Haute couture

Renaissance period, women sleeves were exaggerated and elaborate in design. Sleeves were usually depicted in the bagpipe, funnel, cylindrical, slashing, laced, and with hanging sleeves that served no particular function. The first picture is a vintage haute couture costume that showed extremely exaggerated bagpipe sleeves. According to the textbook, this was a popular fashion statement for the time period. The second picture shows how a houppelande with sleeve openings may have looked, also this can be seen

Tori Dearth Ms. Briggs Fashion and Textiles 15 May 2017 Pierre Cardin Pierre Cardin is a very well known fashion designer known for his haute couture geometric avant-garde designs. He is currently worth $723 million. Cardin was born in San Biagio di Callalta, Italy to his French parents, who were wealthy wine merchants in Southeast France. Cardin’s father wanted him to go into architect, but he had other interests. When he was just 17 he became a tailor at a men’s shop in Vichy, France. From there

The age of modernism in the 1940-50s was a major turning point in fashion, leading up to timeless and iconic garments created by large-scale haute couture designers such as Christian Dior, Coco Chanel, and Hubert de Givenchy. Fashion of the 1950s was a segway into the modern era of high-end clothing, and introduced high fashion designers, who are still tremendously significant to the world of fashion today. The idea of modernism really took off after World War II, when society took a sharp change

Essay Question: 2. Using two appropriate case studies, explore the idea of luxury and its relevance to contemporary culture. How do modern ideas of luxury differ from traditional concepts? Fashion and luxury have always been one of the biggest topics to discuss about. When we ask questions like, “what is luxury?” or “what does it really mean in the past and today as we have more access to various materials?”, we may not have exact answers for those questions because the word of “luxury” has so many

Fashion Marketing is a way to contribute to the field of the fashion industry’s process to success. I have always seen fashion marketing and communications as an opportunity, appreciation and passion for fashion and all that it stands for. Jobs within fashion marketing can include; merchandising, product development and production, trend forecasting, public relations, visual merchandising and marketing and leadership related positions. A large part of all these jobs is having an understanding for

According to Scratchhard.com, the fashion industry generates an average of $20 billion each year. Fashion designers are the heart of the fashion world. The fashion industry has grown to popularity by dominating the worldwide economy, media, workplace, and everyday life. Clothing trends have changed over the last century due to historical events and the evolution of technology. With the gift of creativity and skill of constructing clothing, fashion designers complete a degree in designing, research

main inspiration has always been the extremities and changes of daily life». Avant garde designer seek his inspiration in fashion, art, literatre and architecture. Maison Martin Margiela reached its popularity and market presence by presenting Haute Couture, women's and men's ready-to-wear,

mChristine Russo Fashion Fundamentals Final Paper Christian Dior and Alexander McQueen There are many designers in the fashion industry. Few make some kind of an impact on fashion but most designers rarely have any impact at all. It is truly a once in a generation that designer comes along and completely alters the fashion universe and becomes a legend. Two examples of fashion designers that are this rare are Christian Dior and Alexander McQueen. Christian Dior’s life span was before

Context Page Introduction 2 History of avant-garde 2-3 Avant-garde in fashion history 3 Contemporary fashion and avant-garde 3 Discussion of Suzaan Heyns’ autumn/ winter collection 4 Discussion of Stiaan Louws’s 2011 autumn/winter collection 4-5 Discussion of Black Coffee’s 2013 winter collection 5-6 Discussion of Laduma Ngxokolo’s 2012 autumn/winter collection 6-7 Discussion of Thabo Makhetha’s 2012 collection 7 Conclusion 7-8 List of Illustrations 9-13 List of References 14-15

You will provide a complete overview of 1945-1959 by focusing on the driving forces of fashion. You will demonstrate your ability to identify styles, colours, fabrics and patterns in fashion during a particular period of time and discuss their relationship with the driving forces of fashion. You must ensure that you investigate apparel regarding womenswear and menswear. • demographic and economic data • technological developments @ • influential people @ • media, music, cinema and TV @ • art