Yves Saint Laurent's Life Of Becoming A Fashion Designer

In “The Fashion Industry: Free to be an Individual” by Hannah Berry, Hannah emphasizes how social media especially advertisements pressure females to use certain product to in order to be considered beautiful. She also acknowledges the current effort of advertisement today to more realistically depicts of women. In addition, these advertisements use the modern women look to advertise products to increase women self-esteem and to encourage women to be comfortable with one’s image.

Christian Dior was born on the 21 of January 1905. He grew up in Granville France to a affluent family, that worked in manufacturing. ‘Dior’s first interest in clothes developed in his teens when he dressed up as king Neptune for a fancy dress party.’ He went to school to study political science at Ecole des Sciences Politiques in Paris in 1920. This was because of his parent 's insistence. Dior then got the call for military service and served in the French Army from 1927-1928. In 1938 Robert Piguet hired him as a design assistant. Then after the war ended he began working for Lucien Lelong. Before pursing his own ambition and opening his own fashion house. Dior rose to fame quickly after he showcased his first collection ‘La Ligne Corolle’. Carmel Snow the editor and -chief of Harper’s Bazaar at the time gave the collection a name that

Ralph Lauren has added a new fragrance to their long list of products. Ralph Lauren promotes the fragrance “Romance” which targets women by signifying that buying this product will give outcome in desire, love loyalty and romance. In the ad Ralph Lauren Romance we see a large square perfume bottle that intentionally appears empty. Upon being places directly in the middle, the perfume bottle starts an inch from the top of the ad to an inch from the bottom of the ad.

The runway, cameras, models and lights are enough to intoxicate anyone. But, fashion is about more than being part of the latest trendy fashion show. It's about putting great ideas on people. The fashion industry has many jobs and many levels. For example, there's the latest hot Italian designer and there the designer who sells out by moving clothes to the local budget-friendly department store.

Pierre Alexandre Claudius Balmain was born in Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne, Savoie, France during the 18th of May 1914 and died in Paris, France during the 29th of June 1982. Throughout his lifetime he became a renowned French fashion designer and was founder of the French high fashion house Balmain. The fashion house was founded in 1946, a year after the Second World War finished. Fashion designing ran through Pierre’s veins as his father owned a wholesale drapery business and his mother worked in a boutique managed by her two sisters called Galeries Parisiennes. Unfortunately Balmain’s father died when he was just seven years old. As a result Balmain remembered much of his fondest childhood memories playing in the boutique that his mother worked

He was born in 1933 in Hamburg, Germany to a wealthy family – his father was a German businessman and his mother was Swedish. In Lagerfeld’s early years as a teenager, his parents allowed him to move to Paris at the age of 14 – by the age of 16 he submitted several of his sketches and fabric pieces to a design competition. Lagerfeld won first place – meeting another winner, who later became his close friend, Yves Saint Laurent. After winning the competition, he began working in 1955, for French designer, Pierre Balmain, as his junior assistant and then later as his apprentice. Three years later, he worked as a self-employed designer for Valentino then in the 1960’s he was designing fur coats in Rome for Fendi.

Yves Saint Laurent was a great fan of art and a collector. He took inspiration for several of his designs from famous artists. In 1965 he launched the Mondrian collection, inspired by Piet Mondrian paintings. This was the first of many tributes paid to fine arts, after this one, he let his imaginary goes to African art (1960s), Picasso (1970s), Diaghilev (1970s), Apollinaire (1980s), Van Gogh (1980s) and many others.

Coco Chanel“Fashion has become a joke. The designers have forgotten that there are women inside the dresses. Most women dress for men and want to be admired. But they must also be able to move, to get in a car without bursting at their seams! Clothes must have a natural shape.” Coco Chanel. Coco Chanel was born on August 19, 1883 in Saumur, France. Throughout her career she faced many hardships, she went above everything and created her own success. To this day, Coco Chanel is a beloved brand, creating astonishing looks in the fashion world.Challenges she faced Coco was born into a family that was in poverty. When she was young her mother passed and she was left by her father in a convent-orphanage with her sisters. There, she was taught to sew and that is what opened the doors to what later became a highly successful fashion career.

Claire McCardwell was born in 1905, in Fredrick, Maryland. She died in 1958, at the age of 53. She studied at the Parsons School of Design and in Paris. She was a very independent designer, and created her own collection of sportswear and casual clothes for Townley Frocks in 1931, and continued with them until 1938. Her innovative designs lead her to design under her own name

WW2 is a fascinating time of fashion and politics. The fashion of the era was truly representative of the events happening in the world in a most visible way. As fashion moved from idealistic to utilitarian, so did the women taking over men in the workforce. The war caused a remarkable progression on the transgression from pre to post-war fashion. Even after clothing rationing, the women would not let the limitations imposed by WW2 stop them from fighting for their country from their home ground. From the less than ideal conditions creativity and ingenuity sparked this led to the invention of new clothes from the old, and the development of innovative new designs.

Pierre Balmain was born in St. Jean de Maurjenne, Savoi in 1914. He acquired early training from two of the best designers from that time period which helped him open his own Haute Couture house following the war in 1945. Balmain drew an audience in very quickly when people discovered his new image he created for women. After the war he wanted women to return to richly embroidered gowns instead of the wartime drabber gowns and ensembles. He continued with this embroidered gowns until the 1960’s when he turned to clean, structured and uncluttering design work. From this change the name Pierre Balmain represents and signifies a unique concept of elegance with the clientele of royals and film stars to represent his name. He designed personal

Most people have future goals to be a millionaire when they grow up or to become a firefighter, but what I want to become is a fashion designer. I want to become a fashion designer because something about styling your own designs and creating new ideas has always caught my attention. Having your own personal style is very important because it could describe your personality without having to say anything.

Regarding physical qualities, everybody has their own idiosyncrasies or quirks, things which make them peculiar and yet interesting. These features make us who we are and even if we consider them as flaws, they still make us beautiful somehow. The 1957 film, Funny Face, was actually a tribute to the late Audrey Hepburn’s rather unusual, quirky facial features—her large nose, thick eyebrows, slightly crooked teeth, being doe-eyed—which all summed up to her being the epitome of a truly beautiful woman that she was (De La Hoz 6). Audrey Kathleen Ruston Hepburn embodied both essential aspects of inner and outer beauty which does not equate to being flawless. Voted as the “Most Beautiful Woman of All Time” in 2006 by New Woman magazine, it is

Christian Dior SE was founded by its namesake, French fashion designer, Christian Dior. The legendary designer exploded onto the Parisian fashion scene in 1947 through designs that challenged the wartime restrictions and reintroduced feminine elegance to women’s fashion. Dior was immediately successful and recognized for his unprecedented creative originality and innovation. During his lifetime, Dior was the most successful fashion designer in the world. Following Dior’s death at the age of 52 in 1957, the house brought in a steady stream of new designers who would carry on Monsieur Dior’s legacy into the

What is avant-garde and how does it fit into South African contemporary fashion design? In order for one to determine if you are for or against avant-garde, and specifically in relations to South African avant-garde, one must first define