History of fashion design

specific reference to at least two collections and key cultural contexts of post -war France. 1. Introduction A well-known designer in the fashion industry, Christian Dior is known to create very unique and distinctive women wear, especially for creating a collection that became an important moment in the modern-day fashion. Even people with little interest in fashion, when asked about the 1950s womenswear trends, are likely to talk about hourglass figures, big skirts and tiny waists. Editor of American Harper’s

the last several decades, which played an important role in modern fashion in the UK. Everyone has a different and unique dressing style in their general life. Some styles are influenced in vintage styles which is attributing to the deep effects of old vogue, and another group of dressing styles are inclined into the fresh element. According to those different styles some of them are even evolved in the milestones in fashion history. To start this essay, it will introduce the evaluation of the

The 1960s was a decade of change, it was the time of the 'Swinging 60s', it made a great impact on design and culture so much so that it can be seen today also. In this essay, I will talk about Mary Quant (Early 60s) in London and Yves Saint Laurent (mid to late 60s) in France. I will compare them and their backgrounds to show how they became iconic in the history of fashion through events that took place in the 60s. At the time of Mary Quant, the youth culture in London was demanding to be distinguished

an age of fashion innovation for women. The (“1960s In Western Fashion”) article stated. Which is completely true, since the 60’s helped develop a new path of modern fashion for today's world.In the 60’s people were finally more open to being more bold with their clothing chooses instead of being like the norm, everyone basically did their own thing.Fashion in the 1960’s changed the way the people think of and wear Fashion today. Without the 60’s outbreak of bright and colorful fashion we might of

Design plays a significant role in people lives. Design contains a range of areas such as: architecture, landscape, fashion and graphic etc. Judging from the large number of exhibition, museum and modern building appears in recent year that people seems to put more emphasis on their visual artistic effect and design. Margolin (1992, P105) said, “The importance of design history has also been increasingly recognized by design professionals”. This means design history is necessary for contemporary

I. Introduction Fashion is a big part of society and it is indispensable for us. Without fashion our life have no tastes because fashion has a lot of possibilities of changing our life. According to The Telegraph, A spokesman for clothes giant Matalan which polled 2,491 women and was based on 16 to 60 age. They found that women spend an average 16 minutes deciding what to wear on every morning and 14 minutes on weekend in front of their closet. You just did not notice that our life is influenced

and the term Retro. ‘Non-moderns use bricolage to fashion new tools from available objects...Consumers fashion new identities from the resources available to them’ (Ratneshwar, 2000:132). Fashion designers find their inspiration from the past and combine styles to create new designs that are seen as different and inventive. However, many people argue that so many designers use materials, looks and styles from the past that they are re using fashion in a continuous cycle and are no longer being original

Introduction The topic that I chose in visual arts is fashion. I have researched the impact of society on fashion. Through this subject I will discuss how the society as a whole contributes to what types of pieces are created and designed. Fashion is something that is literally used in everyone’s day to day lives regardless of cultures and beliefs. It is all around us, therefore it influences people everyday, sometimes in ways unknown. Therefore, this topic is completely relevant to everyone around

1960’s Mod Fashion the Set Up For All Era’s Following The Mod fashion sense was the most popular style of the 60’s. The Mod fashion trend may have started in London, but it became extremely popular because of the new and innovative color combos and new ways to look great. The Mod fashion world of the 60’s was the most popular type of fashion because the mod fashion was innovative, creative, bold and brash, the mod hairstyles were reacting to 50’s rocker style and 60’s hippy culture, the style is

Footwear design is the name of this career field. Footwear designing is another form of fashion designing but with shoes. Footwear design includes the design of shoes and creation of shoes and several other types and styles. Footwear designing allows people to show and express their creativity through shoes. Footwear designers use art and creativity through shoes to influence the world. I believe that I have new ideas that would make an impact on the world through fashion. ​ According to Shoe History