Fashion major students are often told that those interested in the field of fashion, cannot build real careers without design and merchandising qualifications. The fashion industry is a creative world of its own with many opportunities available. Fashion design involves artistic construction of clothing; whereas, fashion merchandizing is focused on the business aspect of fashion products. Based on the construction, business, and styling of clothing, fashion design and fashion merchandising are two
Fashion design has been around for many years. Throughout those years apparel style has changed a lot. Different designers and new designers have entered this industry to create amazing pieces. The industry has gained designers in an early age to male designers to female designers making the industry very broad. There's designers from all over the world bringing their culture into the garments they've designed. Fashion design overall brings all cultures from around the world into apparel. Fashion
they come to be. For something that is so commonly used, people hardly think about where their clothes actually come from. Tracing back to the beginning of clothing design, clothes first begin their origination in the hands of the designer. Designers use trends to help them manufacture new garments each season, and their high fashion clothing is displayed on runway shows. Because of high prices, clothing piracy has become a rising problem for designers, and with the advancement of technology, pirating
“Fashion is not necessarily about labels. It’s not about brands. It’s about something else that comes from within you” -Ralph Lauren (“Glamour” 1). Fashion designers are artists who work in apparel retails and other wholesale or manufacturing establishments, who create and design original apparel with their artistic abilities. These designers need an abundant amount of skills, such as active listening, critical thinking, active learning, coordination, and decision making, social perceptiveness, and
Right now I am going to school for Fashion Design and Retail Management. After I graduate I plan on opening my own little boutique. The general employment outlook in your area (how likely are you to find a job in the next 2-5 years in this career)? The difference in this question is that I don’t plan on working for anyone. I want to work on my own designs and work patenting my own name for my designs, opening my own shop with the help from my family. This is something that has been a dream
Fashion design is one of the most authentic categories of art. Fashion can be seen everywhere, from runways in Paris to the streets in home. It can be created, studied, or worn, promoting the way someone feels about themselves and their style. Many people that focus their daily life into fashion design and blogging show a different type of mentality toward fashion. It takes a lot of practice, learning, and research in order to proceed into the fashion industry. Fashion is not a first class ride,
Having a Career in Fashion Design The fashion design career, has recently emerged as one of the most popular and competitive among young people. Those who actually succeed in design have a very individualistic personal style and don’t follow trends set by others. Having fashion design as your profession sometimes allows you to meet glamorous people. It can also put you in charge of what is in and out when it comes to clothing through ramp shows and fashion write-ups. Most designers have a great
fit their jobs into certain categories, such as medical, legal, or labor, and yet there are still many professions that fit into a different type of category: Fine Arts. Fine Arts is an unique category in which two special occupations fall into: a fashion designer and an interior designer. Fine Arts is a unique category that some adults’ jobs fit into. Fine Arts employs a majority of people who are artistic and are creative. However, not all the employed enjoy the Arts; some of the careers are simplistic
Introduction In the Fashion, Design and Luxury world, the protection of the intellectual property, especially brands, logos, and trade dresses are of the highest importance. This topic is regularly discussed in the daily life of business in this sector, and is unfortunately usually a source of problems or at least, of risks that need to be addressed. Since we plan to work in the fashion industry, it is of utmost importance to know and be aware about these issues. How would you feel if you were
CHAPTER FIVE: DISCUSSION Fashion has always been a source of intricate changes in overall environment when it comes to dressing aspects. It works on the style statements, which are rather exceptional and distinct. The present research focused on clarifying the difference between queer style and transvestism, to analyse if fashion designers still emphasize transvestism in the 21st Century and the reason behind the emphasis and exploring the impact of Transvestism on Fashion Designing Industry of UK
couture fashion stage in jewelry designs, especially our dear, old friend yellow gold. The trend cuts across all the biggest fashion houses from Milan to Paris, London and New York. Case in point, the Bijoux runway in Milan, the 2014 Golden Globes and New York Fashion week where bold gold pieces were part of the look. Bold gold is in and its comeback couldn't be more welcome. Take a peek at what the top five trends are for incorporating this beautiful, bold metal in your own fashion wardrobe
Q1. Elie Saab, an empire in the couture design and manufacturing. Back in his nine years' age, ES made his first dress to his sister with the passion and love to excite her with his talent. “I was born with this passion of creating and making dresses and was always surrounded by beautiful women, from my sisters to neighbors, so the desire to dress them and make them look elegant was my constant inspiration.” he has said. (Shuayto & Kayyal, 2013). ES believe in what he loves to do was the key of his
visit. However, many people do not know about the history of fashion in Paris. Sure, most have heard of famous designers like Chanel or Dior, but cannot say that they know about the history behind those household names. The founders of each company all have an incredible story to tell filled with inspiring tales of harnessing God given talents to rise to the top of the fashion world. One of the most well-known and respected high fashion brands of all time is Chanel. Today, it is worth billions of
Zara is a retailing chain of Inditexthat specializes in high-fashion at reasonable prices. In the last 12 months, Inditex’s stock price has increased by 50% despite bearish market conditions. The 50% increase is due to the investor expectations of Inditex’s growth. Inditex’s growth can be contributed to the decisions it has made in creating a vertically integrated centralized process. The centralization of its vertically integrated operations in Europe provided it with its competitive advantage;
Having been a dancer for several years and a budding fashion designer, it has always eluded me why there is rarely a clear direct link between the two. Occassionally, dance dabbles in fashion, seeping in through sportswear and some flashy television commercials, but it’s rare to find any more depth in it. Fashion appears to found in dance, but most of this comes in the form of costumes for shows. My own experience of semi-professional urban dance styles only touches the surface of dance as a whole
London is the home of British fashion designers who have influenced fashion trend around the world. British fashion designers were believed by fashion designers around the world that British fashion designers stimulate the fashion trend. However they have one style which is more powerful than others and that is ‘street fashion’. Research shows that Street Fashion became popular between 1960 and 1970 (Tucker, Andrew, 1998). The style emerged from teenagers who lived during World War Two. This is because
The Evolution of Fashion in America The continuous adoption of new fashions and trends in America, among the numerous styles of available clothing worldwide, parallels to Darwin's theory of natural selection. The motivation for a fashion revolution exemplifies the need for social or gender groups to express their unique identity and feelings through clothing. In turn, this stimulated the rise of the fashion industry all together. Fashion culture has always defined itself by change, whether it is
about the brand named "Gucci", the Italian fashion and luxury accessories house and to discuss about the main marketing issues including different strategies such as product and service strategies, branding strategies and the leadership within the company, innovation and global marketing strategies, and also the different types of the contemporary issues with the effective future developments within company and strategies as well. 2. Fashion industry Fashion is a huge industry, when it is utilized as
My essay is going to be a discussion on whether fine art, fashion and designers are linked with each other. On starting my essay I looked up the definition of Fine art, the term is used to distinguish the variation of creative art forms, developed by humans. Some of the many concepts which fall under this category are painting, drawing, calligraphy, sculpture etc. I agree that fine art uses lots of visually appealing methods which seem graceful, like calligraphy the work produced is quite delicate
dreamed of becoming a fashion designer. As far back as I can remember, whenever I had a paper and pencil, I would draw amateur fashion sketches. It seemed evident that fashion design was the career I would pursue. For birthday presents I would ask for sewing and art supplies so I could hone my skills to perfection. It seemed simple, all I needed to do was work on sewing and sketching until I would become proficiently skilled. I would then be able to procure a spot in fashion school and ultimately