Haute couture

KARL LAGERFELD “The Little Black Jacket” a classic revisited It’s hailed the most famous piece of fashion associated with the House of Chanel name, (next to the ‘little black dress' of course) the 'cardigan (or tweed) jacket' Coco Chanel invented in the mid 1950's. It had become Coco Chanel’s trademark item. With the launch of Karl Lagerfeld's book, which was not only accompanied by an exposition of the pictures shot by the designer, but also by a video on the making of the little black jacket

Iris van Herpen At a time when Silicon Valley is trying (and failing) to be fashionable, the Dutch designer is taking a different route — borrowing the discoveries of scientists, architects and even the military to create artistic pieces of great beauty. Recently I had a talk with Iris Van Herpen about her work. I had a great experience with her. Where were you born, grow up and did your study? I was born in Netherlands and live with my family in wamel. I did my Fashion design from Artez Institute

plants, so for his perfume he chose only exceptional quality and purest aromatic plant extracts. It was not just quality, but extremely luxurious quality. Dior perfume are fourth in the world in terms of sales. In 1948 Dior fashion house became a Haute Couture fashion house and started to create products of different categories – clothing, ties, socks, fur coats, jewellery and perfume. In 1957, after a sudden fashion

SYNOPSIS The case study is about Haute Couture Fashion Bhd (HCF) and how it ran into trouble in early 2009. HCF was established in the 1974 with first fully equipped factory in Penang then started out as a small unlisted family business in the clothing manufacturing business. HCF has very quick established as high quality manufacturer of both men’s and women’s clothes. The case relates, in particular, to the problems currently being faced by HCF. Its new Managing Director, Jeffrey Cheong had just

HISTORY OF THE GROUP Puig is a third-generation family-owned fashion and fragrance business based in Barcelona, Spain. The strength of the group Puig lies in its ability to build brands, to shape the image of brands through fashion, and to translate that same image into the world of fragrance through storytelling and product excellence. Puig success stories include a combination of owned brands such as Carolina Herrera, Nina Ricci,Paco Rabanne, Jean Paul Gaultier, Penhaligon's and L'Artisan Parfumeur

What global factors are at play in fashion design?
 Global questions are the most complicated ones to follow, as they’ve got an incomprehensible number of factors. However, it’s not impossible to do so. I am convinced that the answer to the question of what global factors are at play in fashion design is “the majority”, but I will need to provide a bigger picture of the industry to back it up. To do that I identified and researched three questions which in my opinion are able to give you a good

manufacturing and fashion designers plans the product mix before sketching designs. Targeting males, females, children and babies are the typical product mix. The fashion designers are influential to the fashion industry from trend-setting to haute couture designs. The designers meet the needs of the customer’s demand; they typically get ideas from television, active wear, film, street styles and magazines. The designs are drawn and sketched before the designers select the garments/materials. “Some

Attitudes toward luxury goods Attitude towards luxury goods and services plays a significant part of consumer’s purchase intention. It is a tendency to react positively or negatively towards a specific idea (www.businessdictionary.com, 2014). It stands for a global and enduring evaluation of an action, object, person or issue. Attitude is also a “lasting, general evaluation of people (including oneself), objects, advertisements, or issues ( (M., Bamossy, & Askegaard, 2002, p. 127). The definitions

The punk movement that sprung in Britain during the 1960’s, mostly due to the social problems (joblessness, poverty and changing moral standards) faced by the younger generations, was epitomised by the band The Sex Pistols in this side of the atlantic and by The Ramones and The Stooges in the New York Scene. This highly fashioned orientated cultures have been inspiring designers and individuals to create their own personal version of the movement. Through the customisation of their clothing and the

Throughout fashion history, certain sartorial and manufacturing trends that eventually spread like wildfire can be traced back to a particular designer. Think of Christian Dior’s silhouette defining New Look or Yves Saint-Laurent’s radical push towards prêt-à-porter. Streetwear, the ever-popular genre of high-end casual wear, is not one of them. Instead, the style is something of a chimera, growing out of several different subcultures and geographic sources. Starting in the late 70s with the rise