From Spice to Design “Tell me when you want, what you really really want” from “Wannabe” are the lyrics that make us remember the Spice Girls and their famous tracks. However, one of the Spice Girls is now a very well-known fashion designer that designs trendy outfits that resemble her countries fashion style and personal taste. The one and only, Victoria Beckham has fully incorporated herself into the design industry and left behind her artistic days along the Spice Girls to fully represent her line since 2008. Born Victoria Caroline Adams on April 17, 1974 in Hertfordshire, England; Mrs. Beckham was destined to succeed. She is the daughter of Jackie and Anthony Adams and was “raised in an affluent family” (Biography.com). Growing up, Victoria …show more content…
The wallets and hand bags designed by Victoria Beckham very in size, there are some that are small and others that are large. The design in general can be mono or multicolored, the multicolored wallets and pouches used figures in their design to resemble difference and variety. The handbags can be square, round, half-moons and mixtures of all the different varieties. Beckham’s shoe collection is very lovely, she designs high pin pump which have what appears to be a heel protector to protect the heel from digging into outer surfaces. Beckham’s flat shoes are similar in design with the heels; however, they simply lack the heel aspect in order to provide more comfort. There is also boots and boots with wedges to give a comfortable high heel effect in order to provide the liberating, fun, fresh and upbeat style Beckham is looking to …show more content…
The clothes she is designing are simple, elegant and well-fitting to the female body giving women the confidence needed to wear these clothes to work, relax and as casual, every day, wear. Beckham’s designs can adapt to the different bodies that exist and have become very popular around the work because they are simple, elegant and supreme. In a YouTube video, Beckham has said that she herself would wear her own design and because of this her designs have become very popular and available to many individuals. Currently there are more than 500 stores who carry the VB brand. VB provides designs for the “trendy” woman who works and cares about fashion and style. Beckham’s designs are very reserved, in the sense that they cover the body adequately and in no way or form depict nudity or improperness. Due this “reserved” design, Beckham’s designs are seen as socially acceptable designs that have a focus on the artistic aspect and general overview rather than the skin showing clothes designs that many like to wear in the United
Elizabeth Fernea entered El Nahra, Iraq as an innocent bystander. However, through her stay in the small Muslim village, she gained cultural insight to be passed on about not only El Nahra, but all foreign culture. As Fernea entered the village, she was viewed with a critical eye, ?It seemed to me that many times the women were talking about me, and not in a particularly friendly manner'; (70). The women of El Nahra could not understand why she was not with her entire family, and just her husband Bob. The women did not recognize her American lifestyle as proper. Conversely, BJ, as named by the village, and Bob did not view the El Nahra lifestyle as particularly proper either. They were viewing each other through their own cultural lenses. However, through their constant interaction, both sides began to recognize some benefits each culture possessed. It takes time, immersed in a particular community to understand the cultural ethos and eventually the community as a whole. Through Elizabeth Fernea?s ethnography on Iraq?s El Nahra village, we learn that all cultures have unique and equally important aspects.
“Frederick’s of Hollywood, brainchild of the inventor of the push-up bra and purveyor of “marry-a-millionaire” lingerie since 1947” (Blakemore, 2015). Frederick’s created the “sex sells” image for themselves especially marrying a millionaire. They cannot go back from this and just try to reinvent themselves to cater to the everyday women when the company was built from these products. Frederick’s of Hollywood’s catalogs have most of the women in bed in the most uncomfortable position in the most uncomfortable looking lingerie. Victoria’s Secret catalogs are on a beachy location or just on location, not just a set. “That is, demureness is sexy in a middle-class setting and directness is sexy in a working-class setting.” (Blakemore, 2015). The catalogs create the ambiance of where the girls are when they are wearing the lingerie, therefore, it makes us the people shopping from these catalogs feel like we need to be in that place or atmosphere to wear what they are
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The article focuses on Individualization and uniqueness and how it has begun to find its way into current advertisements. By allowing a woman to express her individuality it shows boldness, fearlessness, and confidence and that is refreshing in today’s world of fashion.
The article '' love: the right chemistry'' by Anastasia Toufexis efforts to explain the concept of love from a scientific aspect in which an amateur will understand. Briefly this essay explains and describe in a scientific way how people's stimulation of the body works when you're falling in love. The new scientific researches have given the answer through human physiology how genes behave when your feelings for example get swept away. The justification for this is explained by how the brain gets flooded by chemicals. The author expresses in one point that love isn't just a nonsense behavior nor a feeling that exhibits similar properties as of a narcotic drug. This is brought about by an organized chemical chain who controls different depending on the individual. A simple action such as a deep look into someone's eyes can start the simulation in the body that an increased production of hand sweat will start. The tingly feeling inside your body is a result of a scientific delineation which makes the concept of love more concretely and more factually mainly for researchers and the wide...
