I personally view a lot of things as art. I love to shop, so therefore I guess my favorite art design would have to be fashion design. Fashion design is art to me because of the way the designer is able to capture our attention just through a piece of fabric. I enjoy bright colors, which seem to catch my eyes. I respond to a work of fashion design by the way a design is put together. How I look in the garment when I put it on. I also think about the shoes, and accessories that I would chose to compliment
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Johnson didn't exist, we would have to invent her, simply to remind ourselves that fashion can be fun. She's the original wild child and set to paint the town pink!" (www.betseyjohnson.com) Betsey Johnson is not only a reminder to all that fashion can be fun, but she is also a reminder to all that individuality and uniqueness can absolutely define greatness. In a fast-paced, unpredictable industry like the fashion industry, it can be difficult for designers to remain true to their own vision and
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Community art As I walk around my town and neighboring town, I find myself looking at all the older style buildings that are in great shape after all these years. I have come across a very large Victorian style house that has caught my eye numerous times while driving by. There is a stone outside with the house’s history stamped on it. This house was built in 1888 by the founder of Alma, MI. His name was Almy Wright. This was a mansion that he had built for his family. This 2 story wood structure
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you see that “z” you automatically think of the four stylish best friends known as Yasmin, Sasha, Cloe, and Jade that most girls wanted to be when they were younger. The were liked by many girls and some boys. Bratz is an American product line of fashion dolls and merchandise. Four original dolls were released in 2001 – Yasmin, Cloe, Jade and Sasha, and 2015 a Fifth Girl was added to Bratz called Raya, making her the Fifth official Bratz. They featured almond-shaped eyes adorned with eyeshadow, and
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Another prime example of a solution can be seen through the company Naturally Perfect, a company that creates colored dolls, in a market, which lacks dolls for African-American and Black girls. Founders of Naturally Perfect, Angelica and Jason, created their company after their daughter was discontent and deeply influenced by how there were no dolls that resembled her, “Like most young girls with kinky/curly hair, my daughter Sophia was not happy with her kinks and curls because of the doll I was
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"New Barbie Ad Features a Fabulous First." An article written by Elizabeth Moore from Newser.com explains the shocking ad released by Mattel's Barbie, a brand that has been advertised at young girls for years. The ad was the first to have a young boy as the star of the commercial. This ad came out in 2015 but represents one of the biggest topics of this century: Gender. How many genders are there? What are genders? Are genders assigned at birth, or should a child grow into it? Many people have individual
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Zara uses a mixture of strategies when sourcing their production. It uses most of outsourcing to produce basic items and initial fashion collection. It outsources about half of its production to third party (of the outsourced 60% from Europe, 30% from Asia, 10% rest of world). The sourcing strategy with external suppliers is based on expertise, relative cost, transportation cost and most importantly time sensitivity. At the beginning of each season Zara commits 50-60 % of its inventory, while quarter
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Trickle down is when the styles from high fashion presented on the the runways are adapted by cheaper brands and street styles. A good example of this is the horizontal stripes first seen in the Chanel runways. Since then this trend has been used by many other brands such as Zara and H&M. Both Zara and H&M have used and adapted the coco chanel stripes in shirts, shoes, trouser, shorts, skirts and even bags. This trend has been show case throughout the years and never seems to go out of trend
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Fashion and Its Multi-Cultural Facets Critical Issues Series Editors Dr Robert Fisher Lisa Howard Dr Ken Monteith Advisory Board Karl Spracklen Katarzyna Bronk Jo Chipperfield Ann-Marie Cook Peter Mario Kreuter S Ram Vemuri Simon Bacon Stephen Morris John Parry Ana Borlescu Peter Twohig Kenneth Wilson John Hochheimer A Critical Issues research and publications project. http://www.inter-disciplinary.net/critical-issues/ The Ethos Hub ‘Fashion’ 2014 Fashion and
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The Contradictions of Chaos and Order The film SLC: Punk! follows a group of friends taking part in the Punk movement during the year 1985 in the religiously oppressed Salt Lake City as they attempt to create and spread chaos. Chaos, which the characters in the film use almost interchangeably with anarchy, is the only rule they live by. However, living by anarchy as their one rule, a contradiction in itself since anarchy means no rules, is just one of the many contradictions in the punk belief system
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