doors which one unlocks in order to gain various accesses. To be in the show one must have a ticket and, one’s social capital determines one either to be in the exhibition hall or to be in the catwalk theatre. This is so because not everyone can gain access to the event unless there are belonging to the field; as when one is in the field there also gain a

“The Devil Wears Prada” is a movie about a naïve, yet smart young woman named Andrea Sachs, and her journey to becoming a journalist. Andrea, also known as Andy, graduated from Northwestern University and interviewed for a job at Runway, a major fashion magazine in New York City. Being a simple young woman, Andy wasn’t necessarily up to speed with the fashion industry, but ended up landing the job. Miranda Priestly, editor in chief at Runway hired Andy because she was “different” from any of her previous assistants. If Andy worked as an assistant to Miranda for at least a year, she was under the impression that she could easily be hired as a journalist in the future. The only problem was

“Real style is never right or wrong it’s a matter of being yourself on purpose,” G. Bruce Boyer. A person may wake up and try one set of clothing then another, and they are just not feeling it. By the time they notice, everything they own is on the bed or on the floor instead of hanging neatly in their closet. Clothing is connected to the person’s personality, mood, and memory, and it conveys in its own language, a message to the wearer and their audience. Hence, some days it is easier to select clothes and other occasions it appears as if there is nothing to wear in the closet. However, through purpose, thought, and choice, clothes gain entree into the person’s closet.

Fashion reflects the attitudes of a society more than any other art form. Like art, fashion is a material record of the ideals that swayed the nations at the time of their creation. Through examining the styles, and tastes of a particular era, we can realize where the interests and priorities of a time lie. As Frank Parsons wrote in his 1920 study, The Psychology of Dress, "There is surly no better field in which to trace the devious paths of human thought than in that of clothes, where man has ever given free play to self expression, in a way which, thought not always a credit to his intelligence, is yet quite true to his innermost self, whether he will acknowledge it or

The movie highlights the idea that fashion is a form of self-expression by showing the significance of the outfits each character decides to wear. An example is when Andrea first started working for Miranda, she was the outcast of the office by not wearing high fashion clothing. Receiving multiple insults and running tedious errands transformed Andrea from a conservative person who was a pushover, to someone who was confident and stood up for what she wanted. Andrea had a choice to make, continue working as Miranda’s assistant, or move on with her life to follow her dreams. She was strong enough to make the courageous decision for herself, family, and

Fashion is everything to society and the media. The fashion industry has transformed into a necessity in the life of people. Everyone wants to look good, feel fabulous and feel as if we belong with everyone else. The envy and desire to wear certain things and look a certain way all come, from wearing the latest fashion handbags, accessories, dresses, shoes, and the list goes on. But, when is considering fashion into an individual’s life going too far to the extreme? Many do not consider the whereabouts of fashion materials and how the environment is affected by the mere existence of certain garments. Some may believe these objects grow on trees. But that is clearly not the case. Even though it would be nice. The fashion industry as a

A smart but naive college graduate Andrea has a big dream to become a journalist. Looking for a job she finds herself in the office of Miranda Priestley, ruthless and cynical editor-in-chief of the high fashion magazine the Runway. Hundreds of girls would kill for that job but Andrea finds it all bizarre – people running around trying to please a woman who picks belts for dresses. However, smart and determined to keep this job she tries to fit into this organization where people are evaluated based on their shoes.

We come across many different cultures and fashion in our society. Some may indicate that the culture influences one’s fashion while others may oppose and state that each aspect stands alone. Fashion and culture fall into the following identity categories: chosen and assigned. Culture affects many parts of an individual, in some cases you can determine an individual 's culture by their speech and clothing; in addition to traditions and the environment in which they were raised. Whereas fashion may be impacted by culture and tradition, but it may also not interact with culture at all.

(Choose a garment, which can be used to discuss fashion from the point of view of the consumer. This garment must be able to demonstrate how the consumer individually constructs their identity and conveys that identity through the style and styling of clothing. You should treat this garment as an object as a form of evidence, which can help you to explain theories of fashion discussed in the sessions. The intention of your analysis is to examine the ways in which we can ‘read’ objects and images, understand their meanings and explain them in the context of broader theoretical and social concerns. You should aim to be as analytical as possible. You may want to use further

In the end, Ehrenreich found herself unsuccessful in obtaining a job, and as she reflects on her journey she critiqued the current white-collar corporate world on its “ill-defined expectations, of manipulation and mind games, where self-presentation—as in “personality” and “attitude”—regularly outweighs performance” (Ehrenreich 234). Ehrenreich argues that self-fashioning, along with the attitude transformation preached by career coaches is not what people need to obtain secure and worthy jobs, but rather, it is society and its culture that needs to change. Though there is truth to Ehrenreich’s concern for the corporate world’s unforgiving nature and its false priority of image over skill, I think that Ehrenreich goes too far in rejecting the idea of self-fashioning. From Ehrenreich’s book, we could see a few ways to self-fashion: by tweaking our résumés, dressing up to make ourselves make look presentable, going past our introverted selves to network with others, and speaking up confidently to tell others what we want. Though all these actions seem superficial, I claim that self-fashioning

Fashion is weird. At the Paris fashion show in 2015, fashion designer Rick Owens sent his menswear models down the runway with their genitals fully exposed. In 2016, he had his female models walk the runway with another model strapped to them. In 2002, Raf Simons had his models walk down the runway wearing balaclavas holding lit flares. Mason Martin Margiela has his models wear full face masks covered in jewelry and flowers. Kanye West’s Yzy Szn has people dressing like they’re homeless. People love to talk about what offends them. Runway shows are often met with backlash from those who don’t understand the designer’s visions and it’s a shame. The purpose of a runway show is to display the designer’s talents and explore the theme of that season's ready to wear line. The clothing featured in runway shows is not supposed to be worn outside of the runway.

Moreover, as a fashion student and eventual fashion industry professional, my personal investment in this subject goes far beyond an opinion, it truly is part and will be part of my life. My first step to counteract any potential bias would be to be very informed about all of my sources utilized for the essay. I will be taking measures to utilize materials that do not exhibit bias, or in the event a potentially biased source is utilized I will note that the author of that source may present a biased perspective in their work, and that I chose to utilize the source to describe point of view, but will counterbalance that with evidence from other perspectives. Additionally, I will analyze my own writings, ensuring that the language I use is not pejorative in nature. There will be an ongoing conscious effort to separate personal opinion from my writing when completing this work. I want to present this information from a truly objective standpoint, because I do believe the issue of discrimination is wrong, but I cannot simply state this and expect that others will chose to agree. I seek to convey information and evidence from multiple perspectives, allowing readers of my work to develop their own

According to Keyton, organizational culture is "the set of artifacts, values, and assumptions that emerges from the interactions of organizational members" (Keyton, 2014, p. 550). Over the past few years, past and potential employees of the clothing brand Abercrombie & Fitch (A&F) have taken to the media to explain the negative organizational culture that exists within the company. The management values and company policies that create this “image-obsessed culture” have led to multiple human rights lawsuits, which has damaged the reputation of Abercrombie & Fitch globally (Benson, 2013).