In the poem “The One Girl at the Boys’ Party,” Sharon Olds uses imagery to convey pride in her daughter’s growing femininity. What would seem to be another childhood pool party for the girl turns into an event that marks a rite of passage to adulthood. Though the narrator is reluctant of her daughter’s search for an identity, she ultimately sees her daughter’s transformation to womanhood as admirable. Olds’ pride is first shown when the girl begins to lose her innocence from the unfamiliar surroundings of masculine men. The narrator says, “They will strip to their suits, her body hard and indivisible as a prime number” (5-6). The girl’s stiff and confident stature that this image conveys suggests that she is anxious yet willing to progress
Sanity is subjective. Every individual is insane to another; however it is the people who possess the greatest self-restraint that prosper in acting “normal”. This is achieved by thrusting the title of insanity onto others who may be unlike oneself, although in reality, are simply non-conforming, as opposed to insane. In Susanna Kaysen’s Girl, Interrupted, this fine line between sanity and insanity is explored to great lengths. Through the unveiling of Susanna’s past, the reasoning behind her commitment to McLean Hospital for the mentally ill, and varying definitions of the diagnosis that Susanna received, it is evident that social non-conformity is often confused with insanity.
The world of fashion is not all that is seems. What we see on the outside is flashy clothes with big price tags. In actuality, if you were to be thrown into this world you would see that it is much more than just that. This is the same realization that Amy Odell had in her book, Tales From the Back Row.
Imagine it – all the rules you were raised to follow, all the beliefs and norms, everything conventional, shattered. Now imagine It – Clara Bow, the It Girl. The epitome of the avant-garde woman, the archetype of the flapper, was America’s new, young movie actress of the 1920’s. Modern women of the day took heed to Bow’s fresh style and, in turn, yielded danger to the conventional America. Yet Bow’s contagious and popular attitude came with its weaknesses - dealing with fame and the motion picture industry in the 1920’s. Despite this ultimate downfall, Clara’s flair reformed the youth and motion pictures of her time.
Perfect: adj. ˈpər-fikt 1. Entirely without any flaws, defects, or shortcomings, is the first definition you find on dictionary.com for the word (perfect). Is this actually possible to attain? Has anyone actually ever been perfect? Or is it all in the eye of the beholder? These questions are asked by almost every girl, as we dream to one day reach the unattainable. This is especially true at the tender age of fifteen, where nothing seems to be going right with our bodies and everything is changing in us. This poem stresses the fact that as everyone realizes how unrealistic this dream is, the knowledge makes no difference to the wish. Marisa de los Santos comments on this in her poem “Perfect Dress”. The use of verbose imagery, metaphors, and the simplistic approach are very effective in portraying the awkward adolescent stage of a young woman and the unrealistic dream of being perfect.
Les Wexner rapidly expanded on the national attention Victoria's Secret had been receiving by opening over 400 stores by 1990 and currently operates approximately 950 stores nationwide. While Victoria's Secret is known for its lingerie sales, it has successfully launched a beauty division and also carries brands like Betsy Johnson, Dolce & Gabbana and Intimissimi, an affordable Italian brand. Victoria's Secret Direct, the catalog division of the company, continues to see growth as sales reached $870 million in 2005, but the star is still it's retail stores. Yearly sales for Victoria's Secret stores topped $2.6 billion dollars in 2005 and our store on Powell Street recently surpassed the $10 million dollar mark in sales for 2006, making it the 13th store in the company based on volume. ANALYSIS OF ISSUES +
For Mr. Lauren, the starting point is always his concern for quality and attention to detail, while the creative drama comes from his own romantic sense of elegance and reverence for authencity. Always true to his own purely American vision of fashion, his products are nearly as diverse as the country that inspires them. He designs a wide range of products, including menswear, womenswear, boyswear, girlswear, home furnishing, eyewear, scarves, shoes, hosiery, fragrances, handbag, luggage and leather goods. And the stores that carry his products are located across the United States and around the world.
The way people consume and enjoy all media has already changed, thus affected the way fashion brands market to consumers. Americans nowadays spend most of their time with digital media, and as a result, most brands prioritize digital advertising. To once again captivate its audience, the fashion industry needs to evolve its print and digital advertisements and utilize AI to create engaging campaigns. Fashion advertising has become incredibly mundane and predictable; with the exception of a few, recent editorials and advertising campaigns seem to be missing an essential factor, content that speaks to its audience. Nicola Formichetti, creative director of Diesel describes fashion advertising as more than just creating unusual or beautiful images. Formichetti states, "No one wants to see a catalog shot with a bag and that's becoming more common in advertising. It's my role as a creative director to push boundaries and do something more inspiring. You want people to think, and to question things" (Lockwood, Martens, and McCarthy). When just about everything has been done, creating advertisements that leave people inspired and astonished can be
Being at the decisive starting point of the entire fashion chain, the fashion designer plays a vital role in their design creations, in deciding what is “in”, and as such what is the ideal in terms
From selling purely ladies’ footwear, Charles and Keith expanded their range of products to include ladies’ bags and accessories in order to cater different demands of the customers. Charles and Keith owns a team of designers that come out with new products regularly and the company has their own R&D team frequently travels to fashion cities to get in touch with the latest design and trend (Singapore Press Holdings, 2009).